I'm only kidding about the inches and feet (well, I'm kidding about the
whole thing!)  I was raised with this crazy (crasy?  it just doesn't work
for everything!) system and I think that's why I am so bad at eyeballing
measurements.  It all boils down to this...  Do it your own way and don't
complain when everyone else doesn't!

This has got to be the longest thread I have ever seen!

Hendrik Knaepen wrote in message <360941D2.1FF0EF93@skynet.be>...
>Greg Sanders wrote:
>
>> Well, I'm an American and I find it very aggravating that the rest of
>> the
>> world won't come around to OUR way of thinking.  I mean, doesn't it
>> make a
>> lot more sense to have 12 inches in a foot and 3 feet in a yard and
>> 5280
>> feet in a mile?  What's with all this base ten measuring systems?
>> Zappameters and dayglometers or whatever!!
>> Besides, "Z" is just a cool letter. :-)
>>
>> Just my two cents  (American currency, of course!)
>>
>> <MAJOR SNIP>
>> >He's questioning _our_ intelligence ... ? ;)
>> >
>> >-- POV-Ray Webmaster
>
>  I can understand that you (and with you, I mean most Americans) really
>like your inches and feet; but if you're not used to it, it can be very
>difficult to use.
>So I just think that's just a matter of getting used to it.
>
>You're right about the 'Z'.  It is a cool letter...  (My name starts
>with an Z ;)
>(No, my name isn't Hendrik, that's my brother.  My name is Zeger
>Knaepen)
>
>--
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>     Hendrik Knaepen (hen### [at] skynetbe)
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>          Idee Software -- Vlaamse ShareWare
>            E-Mail: ide### [at] inamecom
>         WWW: http://www.surf.to/ideesoftware
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>  Bezoek ons voor gratis Nederlandstalige spellen!
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
>

Post a reply to this message