Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))

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>>
>>> Quick. You are 6 foot 1 inch tall. You have been strapped
>>> to a pole mounted on a railroad car. The railroad car is
>>> of the exact height that your feet are now exactly 1 foot
>>> above the tracks.
>>
>>> You are approaching a tunnel at roughly 60 MPH.
>>
>>> Would you rather see a sign that gives the clearance in Meters
>>> or Feet?
>>
>>> "Warning. 7 foot 2 inch Clearance!!"
>>
>>> "Warning 2.158 Meter Clearance".
>>

If you're strapped to a pole, i don't suppose it really matters what the
sign says, because you wouldn't be able to do anything about it anyway,
being tied up and all...

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