There was a dj who reported hail the size of mothballs... People were none too pleased when he finished his comparison.
In the U.S., I doubt it will be that soon unless there is an amazing change in the momentum of the 1975 act that said we should change to metric. It failed because the change was encouraged and voluntary - not mandated. Right now the U.S. is so embedded in non-metric things that it seems quite unlikely there will be a change in just one decade. For an interesting treatise on how embedded we are, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_StatesWe as a global community don't really want to progress too quickly. 5-10 years and everyone could use the Metric system.
I was in elementary school back then. I knew metric measures from various hobbies (chemistry, rockets), so was eager to see the US convert.
Imagine my disappointment. all the old people (adults) were so confused, had no sense of units like liters vs quarts, suspicious they were getting ripped off (remember stagflation then)... And the kids hated it because the only thing the teachers knew to do is assign nonsense arithmetic conversion problems.
Sheesh, it was designed to fail. And now it's just going to be worse.
Moved to Europe at a young age and became accustomed to Celsius temperature, yet never could make the translation easily.
football fields of blue whales, please!Itās a big problem. To be precise, the problem is as big as 372.68 hippopotamuses.
African? or Asian?.. is as big as 372.68 hippopotamuses.
Oh I know, and I'm even pretty quick with mental math, but something about translating between C & F locks my brain up.A seat of the pants conversion is (C x 2) + 30. So, 35 degrees C is about 100 degrees F (actually 95 F).
Thanks for that one. I have needed a quick on for years.A seat of the pants conversion is (C x 2) + 30. So, 35 degrees C is about 100 degrees F (actually 95 F).
When you consider the size of even a really large moth, this is not very big hail.
Thanks for that one. I have needed a quick on for years.
Kg to pounds is easy - X2+20%
Pounds to KG is - /2-10%
It will get you close.
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