Why keep fahrenheit?

[Lohman446]

Originally posted by MarkM

And everyone knows their 1.8 times tables?

You evidently are not familar with the American school system - I saw the part about multiplying by 9 and dividing by 5 and immediatly decided I wouldn't do it without a calculator anyways - so yeh - typing in 1.8 on the calculator is much better than typing in x9 divided by 5. Less to remember too

[MarkM]

Well as I am english I would have great difficulty knowing the american system...I was taught under the english system where you didn't use calculators...they do now allow their use but not when I was at school (except the my last 3 years) and even then you had to state which model you used and dependant on the model your exam result was lowered if you had an expensive clever model. As I was always told, that if you are in a desert (or insert any wilderness) and needed calculations and your batterys were flat what will you do?
I found a great indication of falling standards a few years ago when I was out fishing and a young boy (about 10/11) came around with the normal questions of "what you caught mister?" etc, well after giving him the answers and as I was busy reeling in I asked him if he could look at the clock I had in my camp to tell me the time....he looked and told me he couldn't give me an answer as the clock was NOT a digital model!!

Oh as a side note I see the post I made that you have quoted is now in a signature

[tony3]

I don't think US should switch to metric any time soon. I mean, I know both of them, we had to learn them for school, and personally, if you want to use metric go for it, its a free country. Also, theres nothing that pisses me off more then metric screws on paintball stuff when I don't have a metric wrench set