and the UK where they like to say they are metric but still sell stakes by the pound, beer by pints and the speedometer of cars are still in miles-per-hour -

The metric currency is blessing I would think, they changed over just after I left there.
No shillings, sixpence, three pence, farthing, florin, crown, half-a-crown, Guinea, ETC.
Max.

 

The metric currency is blessing I would think, they changed over just after I left there.
No shillings, sixpence, three pence, farthing, florin, crown, half-crown, Guinea, ETC.
Max.

Money in decimal makes sense to me when you have to add, multiply and divide it so many different ways for so many different reasons.

Objects/masses/volumes sorted by half, quarter, eighth always made more sense to me than decimal. A full pie, a half pie, a quarter pie. Who wants to take the challenge to cut the pie into 10 pieces and make it metric. If you go to Europe and watch how things are packaged, the decimal system is really out the window. It is not practical. You can buy liter, half liter or quarter liter of milk (or almost any other beverage) - I think 1/3 liter (0.35 liter) is also common for canned soda. You cannot buy .9, .8, .7, .6, .3, .2 or .1 liter of milk.

What good does all that decimal argument get you? Nowhere. The imperial system is not so bad. Why not buy a quart, a pint, a half-pint. People don't think in units of 10s, they think on units of 2s (double or half).

 

People don't think in units of 10s, they think on units of 2s (double or half).

You may have a point there, I hadn't seen it that way... in a way, the binary system could be easier to use than the decimal one, albeit it's a bit more cumbersome

 

You may have a point there, I hadn't seen it that way... in a way, the binary system could be easier to use than the decimal one...

A lot of things will be different when I'm in charge.

 

I can't wait for my $50 minimum wage!

 

I can't wait for my $50 minimum wage!

No minimum wage for you.

 

No minimum wage for you.

Awwww, you think I'm priceless!

 

This thread is entertaining, informative, and civil.

What's wrong with you guys? and where's tcmtech?

 

Awwww, you think I'm priceless!

I also don't think you've been paid at minimum wage rates in 40 years or more. Personally, I wouldn't get out of bed for minimum wage.