Hey what ever happened to Metrification?

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It's sold in pints, though there will be a litre measurement on the bottle as well.

     Isn't a pint close to a half-litre, though?

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I really don't see why the metric system is so inherently superior in non-scientific use. That implies that when someone drive from one city to another they care about what fraction of the Earth's circumference they are driving.

In non-scientific use, it doesn't really matter.

The main advantage/disadvantage of the metric system is its consistent use of base 10 arithmetic.  (Usually an advantage, but not when you want to divide something by a multiple of 3 which is fairly common.  It's one reason why time remained with base 60 for the fractions of the hour.)

For most daily stuff it doesn't matter - although it'd put an end to having to remember ounces to cups and pints and gallons conversions.  Other than that, there's not a huge amount of benefit either way in terms of length or speed for non-scientific purposes.  It doesn't matter if you measure yourself in centemeters or inches, and it doesn't matter if you measure speed in kmh or mph.

Although, metric-using meteorologists get a bit more leniency.  They're still given a couple degrees to be off before people start criticizing them, which turns into about 4 degrees in Farenheit.

     TBH, I never got the deal about the different degree sizes. You can't really tell a difference of one degree in either scale anyway.

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I really don't see why the metric system is so inherently superior in non-scientific use. That implies that when someone drive from one city to another they care about what fraction of the Earth's circumference they are driving.

In non-scientific use, it doesn't really matter.

The main advantage/disadvantage of the metric system is its consistent use of base 10 arithmetic.  (Usually an advantage, but not when you want to divide something by a multiple of 3 which is fairly common.  It's one reason why time remained with base 60 for the fractions of the hour.)

For most daily stuff it doesn't matter - although it'd put an end to having to remember ounces to cups and pints and gallons conversions.  Other than that, there's not a huge amount of benefit either way in terms of length or speed for non-scientific purposes.  It doesn't matter if you measure yourself in centemeters or inches, and it doesn't matter if you measure speed in kmh or mph.

Although, metric-using meteorologists get a bit more leniency.  They're still given a couple degrees to be off before people start criticizing them, which turns into about 4 degrees in Farenheit.

     TBH, I never got the deal about the different degree sizes. You can't really tell a difference of one degree in either scale anyway.

What do you mean "the deal about the different degree sizes"?

     I mean, folks talk about how the smaller degree size in Fahrenheit is more convenient (like Ernest earlier in this thread). Except, one degree makes no difference either way. So it doesn't really matter.

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     I mean, folks talk about how the smaller degree size in Fahrenheit is more convenient (like Ernest earlier in this thread). Except, one degree makes no difference either way. So it doesn't really matter.

Hah!  Tell that to my thermostat.  Partly it's because it's in the central hallway well away from all the windows, I have to adjust it constantly during the day. (What it needs setting to depends on time of day, how sunny it is, and the humidity,)  It's not uncommon for one degree F to be the right adjustment and two degrees F (approx 1 degree C) to be too much.

     Must be a Southern thing, then. I've only ever set my thermostat to one of two things: 70 degrees and off. It has always gotten the job done.

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     I mean, folks talk about how the smaller degree size in Fahrenheit is more convenient (like Ernest earlier in this thread). Except, one degree makes no difference either way. So it doesn't really matter.

Hah!  Tell that to my thermostat.  Partly it's because it's in the central hallway well away from all the windows, I have to adjust it constantly during the day. (What it needs setting to depends on time of day, how sunny it is, and the humidity,)  It's not uncommon for one degree F to be the right adjustment and two degrees F (approx 1 degree C) to be too much.

     Must be a Southern thing, then. I've only ever set my thermostat to one of two things: 70 degrees and off. It has always gotten the job done.

This house could really use a dehumidfier to keep the humidity constant.  However, I never set the thermostat as low as 70. Today it was set to 80, which is fairly low because of the high humidity and clouds.  On dry sunny days, I'll set it as high as 86.

     I've always found that anything above 70 degrees is not conducive to productive activity. 80 degrees is absurdly hot, and rare enough that I can't even say what I would do in that eventuality.