Hobo Jungle

[webenda]

Obviously Wayne, none of those folks ever attended a Catholic grade school, where the nuns drilled those fractions into your head from 1/8th to 1/32nd and the decimations for each. (We did it like multiplication tables). But really, there are a few times when decimations are more accurate, although my measuring tapes show 32nds, I have one that'll give me the first few inches in 64ths if I have to get really, really close. Smaller things, I can put the Vernier caliper on (analog), and I can easily figure thousandths to the nearest fraction.

BTW, I'm goin' to the grave as a dinosaur!

You are also an anomaly. Automotive electrical systems of today baffle me, yet you explain them such that I almost understand. Fortunately my OBD-II code reader has been correct on which part to replace so I have been able to fix problems myself. Exception was when I bent the door, computer thought the car was being stolen and shut all systems down. That one went to the dealer.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Many people are baffled when told 1/8 is smaller than 1/2.

Many people in this country think you need a passport or a visa to visit New Mexico.

Or, walk on the surface of the sun, but only at night when it's dark...........

Never underestimate the stupidity of the human race.

[sarge]

Although I'm still mystified as to how the use of decimals is equated somehow to the Metric System (or is it merely seen as an opportunity to foment another argue of the merits once again? ), I am convinced that 1/2 of the human population is below average.

[Mitch]

Yes, it is for the sake of argument. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, (or maybe he isn't interested in learning). As far as I'm concerned, if it wasn't for needing metric sockets and wrenches in my job, I'd have no time for it whatsoever.

Spring of the year, I'm sitting in a paper mill in Dryden, Ontario, waiting to unload 14 pallets of brick for a bleacher unit, and I'm listenin' to the radio. Guy says the temperature is 12. I wind the window down, (had the engine runnin' with the heater on low, and I'm thinkin', "Damn, it don't feel like it's that cold". It wasn't. So, I add 32 degrees to it, and that seems more like it. I knew I didn't need my heavy coat. To this day, Celsius stills screws me up!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Although I'm still mystified as to how the use of decimals is equated somehow to the Metric System

It's a mystery to me as well - decimals apply to any system last I checked.

I am convinced that 1/2 of the human population is below average.

1/2 are certainly below the median, I become more and more convinced every day that it's also not a Gaussian distribution but rather a Poisson distribution.

[mickeydee]

but rather a Poisson distribution.

As in flounder I presume? Hence one mans met (ric) is another mans poisson. Bottom feeders abound whatever they may call themselves.

[Tony-h]

Mitch, for a rough estimate of the temperature just double the Centigrade value and add 32. In your example 17 C would estimate at 66 degrees F. Using the accurate formula of 9*17/5+32 yields an accurate value of 62.6F.

I prefer using F because there are 1.8F degrees in one C degree. Almost twice the resolution.

[healey36]

Obviously Wayne, none of those folks ever attended a Catholic grade school, where the nuns drilled those fractions into your head from 1/8th to 1/32nd and the decimations for each. (We did it like multiplication tables). But really, there are a few times when decimations are more accurate, although my measuring tapes show 32nds, I have one that'll give me the first few inches in 64ths if I have to get really, really close. Smaller things, I can put the Vernier caliper on (analog), and I can easily figure thousandths to the nearest fraction.

BTW, I'm goin' to the grave as a dinosaur!

My only takeaway from Catholic grade school and the metric "system" was the damage that could be done to one's person by a nun armed with a meter stick.

Healey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

but rather a Poisson distribution.

As in flounder I presume? Hence one mans met (ric) is another mans poisson. Bottom feeders abound whatever they may call themselves.

No, as in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution

[webenda]

I become more and more convinced every day that it's also not a Gaussian distribution but rather a Poisson distribution.

[robert.]

I was in second grade when the metric system hit. What a waste of time. Our teachers tried to teach us how to convert everything back to inches or Fahrenheit. mph to kph. meters to yards. These clowns had no clue what was up. Had somebody said screw the inches and just use centimeters it may have worked. We would have to measure a square in centimeters then draw it in inches. Before you could draw the square in inches you would need to do a conversion from centimeters to inches. Why not just use the ruler that i measured the first square with.
On a humorous note. When my Slovakian wife was taking bus driving lessons. She comes home one day and says " wtf. you people are screwed up here. How can i measure the depth of a tire tread by timing it." Her instructor told her "the tire tread had to be 3/32 deep". She took that as 3 30 seconds and ask the guy "what would bee wrong with a minute and a half?" Her instructor chuckled and told her to "ask your husband".

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Mitch, for a rough estimate of the temperature just double the Centigrade value and add 32. ...

Cool. I never heard that. Cool.

[rogruth]

I become more and more convinced every day that it's also not a Gaussian distribution but rather a Poisson distribution.

One mans Poisson is another mans Metre.

[webenda]

Roger!

[J. S. Bach]

...snip...
Manoe challenges André with some rock and roll.
Rock & Rieu - Andre Rieu => https://youtu.be/V9-qs5eFNSk ...snip...

I like this one better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKDtKSDbRm4

Can you whistle?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbHQ3FY2bqo

Too bad they did not put up the proper flag:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e-JKA64GXE

I have this on an LP; Yellow Rose of Texas/The National Chorus/SPEAR; the words are slightly different and not so PC today but actually reflect historical fact more closely:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LArGlfEVYqM

And here is one that may dampen you eyes a bit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A