USA cachers that use metric

[Mag Magician]

Just curious--- do brownies baked in a centigrade oven taste better than brownies baked in a Fahrenheit oven?

 

That depends on the "special" ingredient in the brownies

 

OK, on topic, which may seem weird for me, I am fluent in both measurements, but use imperial when zeroing in on a cache. Due to the sensitivity of the newer receivers, proximity is much better now. I find that being 1 foot from ground zero is so-o-o much better than being 1 meter away. Being 5 feet off is much better than being 2 meters off. Most times I have 2 GPSrs with me, one set in each unit. The imperial set receiver gets me to the cache.

[+izce.nine]

I use metric on my PQs, and my GPS. Without using a calculator how many inches are in a mile. I can tell you how many nanometers there are in a Kilometer fast and WITHOUT a calculator. In the Army, all we used was metric. 550m sticks out in my mind pretty clearly.

 

Anyway, my point is that we are one of only 3 countries NOT on metric. My grandma could probably learn it in less than a day. I am just going to start using it when people ask directions in the US.

[+Okiebryan]

I use metric all the time. Decimal feet is metric, right?

 

"Go away four tenths, left two tenths! Good! Cut one point three six feet!"

 

I just love it when a contractor asks me, "How much is a tenth in inches?" I tell them, "An inch is .08333333 feet" and they walk away shaking their head. Silly little contractor.

 

I agree, it would be cool if we were all on metric system, but everything here was surveyed in feet, miles, rods, or varas... depending on what part of the country you're in... Ok it's all screwed up already. Bring on the meters!

[+Zor]

I'm from Canada and was taught all through school the whole centimeters, meters, kilometers, liters, etc. Ironically enough though, I would say that for myself, I'm about half and half on the metric/imperial side.

 

For all things GPS related, it's metric all the way. For driving, still metric. I can't for the life of me understand what a "mile" is supposed to be.

 

For temperature, both, sort of. The temperature outside, or how cold something is, for me is always in Celsius. Room temperature is 22 degrees C. However, I tend to look at body temperature in F. The same thing goes for my oven. I cook most stuff at 375F and never use C when I cook.

 

If I go to measure something with a measuring tape or rule, it's never in CM. It's always feet and inches. My height is in feet and inches. I couldn't tell you how many meters/cm I am.

 

Drinks and liquids are always in litres and ML.

 

Lastly, weight. I'm about 170lbs. No idea how many kilos that is and quite frankly I don't care. I'm sure my doctor does though.

 

I think it depends on when you were born, how you were raised, and what makes the most sense to you.

Edited December 4, 2008 by ^Zor^