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Wayne
To: Discussion of aroids
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:44
PM
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Metrics
At least metric is not as confusing as
binary. Did you see the A. titanum in Germany with 10 blooms? If
another opens, it will have 11!
----- Original Message -----
From:
ted.held@us.henkel.com
To: Discussion of aroids
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 1:17
PM
Subject: [Aroid-l] Metrics
In case none of you has
heard the story before: The
difference between Canadians and Americans is summed up by their respective
responses to going metric. A few years ago both governments decided their
citizens should convert. The Canadians did it. The Americans did not.
But living, as I do, on the border here
on the US side, I know for a fact that Canadians secretly harbor thinking in
the old English system. Their private thoughts are degrees Fahrenheit and
pounds. The difference is that the official temperatures in Canada are in
Celcius and weights are in kilos; but Canadians have become adept at making
the conversions in their heads. As time goes on, however, the younger
Canadians will think metric and the old fossils will be eclipsed.
Ted, Member, IAS
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