[Elecraft] stranger than real life

[Matt Osborn]

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:44:53 -0700, "Ron D'Eau Claire"
<rondec at easystreet.com> wrote:

>The simple fact is the STANDARD AMERICAN system of weights and measures is
>METRIC! It has been so since the middle 1800's when our Congress adopted the
>metric system as our official system. What they did not do was to make it
>illegal to continue to use the clumsy, crazy "American/English" system. (40
>lashes for each of 'em with a wet noodle!)  So, stubborn Yanks that we are,
>we still measure by the King's thumb, etc. 

The first segment of my right index finger is one inch. My right foot,
approximates one foot, my spread arms extend one yard.

To replace those with arbitrary measurements (simply to make the math
easier?) seems absurd to me.  I just bought a calculator.