If the metric system did ever take over, we'd have to change our thinking to the following: A miss is as good as 1.1 kilometers. Put your best 0.3 of a meter forward. Spare the 5.03 meters and spoil the child. Give a man 2.5 centimeters and he'll take 1.06 kilometers. Peter Piper picked 8.8 liters of pickled peppers.
You're right, metrics is confusing. According to your post quoted above, it seems like one mile equals 1.1 km or 1.06 km. I don't know the answer either. I said that metrics is confusing but shouldn't it be metrics are confusing?
If the metric system did ever take over, we'd have to change our thinking to the following: A miss is as good as 1.1 kilometers. Put your best 0.3 of a meter forward. Spare the 5.03 meters and spoil the child. Give a man 2.5 centimeters and he'll take 1.06 kilometers. Peter Piper picked 8.8 liters of pickled peppers.
You're right, metrics is confusing. According to your post quoted above, it seems like one mile equals 1.1 km or 1.06 km. I don't know the answer either. I said that metrics is confusing but shouldn't it be metrics are confusing?
I believe it should be The metric system IS confusing
One evening an exciting book appeared in my life. A book with a young fresh plot I soon fell in love with. I enjoyed every chapter not knowing and not caring how the book would end.
Unexpectedly I lost the book that I loved so much. I never even tried to find a replacement copy.
I knew there never could be a sequel.
A large two engine train was crossing America. After they had gone some distance one of the engines broke down.
"No problem," the engineer thought, and carried on at half-power.
Further on down the line, the other engine broke down, and the train came to a standstill. The engineer decided he should inform the passengers about why the train had stopped, and made the following announcement:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that both engines have failed, and we will be stuck here for some time. The good news is that this is a train and not a plane."
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