[sdiy] Metric vs imperial, was: My new Moog 960 sequencer clone module project.. slowly but surely ..

MTG grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com
Wed Nov 11 20:47:00 CET 2020


Yes, and considering the whole country of Canada moved to metric (more 
or less) during my lifetime meant that it was not an insurmountable 
problem.  The only one I stumble on is car mileage but that's only 
because I encounter it so rarely.

On 11/11/2020 11:30 AM, David G Dixon wrote:
> Well, as someone who moved from an Imperial country (USA) to a metric
> country (Canada), I can tell you that the transition is actually pretty
> easy.  One starts to think in kilometers pretty quickly for driving.
> Celsius for conveying the ambient temperature takes a bit longer, because to
> an American, 30 degrees is just freaking cold, and to a Canadian, 100
> degrees is for boiling water.  However, eventually even an old American can
> learn to appreciate a 6-km walk in sunny 20-degree weather.




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