In article ,
lid (Herb Schaltegger) wrote:

In article ,
"Hans" wrote:

I agree.

For a normal person it is almost impossible to understand all these
interesting topics when it is full of gallons, feets and psi's
instead of
litres, meters and Pascals

"Normal person", huh? You mean, some sort of "units snob?"

Well, since a good part of these "interesting topics" all use Imperial
measurements (the American part, of course), wouldn't it behoove you to
learn a few simple conversions so you can understand the discussion?
After all, a good many of us did so and can work fairly easily in
either system.

--
Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D.
Reformed Aerospace Engineer
Columbia Loss FAQ:
http://www.io.com/~o_m/columbia_loss_faq_x.html


For a lot of us, particularly in countries that weren't conquered by
Napoleon, gallons, feet and psi make a lot more intuitive sense than
litres, metres (not meters, please - you read those) and pascals. And
given that those were the units used for a lot of the matters being
discussed here, it makes even more sense to keep them that way. Go down
the road of conversion and somebody soon will be asking what the cost of
Apollo was in Euros!

Malcolm B