tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post2817062741397976452..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: It's 4.3170 In The MorningAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-58550618131963937942008-12-13T10:07:00.000+00:002008-12-13T10:07:00.000+00:00The trouble with reconstructing any system of meas...The trouble with reconstructing any system of measurement, is that it takes no account of history, language or culture. That's why decimalisation was always a non starter. No one's going to start measuring their walk to the nearest shop in kilometres or talk about a two-metre tall man. Some stupid history books try and convert old money into 'modern' values, forgetting that equating a guinea to £1.05 was only relevant in February 1971. The duodecimal system, as my husband points out, was much more useful as 12 has more factors than 10, and with the advent of calculators, the old argument of the difficulty of working in pounds shillings and pence no longer holds. Bring them back!Jane Gordon-Cumminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08908646930735620458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-4487985317197529922008-12-12T14:57:00.000+00:002008-12-12T14:57:00.000+00:00Read with interest your longer teabreak theory Re ...Read with interest your longer teabreak theory Re metric time.What a good idea to give the workers back a little bit for their labours a few more nano seconds to enjoy their repaste .<BR/> However,on closer inspection discovered that this virtious system is based on a 10 day week!!IE> work eight rest two.<BR/>So,the deduction is.You are the CEO of a multinational (trying to screw the workers a bit more),or someone who has all the time in the world and is not affected however time is formulated.Based on the topics of previous input the latter would seem most likelyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com