Learning US Measurements

[aikorob]

A question for you married guys here:
How hard was it for your wife to learn the Imperial system? Did she just learn by repetition, or did you also use some structured learning tools? I would guess elementary school math books might be one source.
I did a Google search, but most that came back were sites comparing the English system to the lame metric system.
As we wait on visa processing; I am trying to give N.as much info as possible and ease the transition. I have a very nice conversion program on my computer; and will print out equivalence charts for certain things, such as thermostat, or cooking

[SANDRO43]

As we wait on visa processing; I am trying to give N.as much info as possible and ease the transition. I have a very nice conversion program on my computer; and will print out equivalence charts for certain things, such as thermostat, or cooking

How about posting your charts to the WIKI here, so that they can be of help to others having the same problem ?
And while we are on the subject, can anybody contribute size charts (for clothes, shoes, stockings, bras ,  etc.) for the same purpose ? 

[Shadow]

Sandro, supplying size charts is not possible. Believe me even in Europe there is a big difference in sizes. Italian size 40 (for women) is a lot smaller than the Dutch size 40. Depending on the brand and manufacturing my fiancee uses size 42 to 46.
Further I think it is time for the British and Americans to dump their system and go Metric (putting on fireproof suit)

[KenC]

Shadow,
You're not going to get any flack from me. The metric system makes sense, our's does not.
KenC

[SANDRO43]

Sandro, supplying size charts is not possible. Believe me even in Europe there is a big difference in sizes. Italian size 40 (for women) is a lot smaller than the Dutch size 40. Depending on the brand and manufacturing my fiancee uses size 42 to 46.
Further I think it is time for the British and Americans to dump their system and go Metric (putting on fireproof suit)

Shadow, I know this is difficult, but maybe not totally impossible, at least to give an approximate idea. I remember Marks & Spencer shops in London used to have useful size-conversion tables close to their displays, to help visiting tourist customers. I had in mind something like that.

Further I think it is time for the British and Americans to dump their system and go Metric (putting on fireproof suit)

Unfortunately, BritAms seem to be too STRONGLY ATTACHED (emotionally) to their limbs and parts thereof to make that likely

[Rvrwind]

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Further I think it is time for the British and Americans to dump their system and go Metric (putting on fireproof suit)
Unfortunately, BritAms seem, to be too STRONGLY ATTACHED (emotionally) to their limbs and parts thereof to make that likely

Seeing as they are the only two countries in the entire world that are too dense to change to a more common sense & well used system it only goes to show their arrogance as nations.
Hard enough to teach a hillbilly from the Osarks how to tell feet from inches, just imagine trying to teach him a millimeter from a centimeter!!! If you can teach him to count to ten, metric is a shooin.
(I'll don my fireproof suit as well!!!) LOL

[SANDRO43]

For those wearing asbestos leisure-suits (and others in plain clothes), I just added to Downloads a handy little program for Imperial/Metric and vicersa conversions of :
- Distances
- Weights
- Volumes
- Temperatures
- Energy

Enjoy.

[Bruno]

I like the metric system... a meter is the same everywhere...

But the "mile" have several value around the world :

- International mile : 1609.344 meter
- U.S. survey mile : 1609.347 meter
- Nautical mile : 1852 meter
- Data mile : 1828.8 meter
- Dutch mile : 5800 meter
- German mile : 6400 meter
- Irish mile :  2048.256 meter
- Italian mile : 1500 meter ( the Roman foot being one fifth of an inch less than the London foot  )
- Long mile : 9600 meter ( Hungarian )
- Metric mile : 10000 meter ( Norway - Sweden )
- Scottish mile : 1807.3136 meter
...

So, if somebody speak about "mile" with you, ask him his nationality 

[Bruno]

For those wearing asbestos leisure-suits (and others in plain clothes), I just added to Downloads a handy little program for Imperial/Metric and vicersa conversions of :
- Distances
- Weights
- Volumes
- Temperatures
- Energy

Enjoy.

And for Dan, he can take a look at http://www.unitconversion.org/webmasters.html ... and build a unit converter for RWD between 92 lenght units, 70 weight units, 76 volume units, 6 temperature units, 54 energy units, or a lot of more of other units class...

[Shadow]

Bruno, I guess you will also know that in old times we had a system equal to the Imperial.
It was great for merchants who would buy and sell in measures like 'feet', 'El(bow)' and 'thumb'.
Their buyers would be big guys but the salesmen would be small.  

[SANDRO43]

- Italian mile : 1500 meter ( the Roman foot being one fifth of an inch less than the London foot  )

Old Romans had smaller feet than Lundinium dwellers, but ran faster (better CX ratio)
So there !

[aikorob]

Sandro,
The charts for use around the house are homemade, in Excel. Years ago, I picked up several reference books from a vendor which had all kinds of conversion formulas
http://www.carrlane.com/TrigBook/TrigBook6.cfm Even some stuff I never knew existed: what's a "miner's inch", or a "neper"?  ??? ??? ???
Once you have the formula, it is easy to generate a custom chart.

As far as clothes go, it does depend on the manufacturer. Years ago when I first got out of electronics school, I worked for Arrow Shirts. A size 16 varied even within the company, depending on the sub-brand. With that in mind, here are some conversion charts:
http://evalu8.org/staticpage?page=review&siteid=296
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators1_1_ClothingE.html

[url]http://pinupgirlclothing.com/frasqu.html][http://www.85b.org//url]
[url]http://pinupgirlclothing.com/frasqu.html

[SANDRO43]

Thanks Aikorob, I put your first reference in the WIKI.