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The problem with that monetary system is not that it wsn't base ten; it's that it wasn't base anything consistent.
Four farthings to the penny. Twelve pence to the shilling. Twenty shillings to the pound.
Before laughing too much at the mote that used to be in someone else's eye, we should consider the some of the logs in our own, e.g.
3 teaspoons in a tablespoon 2 tablespoons in an ounce 8 ounces in a cup 2 cups in a pint 2 pints in a quart 4 quarts in a gallon
What's 17.5% of 3 quarts, 1 pint, 1 cup, 3 tbl, 2 tsp? Please answer in drams.
lol! Great post, Myr. You could also mention the one that we both still suffer from - ok, we don't use rods, perches, chains and all that old guff now, but we still have the ridiculous legacy of inches, feet, yards, miles...! Even worse, in the UK we have a typical British compromise: my mum bought some material for upholstery work, and it was sold as 11 metres of 56" width!
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We use the decimal system because...
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CarstenKruse
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03/13/06 07:37 AM
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Re: We use the decimal system because...
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Faldage
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03/13/06 10:57 AM
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maverick
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03/13/06 11:58 AM
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Jackie
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03/13/06 03:19 PM
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maverick
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03/13/06 04:42 PM
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Alan_Fitch
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03/13/06 07:06 PM
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Bingley
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03/20/06 07:26 AM
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of troy
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03/20/06 02:02 PM
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inselpeter
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03/20/06 03:57 PM
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Much Ado About Twelfth Noting
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Alex Williams
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03/20/06 05:57 PM
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Re: Much Ado About Twelfth Noting
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inselpeter
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03/20/06 09:20 PM
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maverick
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03/21/06 01:02 AM
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of troy
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03/21/06 01:49 AM
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though this be madness, yet there is method in it
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Alex Williams
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03/21/06 02:56 AM
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Myridon
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03/21/06 06:39 PM
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Re: though this be madness, yet there is method in it
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Alex Williams
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03/21/06 07:28 PM
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Re: though this be madness, yet there is method in it
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inselpeter
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03/22/06 01:20 AM
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though this be method, yet there is madness in it
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maverick
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03/22/06 01:54 AM
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Re: though this be method, yet there is madness in it
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inselpeter
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03/22/06 02:28 AM
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Re: though this be method, yet there is madness in it
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Bingley
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03/22/06 03:06 AM
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Re: though this be method, yet there is madness in it
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Alex Williams
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03/22/06 01:25 PM
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Re: though this be method, yet there is madness in it
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of troy
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03/22/06 02:36 PM
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no more method...it's all madness at this point
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Alex Williams
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03/22/06 03:56 PM
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TEd Remington
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03/22/06 05:19 PM
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Alex Williams
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03/22/06 05:28 PM
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Re: no more method...it's all madness at this point
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TEd Remington
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03/22/06 07:38 PM
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Re: no more method...it's all madness at this point
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Owlbow
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03/23/06 02:05 PM
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Re: no more method...it's all madness at this point
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Jackie
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03/24/06 03:35 AM
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Re: though this be madness, yet there is method in it
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Myridon
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03/24/06 09:44 PM
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Re: though this be madness, yet there is method in it
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Alex Williams
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03/26/06 04:01 AM
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Re: though this be madness, yet there is method in it
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inselpeter
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03/26/06 09:35 AM
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Re: though this be madness, yet there is method in it
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of troy
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03/26/06 01:04 PM
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Jackie
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03/21/06 02:15 AM
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Bingley
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03/21/06 04:24 AM
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maverick
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03/21/06 09:39 AM
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Re: Jackie!!
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AnnaStrophic
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03/13/06 05:13 PM
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Re: duodenum
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Jackie
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03/14/06 01:44 PM
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te ease of moving the decimal point.
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TEd Remington
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03/13/06 05:08 PM
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tsuwm
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03/13/06 05:19 PM
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maverick
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03/13/06 05:20 PM
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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03/13/06 05:34 PM
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dalehileman
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03/14/06 03:56 PM
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belMarduk
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03/14/06 05:31 PM
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the mystic number thirty-seven
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tsuwm
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dalehileman
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03/14/06 11:59 PM
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tsuwm
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03/15/06 01:27 AM
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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03/15/06 01:34 AM
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TEd Remington
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03/13/06 07:15 PM
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Re: tease of moving the decimal point.
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Father Steve
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03/13/06 08:07 PM
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baseless statements
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wofahulicodoc
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Faldage
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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03/13/06 11:09 PM
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maverick
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03/13/06 11:46 PM
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Myridon
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Buffalo Shrdlu
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03/14/06 07:01 PM
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Marianna
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03/14/06 07:18 PM
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warning: in danger of becoming a food thread
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AnnaStrophic
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Marianna
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03/16/06 08:05 AM
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03/16/06 12:41 PM
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belMarduk
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03/16/06 04:23 PM
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Re: miniscus?
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maverick
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03/16/06 05:23 PM
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AnnaStrophic
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03/16/06 05:57 PM
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belMarduk
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03/16/06 07:41 PM
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maverick
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03/17/06 12:33 AM
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Myridon
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03/16/06 06:59 PM
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AnnaStrophic
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03/17/06 10:22 AM
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TEd Remington
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03/17/06 12:18 PM
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03/16/06 11:07 PM
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Zed
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03/17/06 12:15 AM
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Sparteye
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03/16/06 02:03 AM
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the stick-ing point
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wofahulicodoc
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03/16/06 02:51 AM
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What's 17.5%
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TEd Remington
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03/14/06 09:44 PM
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Re: waits and old-fashioned measures
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maverick
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03/15/06 12:48 PM
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Re: waits and old-fashioned measures
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Jackie
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03/15/06 02:27 PM
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