OT: SI vs Imperial [was re: daylight saving time algorithm changing]

[Brian Henning]

> I personally don't like the metric system outside of soda bottles. Imagine 
> buying a liter of milk. It's just not right. I also prefer the 427 V-8 
> engines to the roughly equivalent 7.0 liter designation. 

I for one don't like my recipes sounding like chemistry experiments. 
Having dated someone from an SI-speaking country, I have first-hand 
experience.  Somehow "250mL dry sherry" makes me think of pouring stuff 
in graduated cylinders(*), not creating delicious food...  In the same 
vein though, the SI-speaker just goes to show it's completely a matter 
of perception.  'Round here, SI means chemistry class.  Over there, it's 
just the way it's done.

~Brian

(*) - What about the poor cylinders that couldn't quite cut it?  Do we 
have dropout cylinders?  Perhaps GED cylinders?  Maybe it's time for a 
Federal No Cylinder Left Behind Act...