Actually, volume and weight is where the metric system really shines.
> For linear distances, it doesn't really matter what you use: inches,
> mm, cm, feet, cubits, whatever.
How could I forget RCHs???? That is the only relevant and important measurement in wooddorking. The rest just has to fit, how long or wide or deep doesn't need to be expressed in any kind of system.
My hat's off to the man who first discovered that a RCH could be used as a system of measurement. I'd like to shake his hand (after he washes it first).
On 9/9/2009 9:58 AM Steve Turner spake thus:
Please pardon my ignorance: what's an RCH? All Google gives is "Recognised Clearing Houses" (using define:rch).
On 9/9/2009 11:10 AM David Nebenzahl spake thus:
Aaargh; never mind. Wikipedia provided the answer. (I guess it's good for *something* after all.)
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