* Posts by WAYNE SCHARF

3 publicly visible posts • joined 14 Sep 2007

MEGA ASTEROID could 'BLOW UP EARTH' - Russian space boss

WAYNE SCHARF

What's really wrong with metric...

Here's the tihing..".rising expectations" is everything!

Having a migraine? Blame your brain

WAYNE SCHARF
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MORE ISSUES...

Mine are usually barometrically induced...high barometric pressure will stab me for a couple of days. One time the nausea was so bad that the vomiting induced atrial fibrillation...so no imitrex for me, due to the heart warning...take 2 fiorinal & 2 advil and call me in the morning....

Britannia triumphs over Johnny Metric

WAYNE SCHARF

What's really wrong with metric...

What's really wrong with metric is that the units are all of an inconvenient size...if you were to fabricate something to within a thousandth of an inch, that is readily achievable...but the metric equivalent is a rudely ungainly quantity that you will probably not get "right on..." even if you can remember it...