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Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
Living in a Gray World
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Date: March 14, 2016 07:16AM
Wake up 5:25 am - its night. Kids get up for school at 6:00am - its night. Walk to bus at 6:40 its night (technically nautical twilight). Kids ask why they have to get up at night - I dont know. Kids ask why we do Daylight Saving Time - I dont know why. Kids ask why the US has not converted to the Metric system - I dont know.
why us hasnt gone metric http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/1999/10/why_hasnt_the_us_gone_metric.html
why daylight saving time http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/03/12/470088302/much-of-the-world-doesnt-do-daylight-saving-time-how-come
why us hasnt gone metric http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/1999/10/why_hasnt_the_us_gone_metric.html
why daylight saving time http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/03/12/470088302/much-of-the-world-doesnt-do-daylight-saving-time-how-come
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
vJcMK
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Date: March 14, 2016 08:31AM
I think your problem is that you're listening to NPR.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
listen to Rush
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Date: March 14, 2016 08:43AM
vJcMK Wrote:
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> I think your problem is that you're listening to
> NPR.
I would listen to Rush tell me about world affairs but he always seems to be high on something.
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> I think your problem is that you're listening to
> NPR.
I would listen to Rush tell me about world affairs but he always seems to be high on something.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
Teacher knows
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Date: March 14, 2016 08:48AM
Common core has destroyed all academics.
Let's teach the kids how to read cursive before they hit the hard stuff like metrics.
Let's teach the kids how to read cursive before they hit the hard stuff like metrics.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
Ralph Pootawn
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Date: March 14, 2016 09:34AM
Ever see the movie "Idiocracy"? This is what happens when stupid people breed.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
a123mxf
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Date: March 14, 2016 09:47AM
Virginia is not a Common Core state.
Teacher knows Wrote:
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> Common core has destroyed all academics.
>
> Let's teach the kids how to read cursive before
> they hit the hard stuff like metrics.
Teacher knows Wrote:
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> Common core has destroyed all academics.
>
> Let's teach the kids how to read cursive before
> they hit the hard stuff like metrics.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
cpVYn
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Date: March 14, 2016 02:07PM
a123mxf Wrote:
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> Virginia is not a Common Core state.
It should be, and we should have Medicaid expansion as well. But we have too many yahoo asshats who have not gotten past the 15th century yet.
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> Virginia is not a Common Core state.
It should be, and we should have Medicaid expansion as well. But we have too many yahoo asshats who have not gotten past the 15th century yet.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
No mas helicopters
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Date: March 14, 2016 03:02PM
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Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
causeican
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Date: March 14, 2016 05:56PM
cpVYn Wrote:
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> a123mxf Wrote:
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> -----
> > Virginia is not a Common Core state.
>
> It should be, and we should have Medicaid
> expansion as well. But we have too many yahoo
> asshats who have not gotten past the 15th century
> yet.
huh? "yahoo asshats... not gotten past 15th century?" that’s stupid.
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> a123mxf Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Virginia is not a Common Core state.
>
> It should be, and we should have Medicaid
> expansion as well. But we have too many yahoo
> asshats who have not gotten past the 15th century
> yet.
huh? "yahoo asshats... not gotten past 15th century?" that’s stupid.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
Frank S.
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Date: March 14, 2016 06:42PM
a123mxf Wrote:
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> Virginia is not a Common Core state.
>
> Teacher knows Wrote:
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> > Common core has destroyed all academics.
> >
> > Let's teach the kids how to read cursive before
> > they hit the hard stuff like metrics.
The point about the metric system is that it's easy, not hard. Just try doing physics with English units. I have.
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> Virginia is not a Common Core state.
>
> Teacher knows Wrote:
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> -----
> > Common core has destroyed all academics.
> >
> > Let's teach the kids how to read cursive before
> > they hit the hard stuff like metrics.
The point about the metric system is that it's easy, not hard. Just try doing physics with English units. I have.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
Imperial Metric
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Date: March 14, 2016 07:29PM
There is no problem using two systems. England uses a combination of metric and Imperial units for highway signs. Beer is (thankfully) sold in Imperial pints, and petrol/gasoline in litres and Imperial gallons.
Most of the world (except Russia, China, and possibly North Korea) uses Imperial units for distance, speed, and altitude in aviation: nautical miles, knots, and feet -- same as the US.
The US does already use the metric system for most scientific and engineering applications, and almost all modern automotive industry fasteners and fittings are metric. Soft drinks are sold in 2-liter bottles.
Completely converting the US to the metric system will never happen. As just one example it would be difficult to re-mark football fields in meters where the 50-yard line becomes 45.72 meter line. A first down of "first and ten" would become first and 9.144 meters. Fifteen-yard penalties would need to be changed to 13.716 meter penalties.
Most of the world (except Russia, China, and possibly North Korea) uses Imperial units for distance, speed, and altitude in aviation: nautical miles, knots, and feet -- same as the US.
The US does already use the metric system for most scientific and engineering applications, and almost all modern automotive industry fasteners and fittings are metric. Soft drinks are sold in 2-liter bottles.
Completely converting the US to the metric system will never happen. As just one example it would be difficult to re-mark football fields in meters where the 50-yard line becomes 45.72 meter line. A first down of "first and ten" would become first and 9.144 meters. Fifteen-yard penalties would need to be changed to 13.716 meter penalties.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
Frank S.
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Date: March 14, 2016 07:41PM
Imperial Metric Wrote:
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> There is no problem using two systems. England
> uses a combination of metric and Imperial units
> for highway signs. Beer is (thankfully) sold in
> Imperial pints, and petrol/gasoline in litres and
> Imperial gallons.
>
> Most of the world (except Russia, China, and
> possibly North Korea) uses Imperial units for
> distance, speed, and altitude in aviation:
> nautical miles, knots, and feet -- same as the
> US.
>
> The US does already use the metric system for most
> scientific and engineering applications, and
> almost all modern automotive industry fasteners
> and fittings are metric. Soft drinks are sold in
> 2-liter bottles.
>
> Completely converting the US to the metric system
> will never happen. As just one example it would
> be difficult to re-mark football fields in meters
> where the 50-yard line becomes 45.72 meter line.
> A first down of "first and ten" would become
> first and 9.144 meters. Fifteen-yard penalties
> would need to be changed to 13.716 meter
> penalties.
Nobody would ever think that you would change football fields to metric. That would be like saying that you could no longer run mile races in track meets.
Yeah, there's a lot of metric in use, thank god. Medicine is mostly metric, thank god. For some reason, a lot of manufacturing is still english, including Boeing who builds airplanes in feet, inches and pounds still, for some reason. I assume their fasteners, like bolts, must be metric though. Your point about knots in aviation probably relates to Boeing somehow. Airbus builds in metric though.
I think you have a good point. Maybe we're as metric as we need to be. Who really cares if your car speed and mileage is in metric.
One thing I don't like about celsius is that the units seem too large. I mean, 20 is comfortable, 18 is cold as hell.
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> There is no problem using two systems. England
> uses a combination of metric and Imperial units
> for highway signs. Beer is (thankfully) sold in
> Imperial pints, and petrol/gasoline in litres and
> Imperial gallons.
>
> Most of the world (except Russia, China, and
> possibly North Korea) uses Imperial units for
> distance, speed, and altitude in aviation:
> nautical miles, knots, and feet -- same as the
> US.
>
> The US does already use the metric system for most
> scientific and engineering applications, and
> almost all modern automotive industry fasteners
> and fittings are metric. Soft drinks are sold in
> 2-liter bottles.
>
> Completely converting the US to the metric system
> will never happen. As just one example it would
> be difficult to re-mark football fields in meters
> where the 50-yard line becomes 45.72 meter line.
> A first down of "first and ten" would become
> first and 9.144 meters. Fifteen-yard penalties
> would need to be changed to 13.716 meter
> penalties.
Nobody would ever think that you would change football fields to metric. That would be like saying that you could no longer run mile races in track meets.
Yeah, there's a lot of metric in use, thank god. Medicine is mostly metric, thank god. For some reason, a lot of manufacturing is still english, including Boeing who builds airplanes in feet, inches and pounds still, for some reason. I assume their fasteners, like bolts, must be metric though. Your point about knots in aviation probably relates to Boeing somehow. Airbus builds in metric though.
I think you have a good point. Maybe we're as metric as we need to be. Who really cares if your car speed and mileage is in metric.
One thing I don't like about celsius is that the units seem too large. I mean, 20 is comfortable, 18 is cold as hell.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
imbiker
()
Date: March 14, 2016 07:43PM
"Kids ask why they have to get up at night - I dont know. Kids ask why we do Daylight Saving Time - I dont know why. Kids ask why the US has not converted to the Metric system - I dont know."
Now you know!
The idea of daylight saving was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin during his sojourn as an American delegate in Paris in 1784, in an essay, "An Economical Project."
http://www.acurite.com/daylight-saving-time-history-facts
Now you know!
The idea of daylight saving was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin during his sojourn as an American delegate in Paris in 1784, in an essay, "An Economical Project."
http://www.acurite.com/daylight-saving-time-history-facts
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
9yebw
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Date: March 14, 2016 10:27PM
I like daylight savings time. Sunrise in June gets as early as 5:42 am. Without daylight savings time, that would be 4:42 am. I'd rather not waste all that sunlight while sleeping...
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
Meanwhile in Arizona
()
Date: March 15, 2016 07:43AM
AZ has it right. They never change their clocks.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
wKYJD
()
Date: March 15, 2016 11:07AM
The Navajo Nation is a significant part of Arizona (as well as Nevada and Utah). They do observe DST. Hawaii does not, but there are better reasons to live there than that. Puerto Rico also has no DST.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
Not exactly...
()
Date: March 15, 2016 11:51AM
Frank S. Wrote:
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> One thing I don't like about celsius is that the units seem
> too large. I mean, 20 is comfortable, 18 is cold as hell.
One degree Celsius equals 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit. Hence, where 20 degrees Celsius equals 68 degrees Fahrenheit, 18 degrees Celsius equals 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit. If you find 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit to be "cold as hell", there is something seriously wrong with you.
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> One thing I don't like about celsius is that the units seem
> too large. I mean, 20 is comfortable, 18 is cold as hell.
One degree Celsius equals 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit. Hence, where 20 degrees Celsius equals 68 degrees Fahrenheit, 18 degrees Celsius equals 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit. If you find 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit to be "cold as hell", there is something seriously wrong with you.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
Shorthand
()
Date: March 15, 2016 12:34PM
Teacher knows Wrote:
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> Let's teach the kids how to read cursive before
> they hit the hard stuff like metrics.
How about they start teaching the kids to write cursive,again. Some school systems no longer teach cursive.
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> Let's teach the kids how to read cursive before
> they hit the hard stuff like metrics.
How about they start teaching the kids to write cursive,again. Some school systems no longer teach cursive.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
Aloha Spirit
()
Date: March 15, 2016 12:40PM
wKYJD Wrote:
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Hawaii does not, but there are better
> reasons to live there than that.
It's pitch black by 7pm. You'd think it was 9 or 10. Lovely summer evening and it's dark. Didn't like it.
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Hawaii does not, but there are better
> reasons to live there than that.
It's pitch black by 7pm. You'd think it was 9 or 10. Lovely summer evening and it's dark. Didn't like it.
Re: Waking Up In The Dark (again)
Posted by:
cursive
()
Date: March 15, 2016 02:13PM
Shorthand Wrote:
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> Teacher knows Wrote:
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> -----
>
>
> > Let's teach the kids how to read cursive before
> > they hit the hard stuff like metrics.
>
> How about they start teaching the kids to write
> cursive,again. Some school systems no longer teach
> cursive.
non of the schools teach cursive. Kids cannot write it and have trouble reading it. My kids are in all AAP and dont have a clue with cursive.
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> Teacher knows Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
>
> > Let's teach the kids how to read cursive before
> > they hit the hard stuff like metrics.
>
> How about they start teaching the kids to write
> cursive,again. Some school systems no longer teach
> cursive.
non of the schools teach cursive. Kids cannot write it and have trouble reading it. My kids are in all AAP and dont have a clue with cursive.