Originally Posted by
Squeeze
Like most Americans, I think, my mind thinks in Imperial simply from a lifetime of using it. I think in miles and pounds and gallons.
I can understand volume and length in Metric without too much trouble, but Metric weight is something I can't seem to grasp.
They say a paperclip weighs about a gram. So a kilogram weighs as much as a thousand paperclips? I have a hard time imagining how heavy or light that would be. And when you get into lots of kilograms, I'm just lost.
Metric tools are no problem at all.
A liter of water weighs one kilogram (at STP, near enough). And a liter is a cube 10cm on one side. And a hectare is a square 100m on one side. That is the great thing about the metric system, is how easy it is to convert lengths and volumes and areas and weights between each other, instead of having to remember 43560sq ft/acre.