{"id":20848,"date":"2026-03-09T17:08:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20848"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:08:59","slug":"the-metric-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20848","title":{"rendered":"The Metric System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" data-attachment-id=\"20849\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=20849\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4102-scaled.jpeg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1756716918&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0028248587570621&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4102\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4102-scaled.jpeg?fit=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4102.jpeg?resize=700%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20849\" style=\"width:551px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4102-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4102-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4102-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C200&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4102-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4102-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4102-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4102-scaled.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If God had intended for us to use the metric system, He would have given us ten fingers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The desire to standardize measures, clothes, colors and construction is common but not necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like quarts and gills and bushels. 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