A few observations - Must be a commercial street in Nagoya. People are wearing a mask in the pre-COVID days. A shop says "Lunch Service 11:30 - 14:30." For some reason most Americans cannot get used to the simple 24 hour system, with which Europeans and Japanese have no problem. People are lining up in front of the shop Izumi-ya selling sweets. I want to buy some too! And finally, a mother and a child getting ready for a birthday party with the balloons. This one must be in the summer. Thank you for the interesting photos!!
Amusingly enough, the US military is fully metric, was talking about klicks and oh-eight hundred hours back in the Vietnam war. I must confess that while I understand metric, I still mostly use inches and pounds: that's what's around me.
Indeed, for our daily life, like for cooking and driving, yard/pound system is convenient and harmless. But when it comes to science/engineering, it cannot beat the decimal metric system. Measurement of the temperature Celsius or Fahrenheit, as well. While the whole world is now using the metric, America (USA) is so big and lazy that we resist the conversion. I still hate it when the bus companies (and many airlines) show their schedules in a.m. and p.m. The military has to use the 24 hour system to avoid miscommunication, I suppose. (Now I notice that the 24 hour system is not necessarily within the metric category but the concept is the same.)
A few observations - Must be a commercial street in Nagoya. People are wearing a mask in the pre-COVID days. A shop says "Lunch Service 11:30 - 14:30." For some reason most Americans cannot get used to the simple 24 hour system, with which Europeans and Japanese have no problem. People are lining up in front of the shop Izumi-ya selling sweets. I want to buy some too! And finally, a mother and a child getting ready for a birthday party with the balloons. This one must be in the summer. Thank you for the interesting photos!!
I'm happy that you imagine so many things from my random photos. Thank you so much!
Yes, my head starts spinning when I see something interesting. Can't control.
Amusingly enough, the US military is fully metric, was talking about klicks and oh-eight hundred hours back in the Vietnam war. I must confess that while I understand metric, I still mostly use inches and pounds: that's what's around me.
Indeed, for our daily life, like for cooking and driving, yard/pound system is convenient and harmless. But when it comes to science/engineering, it cannot beat the decimal metric system. Measurement of the temperature Celsius or Fahrenheit, as well. While the whole world is now using the metric, America (USA) is so big and lazy that we resist the conversion. I still hate it when the bus companies (and many airlines) show their schedules in a.m. and p.m. The military has to use the 24 hour system to avoid miscommunication, I suppose. (Now I notice that the 24 hour system is not necessarily within the metric category but the concept is the same.)