Those windows remined me of the origins of the city centre of Johannesburg in South Africa. When you look at the map you can see that there is wriggle in the otherwise straight grid of streets. Apparently the city centre was built from two opposing sides. On one side, a German engineer planned the streets and had it built. On the other side, an English engineer did the same. When they met they realised that metric and imperial measurements didn’t quite align. What possibly had started out as a decimal point difference had turned into a few metres or yards.
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And yet the Brits stuck oburately with Imperial measurements for quite an age longer.
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And now there is only the US Americans left (and Myanmar, I think). Makes one think, doesn’t it?
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Until recently there was a bit of a movement to Bring Back Imperial. Down with the dastardly kilo! It foundered as they began to realise that nobody under about 60 any longer had any experience of this older set of measurements.
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Architects have a lot to answer for. I don’t find that appealing at all and it’s not just my OCD it’s taste as well.
As for the metric system, god help the USA. I was so pleased when we escaped the imperial system. Made my schooling a lot easier.
Thanks for joining in Elke 😀
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Looking at the building I think the window is not looking into a room but a staircase. – As for the US, I think they have bigger problems than the metric system at the moment. But then again, the imperial system might just be a symptom.
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I was thinking of the staircase as well after I commented.
The US sewage system is getting clogged as it goes down the toilet, sorry bathroom 😂
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