[meteorite-list] $ gold / Oz

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:49:28 -0700
Message-ID: <C8361F58.F28F%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi Geozay, Richad & all,?
        OK, confession time:
        This is enough to make me scream. I stopped paying attention
To educators in 3rd grade when I found out about the metric system
And all the adults were using the Imperial System with a base of
12, no - 16 - no, 36 - no, 5,280 - THIS is desirable over a system with
A consistent base of 10????? So, I figured if they were THAT dumb
They had little to learn from.
        Then they got me for a couple of years when they told me about
Math beyond arithmetic, but turned me off entirely again
When they would only tell me how to turn the crank, but not HOW
And WHY the crank WORKED (most or all of them probably didn't
Know - but no one copped to it, saying only, "I have to cover specific
Things in this course and don't have time to go off on tangents" or
Something to that effect). Wasn't until college I "woke up" to real
education - though even at that level I tried math again and dropped it
because THEY won't tell you either.... Same stinking excuses.
        Now we are blowing Mars trips because "the adults" are still
Confused about inches vs CMs, feet and meters, miles and kilometers.
        So, now, what the hell is a "troy" oz as apposed to a US oz - as
In 16 to the Lb (of course!) Is a "Troy Oz" a metric measure? (Don't see
How it can be if the number of grams is odd) SO WHAT THE HELL
ARE THEY DOING WITH A TROY STINKING OZ!? (I now feel like
Lewis Black and want to stab an ice pick into my head!)
        And most importantly, if an oz of gold is worth X dollars, is it a
Troy Oz or a US/"Imperial" Oz?
        Even when the US FINALLY tried to convert to metric, they made
An incredibly feeble and futile attempt by allowing BOTH metric
And imperial weights on food and mi & Km on speedometers, etc. If
They had just forbidden any references to imperial measures on food
And speedometers and speed signs everyone would have adapted in
A matter of days - but with both, everyone IGNORED the metric
Measures (of course) and the US quickly gave up. Maddening!
        So, are you saying a "Troy Oz" is THE oz they are speaking of
When they report gold is currently at X$ per oz? And if they are,
What the hell is a "Troy oz?"
        Frustrated in San Diego, Michael


On 6/9/10 5:30 PM, "Richard Kowalski" <damoclid at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Yes, you're right
>
> 31.1034768 grams to be exact, so $39.59 per gram
>
>
>
> --
> Richard Kowalski
> Full Moon Photography
> IMCA #1081
>
>
> --- On Wed, 6/9/10, GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> From: GeoZay at aol.com <GeoZay at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The Top Five collectible space meteorites
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 5:15 PM
>>>> One ounce equals
>> 28.3495231? grams<<
>>
>> I believe one troy ounce equals 31.1 grams. :O)
>> geozay?
>>
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Received on Thu 10 Jun 2010 07:49:28 AM PDT