[Greenbuilding] "(Wo)Man is the measure of all things" (was Re: metric system in building)

[Jim P Weiler]

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On Sep 28, 2007, at 11:05 AM, "Rob Tom" <ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca> wrote:

>
> Me ? I grew up with inches/feet/miles but learned to appreciate the  
> metre
> so like most Canadians of my vintage, are (as a farmer once labelled  
> me when he saw me using a hammer, switching from right hand to left  
> hand)  "expidextrous"

Once, during one of my earliest "for pay" jobs, I was told by my boss  
to perform some minor operation on a framing job involving a hammer  
and something needing to be driven out of the way (I forget what).

Since I was in proud possesion of a new framing hammer and wanting to  
do a good job (and because whatever it was I was asked to do, was  
awkward), I asked him "what part of the hammer" to hit it with.

His instant and short reply was, "Any part of it," probably one of the  
most useful instructions I have ever received from any superior.