DECIMALS

Posted By: nana on 2007-06-20
In Reply to: Call me crazy, but I thought decimals were only for - Hayseed

Subject: DECIMALS

Hi, I have been doing this forever and have always used decimals when doing weights. I used to be an RN and that is the way I was taught. In an ancient text I have it says that is accepted practice to use this. I have seen it both ways and have found it easier to type 175.5 pounds than 175 1/2 pounds. In another less ancient, but still ancient text I found that if you type 175-1/2 pounds you insert an hyphen before the fraction. So, since I am lazy unless they beat it out of me, I will continue to type it 175.5 pounds. It is for decimal system, but 0.5 is still the same as one-half. Right? It is easier to read too. What I want to know is why do they have to try to fix things that are not broken all the time? Some of the things they have changed for the better don't look so good to me. Maybe it is time to retire? What would I do if I couldn't type? Sigh. Sleep, go on trips, go to the movies, sew something, surf the internet, play with grandchildren, bake cookies?

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BOS numbers - Trish
- Call me crazy, but I thought decimals were only for - Hayseed
  - DECIMALS - nana
    - I hear ya - Rad MT
  - Here is what the BOS-2 says about it ... - SM
    - Stiil confused - Trish
    - What about lab values as 20.0 . .. - Thanks for that
      - Do not, however, insert the decimal point and zero if they are not dictated. - Rad MT
        I'm such a freak! This 1/2 thing is driving me nuts! - Hayseed
        Howdy, Hayseed! - clhmt
        Maybe that's why I'm so thrown by it... - Hayseed
        LOL funny how accidents like that happen - Rad MT
  - Thanks - Trish
  - there gonna have to come to my house and make me change that lol nm - patpey

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the metric system, which pounds are not. So, it would be 175-1/2 pounds. I can't find it in BOS either and I've looked up everything I can think of to support my theory.

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and I think you need another decimal place

0.0038-inch-diameter
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1/38,000-inch-diameter (but this = 0.0000263)

and now I really have a headache!