This week on The Brancatelli Vlog
We consider the slow but steady invasion of the metric system into our domestic world of inches, feet, and pounds. The change is finally happening, centimeters from our very eyes. But do you really know what a centimeter is? Or the length of a kilometer? Can you weigh a bag of flour in anything other than ounces and pounds?
As Laurence Sterne might have said, “Good G–! What is a gram?”
In this quiet invasion, our story begins with an elementary schoolgirl’s math problem involving fish tanks, volume, and the kind of measurement no one in her house actually uses and is best left for socket wrenches. As your server says, “Enjoy!”
Image by Zahraa Hassan. “Greaser” by Cullah, courtesy of the YouTube Audio Library. Dedicated to Giovanna Deanna Brancatelli.