LOL. Thanks! And may your decimals all be

Posted By: in the right places. (nm) Michael Bolton on 2006-02-11
In Reply to: Now here is a answer with proper research! - Milton's Red Stapler

Subject: LOL. Thanks! And may your decimals all be

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Principle/principal Diagnosis? - Noodles
- One company i work for says "principle"..my other company says "principal" sm - I hate these 2 words..
  - Here's my silly way of differentiating the two: sm - nm
- This is a tester, please don't help! - sm
  - Working not testing - Noodles
    - Then why can't you look up a word like - that yourself??
  - Word help - Noodles
    - Read the TOS for the board - Milton's Red Stapler
      - MILTON MY DEAR - Yeah well ya know
        yawn....nm - Milton's Red Stapler
        Moving on.....nm - That's right..
      - For once, MRS, I agree with you. Any person sm - nm
      - Glad OP got some help... - MT-Been There
        Exhausting all resources first is a learning - Milton's Red Stapler
        Yeah, but I believe the OP did mention that research had been done...sm - MT-Been There
        Yes, and when I use Google to research - Milton's Red Stapler
      - I just gotta say that I luv your moniker! (and that movie) - wish I'd thought of it first. :) (nm)
- my national insists it is Principal....nm - Another opinion
  - That's too bad. Really is principle diagnosis. sm - Chloe
    - definitely incorrect and national is right....NM - well ALL the other posters say you are
    - I was going to say that principal can be used - agj
    - it's principal - agj
    - definitely incorrect and the national is right..nm - well ALL the other posters say you are
    - the principal = pal mnemonic is supposed to help - you remember that principal = first! (adj.) nm
      - more here... - sm
        Principal/Principle - Rayoa
        Principal/Principle - Rayoa
        Now here is a answer with proper research! - Milton's Red Stapler
        LOL. Thanks! And may your decimals all be - in the right places. (nm) Michael Bolton
        OMG! Warn me not to be drinking that - Milton's Red Stapler
        eh...that would be your "decimal points," of course. ;) - MB (nm)
    - Look it up. It is principal, not principle. sm - Winnie Ruth
      - onelook.com and the Merriam's dict. agree with you, too! :) nm - wandering
  - Thanks. - Noodles

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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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Call me crazy, but I thought decimals were only for
Subject: Call me crazy, but I thought decimals were only for

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.

i use decimals for metric numbers: 0.25 kg but 1/4 pound NM
Subject: i use decimals for metric numbers: 0.25 kg but 1/4 pound NM

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I thought you used decimals for metric and fractions for standard...
Subject: I thought you used decimals for metric and fractions for standard...

and I think you need another decimal place

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

and now I really have a headache!