#something to learn

I’ve seen a post saying the Popsicle was sold out in just 15min, reminding me the drop was out. I went to re-inc website just to take a look, I checked the cut off tee, and tumbled on that : 

Seeing Tobin’s height made me wonder if I was taller than her ... And it brought me back to all my interrogations on the users of the non-metric system.

As a French person, I’m totally lost with the metrics used in the imperial system. And it’s always funny when an American or British person ask me “How tall are you ?” and I say “1,73m”. I could said “8 carrots and 2 potatoes” it would be the same. The thing is, I know 1 inch = 2,54 cm ; because I learned it during my physics courses, but I’m still incapable to spontaneously tell you my height using the imperial units. Of course, I’ve used a converter, and now I know that I’m 5 feet and 8.1102 inches (5′8″ I guess ?), but no idea how many inches there are in a foot ... Like, could someone be 5′16″ ? Is that even making sense ?

So, if someone out there masters both systems and is willing to share some tips (if there are any) with me : Hit me up :) I’ll be glad to learn something here !

In conclusion :

It seems that I’m taller than Tobin, and that is kind of a surprise to me ^^

Don’t even get me started on °C and °F. During my trip to the US, watching the weather report was more confusing than useful to me

“There is something within us that instinctively craves closeness to nature in times of stress.”

 “I didn’t really articulate it to myself until about six years ago...and then I realised I’d been thinking about it under the surface for a long time,” she says. “Whenever the future is anxious or uncertain, nature’s regenerative powers are stabilising.” 

“Stuart-Smith says the basis for our attachment to plants is primal, embedded within us from the early stages of evolution. “The way our hunter-gatherer ancestors related to the world was as much about the non-human elements of the world, including plants, as it was about humans,” she says. “They couldn’t survive if they didn’t develop a close understanding of plants and other animals.” That affinity for plants is still within us. It’s scientifically proven that the colour green is restful to people, because it makes us feel safe. “All the evolutionary explanation for biophilia [the love of plants] is that green vegetation and flourishing landscapes were a signal that you were in a place that would sustain life.” The sight of healthy green life tells our brain that we are somewhere we can thrive.”

“When I talked to the prisoners on Rikers Island (a jail complex in New York), for them gardening was a chance to enter into a nurturing relationship. They’d never had a nurturing relationship that had been good.”

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