I am not a mathematician. Can anyone explain to me how to count from a base of 12 instead of 10?

Pretty clear that I am not a physicist, however, I have had a "sensory" impression that counting to a base of 10 is a false premise and that using 12 makes more sense within nature. I have vague recollections of logorithyms in high school being able to use any number, but this is something that has bothered me for a long time and wonder if others have thoughts they are willing to share. Also, what's all the buzz about E8 and can that also tie in with my ideas that the whole decimal system is a false premise and that by using computers, the entire world is having a meltdown because it is becoming obvious that we have been operating on an unbalanced "scale"., Can't explain it any better than that. As I said, for me is is sensory rather than logic, but with a practical explanation, could become logical. Also, I believe that if we were operating on a totally different number system, the entire "mystery" of pi could be resolved and it would be quite simple. I dont know how, just curious what others think. Thank you to all in advance. Katya at metakat1@yahoo.com