I believe back in the mid seventies that the US made it "official" and we
are, by law, obliged to use the metric system now:-).
My 2 grams worth.
Monte
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Root" <ptroot@iaces.com>
To: "Eric Erickson" <eric@erickson.on.net>
Cc: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: Why do (or did) the British drive on the left.
> Well, I don't know. Back when I was in 9th grade, my
> Science teacher was of the opinion that we should take all
> non metric things and throw them in an ocean and make a new
> reaf. Back then, let's see, was that '78/79 or so? There was
> political talk and maybe even a pseudo plan to convert to
> metric. Everything made in the US was with Standard English
> sizes.
>
> Now, there is no glimmer of a plan. Not on any politicians
> radar. However, many things made are using Metric.
>
> Maybe we're further along than we think. We all think in
> English weights and measures.
>
> I think I like it better this way. The less Politicians are
> in my life the better.
>
> Paul.
>
>
> Eric Erickson wrote:
> > On 25/01/2005, at 5:51 AM, yd3@nvc.net wrote:
> >
> >> <<<snip>>>
> >>
> >>> "Because we don't HAVE to - our trading partners come to us, so they
can
> >>> like our weights and measures or go elsewhere"
> >>
> >> <<<Snip>>>
> >>
> >> Not always.
> >
> >
> > As I said... this was TWENTY YEARS AGO. I would assume that attitude
> > had softened somewhat
>
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