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To: Gaffer

We kicked the king’s ass out of the country 250 years ago. We should have kicked his stupid measurements out at the same time.


21 posted on 08/22/2013 6:59:15 AM PDT by DManA
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To: DManA

Please tell me what is stupid about a furlong or an acre, or a mile? Furlong related to the length a of a field a man an ox team would plow 220 yards, or a mile as 8 furlongs.

Much more relatable than the tens, hundreds and thousands of a metric system.

Besides that, why do you revel in throwing off kings of yore, specifically those things that came to be commonplace and withstood the test of usage and time? For the system of another group of Europeans with whom we have little in common really, save for a massive influx of third worlder illegals and Muslims?

Finally, you can wish and hope all you want, it won’t change


35 posted on 08/22/2013 7:08:15 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: DManA

“We should have kicked his stupid measurements out at the same time.”

Stupidly, you are advocating replacing those units with units made by the French and English monarchy and politicians. Going through life stupid and ignorant. Congratulations. You believe in science by political committee .


54 posted on 08/22/2013 7:20:34 AM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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To: DManA
We kicked the king’s ass out of the country 250 years ago. We should have kicked his stupid measurements out at the same time.

"His stupid measurements" are very practical. The metric system is flawed in that it has no equivalent of such practical measurements as ounce, pound, inch, gallon, foot, fathom, furlong, etc.

78 posted on 08/22/2013 7:32:54 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: DManA

I say we kick you out!


160 posted on 08/22/2013 9:41:46 AM PDT by dalereed
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