[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NYer. Sidebar, I just love the "metric system" -- instead of using the circumference of the Earth to figure out the universal measurment based on powers of ten, the dolts used one-quarter of that distance, the (19th c) calculation of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole (both theoretical locations, and the Earth has a below-the-waist "bulge"). Should have stuck with barleycorns.

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[NYer]

I just love the "metric system"

I still recall a movement back in the 60s to switch the US to the metric system. In 1968, Congress authorized the U.S. Metric Study, a three-year study of systems of measurement in the U.S., with emphasis on the feasibility of metrication. The United States Department of Commerce conducted the study. A 45-member advisory panel consulted and took testimony from hundreds of consumers, business organizations, labor groups, manufacturers, and state and local officials. The final report of the study concluded that the U.S. would eventually join the rest of the world in the use of the metric system of measurement.

Up until then, soft drinks like soda, etc. were sold in 1/2 gallon size. It took a while to adjust to the metric sized bottles. It's still odd that soft drinks follow the metric system while milk continues to be sold by the gallon.