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You know what the world has figured out? The metric system. It’s time the US got on board.
Scientific American ^ | 08/22/2013 | David Wogan

Posted on 08/22/2013 6:49:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: DManA
If we’d followed though back in the 70’s English measurements would be nothing but a quaint memory today.

Yeah, Jimmy Carter tried and failed to make it happen with a Dem Congress.

Heck, the metric folks can't even convince international pilots both sea and air) to abandon nautical miles.


101 posted on 08/22/2013 7:41:18 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There's no salvation in politics.)
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To: fruser1
WORLD GASOLINE PRICES CONVERTED TO USD/GALLON


102 posted on 08/22/2013 7:45:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Hang'emAll

The measures in metric are easy, AS LONG AS YOU DON’T HAVE TO CONVERT from one to the other.

It wouldn’t take long to figure out when it hot outside in metric. Same thing for speed limits and distances. Fortunately, a liter is about the same as a quart.

I’d be reluctant at my age to change over, but I was willing back in the 70s, if it had caught on.


103 posted on 08/22/2013 7:46:57 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: DManA
Nerds run the world.

Precisely. Which explains the f'ing mess we're in.

And you expect gratitude?

104 posted on 08/22/2013 7:48:31 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Fightin Whitey

No I expect to be drowned as a witch.


105 posted on 08/22/2013 7:50:23 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Boogieman

“I refuse to use it just because it annoys Europeans. I’m not giving them the satisfaction.”

LOL and I agree!


106 posted on 08/22/2013 7:51:38 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: Boogieman
“Socialists! Give ‘em an inch...... and they’ll take a mile.”

No, it’s “Give ‘em a centimeter... and they’ll take a kilometer”. See how much better that sounds? /s

No, it's "Give 'em an inch... and they'll think they're a ruler"!

107 posted on 08/22/2013 7:51:39 AM PDT by folkquest (I plan on being cranky for the next 4 years. Hope to crack a political smile at the midterms!)
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To: DManA

You probably won’t be smothered with garlands.

lol


108 posted on 08/22/2013 7:54:44 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: folkquest

109 posted on 08/22/2013 7:57:53 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: DManA

prejudge much? you won’t win many over with your condescending attitude...


110 posted on 08/22/2013 7:58:54 AM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: DManA

So today a football field would be 91.4 Meters and the base paths would be 2743.2 Centimeters? ;~))


111 posted on 08/22/2013 7:59:56 AM PDT by Ditto
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To: DManA
Nerds run the world. You’re welcome.

indeed!

112 posted on 08/22/2013 8:00:33 AM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: Gaffer

Agree with you...our units of measure are real things.

I don’t let it creep in either...liters? wtf? QUARTS...thats the way to go.

Give ‘em a centimeter and they’ll take a kilometer.

I KNOW what an inch is and a teaspoon...keep your metirc nonsense.


113 posted on 08/22/2013 8:00:59 AM PDT by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have a science background and can do both metric and American. I prefer American.


114 posted on 08/22/2013 8:01:45 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Ditto

Up in the BWCA in N. MN they still mark portage lengths in rods. It’s a nice anachronism. I like it.

If you’ve ever carried a canoe and a pack 450 rods you know viscerally how long a rod is.


115 posted on 08/22/2013 8:03:22 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Resolute Conservative

RE: I have a science background and can do both metric and American

Oh, so the English System is now the American System.... nice.


116 posted on 08/22/2013 8:04:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Bernard Marx

Just tell me to eat some spotted dick and go to the dentist. I haven’t met an Englishman yet that wasn’t snooty.


117 posted on 08/22/2013 8:04:58 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Shucks! I’ve never figured out Rods or Knots, and an electrician will play hell trying to figure out the electrical load in Joules.

Joules are total energy. To figure out a power load those electricians will have to understand the tricky metric power unit of .... watts. A joule is one watt-second and a kilowatt hour is 3.6 million joules.

One job I had did everything in metric because we had so many foreign customers. Any measurement in inches had to be converted from internal measurements in millimeters. It is far easier to get a 6mm bolt here that a 1/4" bolt in the field in a factory in Whogiveadamistan.

118 posted on 08/22/2013 8:05:51 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (This message has been recorded but not approved by Obama's StasiNet. Read it at your peril.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Ugh. Not this again. (Cue Headache Guy.)
119 posted on 08/22/2013 8:07:12 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (The Left: speaking power to truth since Shevirat HaKelim.)
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To: PreciousLiberty; All
I was involved in metrology (measurement science) for a number of years and am acquainted with both systems. The Metric system is much easier to deal with and, when converting measurements from English to Metric, the conversion results are not resolvable. An example of the ease in conversions within the Metric system is in converting from meters to centimeters, centimeters to millimeters, etc, etc. The same applies to other measurements within the Metric system such as mass and volume. Such conversion ease does not exist within the English system.

I suspect though, that the English system will be around for a long time. Those who come after us in this country will be burdened with a measurement system whose length measurements, for example, were originally based on a royal decree that the "foot" measurement would be based on the average length of the male foot in one instance and twelve "barleycorns" in another. I have no idea what a barleycorn is, so please don't ask. And, yes, those men had unusually long feet in the days of that royal decree.

So, my wish for all of you who so tightly embrace the English measurement system is that you measure carefully and live long. And when converting from English to Metric and vice versa, do so very carefully. Instances wherein your life may hang in the balance abound.

120 posted on 08/22/2013 8:07:22 AM PDT by davisfh
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