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To: BBell
As the rest of the world adopted the metric system, the U.S. continued to bumble around with unwieldy imperial units.

Yes, we've only ever been a bunch of bumblers here in the United States. /s

3 posted on 09/19/2017 4:04:42 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Instead of first and 10, in football, it will be first down and 9.144 meters to go.


7 posted on 09/19/2017 4:08:45 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: RegulatorCountry

The only flag on the moon is that of the US.


8 posted on 09/19/2017 4:08:49 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: RegulatorCountry; Dilbert San Diego

It’s simple and easy to use. The U.S. military, medical fields, and scientific fields all use it.


10 posted on 09/19/2017 4:10:19 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: RegulatorCountry
As the rest of the world adopted the metric system, the U.S. continued to bumble around with unwieldy imperial units.

Yes, we've only ever been a bunch of bumblers here in the United States. /s


Or be like the UK and mix them up.

They buy petrol in litres but measure fuel efficiency in miles per gallon...:^)

54 posted on 09/19/2017 4:43:29 PM PDT by az_gila
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To: RegulatorCountry

Yeah, that’s why the ESA landed crews on the Moon, and we never did. ;^)


144 posted on 09/20/2017 11:55:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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