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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
"After a 40 year career as an engineer, I prefer to let the users determine which units they prefer. American engineers recognize the utility of metric units, but donโ€™t need to impose them in the kitchen or carpenter shop where traditional units work just fine."

YES! Different units have their usefulness. Pounds, ounces, feet, inches. These are our everyday customary units. They are part of our history, language, and culture. We should keep them because if we give them an inch, they'll take the mile, and the inch, foot, gallon, ounce, yard -- the whole acre!

28 posted on 09/16/2021 1:58:13 PM PDT by cpt_dave
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To: cpt_dave

Good comment, made me laugh. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป


71 posted on 09/16/2021 3:56:06 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them...God wins. Trump always wins. . )
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