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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:49 PM Original message |
Will USA ever convert to metric? |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Then how the hell would we do football? |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Aussie rules |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Blasphemous! |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Even Canadian football still measures by yardage. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. it couldn't hurt |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. OMG |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #36 |
49. I was told there would be no math... |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #49 |
61. 5 |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. well, yeah... |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #66 |
71. But every math textbook ... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:56 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. well, sure... |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. I didn't say I couldn't figure it out. I said I DIDN'T HAVE TO...LOL |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
164. It's the 3-4-5 rule familiar to construction workers. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:48 AM Response to Reply #164 |
180. Ah... |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Canadian football and curling..... |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. 110 yards might not be feasible with many developed stadiums... |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. But this is what Canadian football stadiums accomodate. It's been the rules for 60 years at least. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Canadian football fields have a proscribed size? |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Always has been that size |
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Esra Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:59 AM Response to Reply #54 |
81. Proscribed means forbidden (roughly) ?? |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #81 |
161. They are proscribed from being anything other than ... |
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shoutinfreud (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:27 AM Response to Reply #37 |
107. The only thing I hear Canadians actually USE metric for is grams and speed |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #107 |
116. If someone said "I'm 360cm tall" |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 06:58 AM Response to Reply #116 |
125. Only if they're the gameskeeper at Hogwarts... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Thanks for the laugh |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. It will cost a ton of money with little actual benefit |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Since about 1789 when the french introduced the system |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Not to mention all this little friction from having to do conversions at both sides. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Work |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. This. |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
48. The experience in Canada.. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #48 |
60. According to the Bank of Canada's inflation calculator |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. As it would have metric or not..... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Yes, I actually lived in Canada |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #67 |
74. Oh, ok...LOL |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #74 |
79. But that is the point |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #79 |
85. Those scams emerged in Aust. at metric conversion |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #85 |
89. What's the relation between the metric system and internet security? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #74 |
100. I'll tell you something about Chretien's speech |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #60 |
69. And that was nothing to do with |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
152. A metric ton? or about 900 kilograms? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why not? |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Oops. Look straight above. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Having spent half of my life in metric countries |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It's not like it's our most pressing need. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Another thing about Canada |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I remember my grandma's rental car once had a digital speedometer and it read speed in kilometers... |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
59. Early 70s |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #23 |
130. I once bought a car in the US that registered kilometers |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #130 |
183. . |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
51. I know. we had to deal with this in Australia |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. You do realize that MEDICINE is done in metric already |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. In 1978, a pound of potato salad at Safeway was CDN $1.29 |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. What evidence do you have that this (roughly) quadrupling of price was caused by the conversion? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. The source of those prices is my own personal experience |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #39 |
53. IF your numbers are true, they're meaningless because of the 10-year span. |
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murphyj87 (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. No, not at all.... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Just as a curiosity, was inflation really 13% a year in average from 1978 to 1988? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. The Bank of Canada shows roughly a doubling of prices between 1978 and 1988 |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #64 |
86. Year by year: |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:49 AM Response to Reply #86 |
98. For crying out loud |
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shoutinfreud (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:23 AM Response to Reply #98 |
105. Groceries are general top of the list of things to measure inflation, not cars |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:34 AM Response to Reply #105 |
117. I have already taken the doubling of prices between 1978 and 1988 into account |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #105 |
159. Not to mention, fuel prices affect EVERY. FUCKING. THING. -nt |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Your examples make no sense |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Think of it this way |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Also think of it this way |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. How can that happen in a competitive market? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Have you never bought bananas by the pound? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #56 |
65. the pound is the unit of comparison! |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:52 AM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Dollars per gram? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. only for you |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:00 AM Response to Reply #76 |
82. So how many dollars would you pay for a gram of banana? |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #82 |
93. I can tell you exactly |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Perhaps you missed the point |
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shoutinfreud (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:21 AM Response to Reply #27 |
104. And how much is potato salad in the USA in 1988? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:48 AM Response to Reply #104 |
119. 1988 Canadian dollar = approximately 86 US cents |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
155. Son you do understand that in those same ten years |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #155 |
184. Did you not read where I said I taken that into account? |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
185. Schools began to teach the metric system in the mid 70s in preperation for |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. No. nt |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. I still remember the very first math exam I took here in America |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. We already use the metric system and most people don't even know it. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
68. Doctors still ask nurses what the Celsius scale means |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:02 AM Response to Reply #68 |
84. "a lot of the older guys are still clinging" |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #84 |
167. I think the slowest to adapt will be the building trades |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #167 |
172. The "cookie-cutter" housing developers |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
90. Yep |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:53 AM Response to Reply #90 |
99. I'm in a similar field, |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
135. THANK YOU!!!! |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
88. I've lived with metrics for say, |
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Zanzoobar (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
96. Is that fact much different than knowing that kilo = 1000? |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #96 |
131. People already know those terms, |
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Zanzoobar (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #131 |
143. ! |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #143 |
147. Actually, it IS more difficult to remember that a mile equals 5280 feet |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. Back in the mid 70's... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You are the reason we haven't converted. If you just remebered. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Here's how it could have happened, and why it didn't. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You are correct... and I never even thought of it that way |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. We, as students, could have been tasked with more important things... |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
77. for all the shit that we have that has inches, miles, etc. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #77 |
91. Just try shoving it through the door. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. the whole point was that conversion was useless and that everything should change overnight |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #92 |
97. Yeah, I missed that. Feel free to peel open my skull with a 907 gram framing hammer. n/t |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:31 AM Response to Reply #97 |
112. a 2 pound hammer? |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
95. Exactly my personal experience |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #95 |
187. One Kilogram is 2.2 pounds. Thus if 8 sausages = I pound |
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Saphire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
142. +1 |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. To what benefit? Could you name just ten of the million "plusses" that you claim? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Unit conversion costs money |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. America... competitive disanvantage.... LOLOLOLOL |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. We're number one? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:59 AM Response to Reply #45 |
80. Hyperbole much? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:32 AM Response to Reply #80 |
115. I believe it an apt comparison |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
157. Inreased errors.... |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
106. OK, millions was hyperbole |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
166. I do not have a number, but it must have cost an employer of mine quite a bit. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. we could get rid of stupid fractions like 35/247 and 15/17ths nt |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
73. Or at least get rid of 9/32nd's and 15/64th's |
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shoutinfreud (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #73 |
109. I agree 3/98 ths of a percent! |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #73 |
144. That made me laugh. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #144 |
148. I think I've seen fences like that |
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ErikJ (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
20. YES! Metric Time too! |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Pointless because everybody uses the same units already. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
108. American gallon being best example |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 03:18 AM Response to Reply #108 |
120. But since Americans know how much a gallon is |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #120 |
140. And yet, |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
83. Thank the romans. There used to be ten months with DECember as the tenth. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 03:42 AM Response to Reply #83 |
121. When were those two months added? |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 04:50 AM Response to Reply #121 |
123. some clarification: |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
102. Never forget |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
30. Because in everyday life it doesn't matter. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
31. There is ONE reason I have read for why we won't fully commit to metric, |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
33. We will when we decide to tax billionaires. Or when pigs fly, which ever comes first. |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
35. We have, in all scientific and technical areas |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
40. When I was in school they sed the metric system was going what was used by the time we're adults.... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
42. Fact is, they sold it all wrong. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #42 |
55. You win this thread. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #42 |
87. LOLOLOL. You said it better than I could ever have hoped to. n/t |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:20 AM Response to Reply #42 |
103. BEST reply in the universe |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #103 |
110. Seriously. Dudes would be paying to use the metric system. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #110 |
170. Meet Smilin' Bob |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
70. The government said we had to do it and people didn't want to so they refused...Case closed.... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 03:57 AM Response to Reply #70 |
122. I remember those "Let's talk metric" ads in the '70s |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
101. Why not? Because the people don't want it |
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shoutinfreud (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #101 |
111. Yes, the reign of terror known as the metric system will not oppress Americans! |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #111 |
177. Yup the same as we wouldn't be oppressed with New Coke |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:31 AM Response to Reply #101 |
113. Truly fitting |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #113 |
132. Doesn't matter. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
114. I wish we had a fractional-metric type system. 1/2,1/3,1/4,1/5,1/6 of a mile... |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #114 |
118. So were cubits |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #114 |
128. A metric dozenal system would rock |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
124. To be more competitive in Science, we should not only convert to the metric system, but also |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #124 |
138. American scientists have long used the metric system. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:12 AM Original message |
The metric system is the tool of the devil. -Abe Simpson |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
134. My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it |
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alterfurz (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
179. and here's proof |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
126. The metric system is the tool of the devil. -Abe Simpson |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
129. I doubt we will. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
133. "Ever" is a long time. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
136. I would hope so |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
137. I hope we *never* switch to Celsius. Fahrenheit is a near-perfect temperature scale. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #137 |
168. But Celsius IS real |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:47 AM Response to Reply #137 |
182. Funny, I've never had a problem with it. (nt) |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
139. I'm ambi-metric with my work and personal life. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
141. Do you have any idea how many 1/2 inch nuts and bolts are out there? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
145. Most everything you buy has metric as well |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
146. NOT IN A BILLION YEARS!!!!! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
149. I'm with you. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
150. It's our greatest single national failing |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
151. Not before May 21st. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
153. As long as they make the centimeter 2.54 times longer /nt |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #153 |
176. That's how long people take to learn what a centimeter is at all. |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
154. A bad case of... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
156. I have a math teacher friend who is nuts on metric; "it's so EASY!" Except not. The visuals we all |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
158. Why should we be bothered with the metric system in everyday life? |
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ParkieDem (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
160. I don't know what you're talking about. |
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octothorpe (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
162. America will NEVER be a communist nation!! |
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SlicerDicer- (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
163. I use metric almost daily all the time... |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
165. Amplifiers are already metric, except the ones that go to eleven nt |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #165 |
175. They're still in metric. |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
169. Dare to be different? nt |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
171. The elegance of metric is you don't have to do fractions |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
173. I hit a nine iron 140 yards |
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mochajava666 (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
174. Anything involving science has almost exclusively used metric |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
178. No. Not in my lifetime. Metric is for those sissie commie pinko Europeans. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
181. I moved from the US to Europe and never once had a problem with the change |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
186. Why not? Political suicide is not popular |
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