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keithbvadu2

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7. Back around the 1960s, there was consideration of America going metric.

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Sun Jan 29, 2023, 11:57 AM

Jan 2023

Back around the 1960s, there was consideration of America going metric. There were great cries of communist, heathen, and such. Too bad. Metric is so much more logical and easy to use.

Fear of change and something new.

Now we buy two liters of soda and two quarts of cranberry juice.

Should have stuck with the old system of cubits.

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My son told me his girlfriend broke up with him for being un American [View all] Duncanpup Jan 2023 OP

... Omnipresent Jan 2023 #1

Snicker. niyad Jan 2023 #2

😁 CentralMass Jan 2023 #3

That took me a few seconds Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #4

Some people are untrustworthy, Doc_Technical Jan 2023 #5

just remember... getagrip_already Jan 2023 #28

And you're appearing where? Marthe48 Jan 2023 #6

I'm your opening act. Duncanpup Jan 2023 #11

Well played Marthe48 Jan 2023 #19

Back around the 1960s, there was consideration of America going metric. keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #7

The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 is an Act of Congress twodogsbarking Jan 2023 #8

I was 11 then, our teachers spent a lot of time teaching us metric AdamGG Jan 2023 #20

"then it just went away." BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #25

Actually, if you recall DENVERPOPS Jan 2023 #27

Fahrenheit is more precise than Centigrade AdamGG Jan 2023 #30

How'd that work out.... Historic NY Jan 2023 #22

I agree with the last sentence. lastlib Jan 2023 #9

As a practical matter, at this point, almost all scientific work, even among Americans, is... NNadir Jan 2023 #10

1, 2 & 5 n/t aggiesal Jan 2023 #15

OK, 1. NNadir Jan 2023 #16

Well, you did use 1 in the base 12 system. n/t aggiesal Jan 2023 #17

Yes, I did. I stand convicted as charged. NNadir Jan 2023 #18

The hardest thing about metric is converting from English Marthe48 Jan 2023 #23

lol barbtries Jan 2023 #12

I hope he told her to take off, eh. LudwigPastorius Jan 2023 #13

Funny you should post this sdfernando Jan 2023 #14

hindsight is 6.096/6.096 mercuryblues Jan 2023 #21

Fun Fact: The US officially adopted the metric system during the Carter administration. CaptainTruth Jan 2023 #24

This girlfriend, how did he meter? CaptainTruth Jan 2023 #26

Under the centimetre tree KS Toronado Jan 2023 #29