"sf" > wrote in message
> I want to know why the rest of the world is so doggone hell bent on us
> converting. We use metric literally everywhere that has international
> dealings. Let us keep out 2x4s which aren't 2x4 anymore (1+1/2 in ×
> 3+1/2 in (38 mm × 89 mm) and you can keep your metric system with
> British Imperial this and that.

I'm not so sure they are. What many US companies don't realize, foreign
companies won't import some of our products because of the size differences.
We often lose out for that reason. Remember when many garages could/would
not work on foreign cars? The mechanics that bought the metric tools were
able to charge premium prices.