(no spam)" wrote:
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> Yes strange... the US has been metric resistant for many years. I believe
> sometime during 1960's the US was gradually supposed to join the rest of the
> world and go metric. For the most part it did not happen with a few
> exceptions. Most US products have both metric and Imperial units on them
> however.


The US was supposed to go metric back in the 70s along with most of its
trading partners. It has gone the way of most other international
agreements.... down the tubes. It's a damned shame that so many people
are so resistant to changing to a more sensible system of measurement,
especially considering that so many of them are only partially familiar
with the one they insist is better.


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> If anybody cares:
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> http://www.metric-conversion-tables....easurement.htm