"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> 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.
>
>
>>
>> If anybody cares:
>>
>> http://www.metric-conversion-tables....easurement.htm

Isn't Canada somewhat resistant to metric also... I have some (though
certainly not all) Canadian friends who refuse to think in Celsius, but
prefer Fahrenheit when it comes to temps. Same seems to be true for recipes.