Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
Sure, why not. We should've done it years ago already.
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Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
there ought to be an option for non-americans to say; "yes, if that is what the US wants".
Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
No, merely because Im stubborn and refuse to give the Frenchman a sense of satisfaction. On a side note I know both as do most Americans so in all reality we are already ahead of the curve.
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Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
You know they use the Metric System to measure wealth distribution, Strike.....
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Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
Yes it is time for the United States to adopt the metric system.
It will occur the same time we start calling "soccer" whatever you Euros call it.
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Have you just been dumped?
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Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
If you were to do that, we'd have to call Football "Rugby's bastard child"!Originally Posted by Marshal Murat
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Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
Yes, its about time we stop with all those redicilous cups, ounces and all the other useless measurements the english came up with way back when. Woot for the simplicity of base ten conversions!
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Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
It doesn't really matter if the U.S. changes or not. The scientific community and the military is already using metric so that they can play properly with the rest of the world. The rest of it doesn't really matter.
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Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
The voice of reason in the wilderness of global conformity. Consider having to do the conversions good brain exercise.
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Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
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Yes indeed! I want my pipe tobacco in proper 50 g. packs instead of the stupid 1.5 oz. which is 42.x g.
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Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
What's oz anyway? I heard of some wizard of oz but never seen that movie. Something to do with Oztralia or so?
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Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
I think Fahrenheit (Is it spelled this way?) measurement has to do blood temperature.
Humans are generally at 37º Celcius, while on Far Night mode, they are at 100º
BLARGH!
Re: Is it time for the US to adopt the metric system?
Actually, the core temp of a human should be around 36.8C or 98.2F, so there are no round numbers in either system.
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