On 6/3/2012 11:31 AM, James Knott wrote:
Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
So it seems like we
used the metric system for about 120 years by now, so I guess the inch
guys are a somewhat behind… ☺
The U.S. is grouped with a couple of 3rd world countries with that.
You can thank Reagan for the U.S. being stuck in the past. Carter had
plans for the switch, which Reagan then canceled. However, IIRC, the
metric system is the official U.S. standard and has been for a very
long time. It's just because of the "stick in the mud types", like
Reagan, that the U.S. didn't switch to metric for every day use.
However, it is creeping in, in manufacturing, science and elsewhere.
It's mainly the general public that hasn't clued in yet. It's really
amazing what a little ignorance can do.
Why has this technical discussion degraded into a political bashing?
The Metric system is just as idiotic as the English. Metric measurement
is good for people limited to thinking terms of ten, but it's hard for
the eye to divide and a millstone around the neck of carpenters not
using CNC. So What! Please keep the left wing political rants off the
list!
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