[USMA:23617] How Many Hectares Is That???

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the article that you posted at the link below has an error in it.   http://members.aol.com/doctoromni/51897.htm     You state:   We are lumped in with countries like Burma who hang with the old system.   Actually, Burma and Liberia, the other country that is suppose to be measuring in FFU (Fred Flintstone Units), actually do use metric.  Visitors to these countries have reported that these two countries do not use FFU.  The information that they use FFU is out-dated.   Think about it!  These countries are surrounded by metric countries.  Anything they buy comes from their neighbours in metric sizes and descriptions, unless they only import from the US.  Which of course is highly unlikely for economic reasons.  Neither of these countries is in a position to demand special products or labelling from their neighbours whom they buy from.    The only reason they may be considered to be non-metric is that neither of them ever made an official change from traditional units to metric.  But, the change occurred anyway by osmosis.  What remnants may still be non-metric are very few and very old.   Time to update our data.   John