[USMA:28989] United States Postal Service

[john mercer]

In the U S do most post offices have digital scales?  The reason i ask this is because if they do wouldn't it be quite easy to metricate the postal service.  On July 1 1979 Canada post went metric at a cost of 1.5 million dollars.  At that time i don't know if digital scales were available.  I remember going in to a post office just after the metric change and the clerk had a little trouble using the scale.  If the USPS uses digital scales it would probably be quite easy to metricate it.  When Canada post changed they called a one oz letter 30 g.  I have another question in the States if you mail a parcel and use your bank card to pay for it when you get the receit does it give the weight of the parcel.  If it does how easy would it be to change it from lbs to kg. i wonder how hard it would be to change the rates from pounds and ounces to metric.