On 12-May-07, at 11:29 , Paul Trusten wrote:
The success of the Australian metrication program of the 1970s was
helped considerably by the decimalization of that nation's currency
in 1966. The changeover to decimal in that arena set the stage for
the decimalization of Australian measurement. I was there---
Australia is a metric land, in word and deed. So, we in the U.S.
have had decimal currency since 1792. We sure take it for granted.
Maybe we should have a demonstration roundtable here, and let a few
people try to live with--let's call them--dollars, "ounces," and
pence, for a few days. Hey, if weare supposed to like WOMBAT
measurement that much, let's drop the decimal dollar, and adopt the
old British or Australian arrangement of currency (grin). And, i
also have a nice bridge over the Mystic River in Boston I that I
want to sell on eBay.
Paul
If the US had never adopted a decimal currency I'm sure that there
would be just as much opposition to it today, as there would be to
metrication.
