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Should the US switch to the Metric System?
Yes, within 5 years [ 25 ]  [47.17%]
Yes, within 10 years [ 6 ]  [11.32%]
Not sure [ 3 ]  [5.66%]
No, never [ 16 ]  [30.19%]
No, not until it's studied further [ 3 ]  [5.66%]
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Posted on 22-Mar-2004, 07:09 AM
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QUOTE (Pirata72 @ Mar 21 2004, 05:37 PM)
Maybe phase it in eventually but not right now.

Why not? That's exactly why we haven't converted. It's been put off. Be brave! Make the jump! It's not so scary.


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Posted on 22-Mar-2004, 08:00 AM
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QUOTE (tsargent62 @ Mar 22 2004, 08:09 AM)
Why not? That's exactly why we haven't converted. It's been put off. Be brave! Make the jump! It's not so scary.

AAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! fear.gif fear.gif fear.gif

And yes, Maisky, Wonderful Sister A has the ability to choose her age. But it gets real annoying when she wants to be 12 and I have to put the training wheels back on my bike so I'm still her litte sister. biggrin.gif


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Posted on 22-Mar-2004, 08:27 AM
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QUOTE (Elspeth @ Mar 22 2004, 09:00 AM)
AAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! fear.gif fear.gif fear.gif

And yes, Maisky, Wonderful Sister A has the ability to choose her age. But it gets real annoying when she wants to be 12 and I have to put the training wheels back on my bike so I'm still her litte sister. biggrin.gif

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Posted on 22-Mar-2004, 08:31 AM
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Moi???????

Really, I don't care if we switch, it will just make me nostalgic.

But if we do, I want it to be all the way. Learn it once and be done. No converting. Having some things measured or sold one way and other things another.
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Posted on 22-Mar-2004, 08:56 AM
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Training wheels are an impediment that just get in the way of any real leaening.
IMHO, we've all been using enough of the metric system long enough that completing the job would be less burdensome than having to constantly decide which system to use in a particular situation, which is where we are now.


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Posted on 22-Mar-2004, 09:03 AM
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Elspeth and MMD, I agree with both of you. Just cut the cord and move forward. A great example of why we should is the failure of the Mars Polar Lander mission a couple of years ago. NASA uses metric measurement and calculations. The contracter that built and ran the mission used US. The calculations for the landing were done in US and not converted to metric, so the parachute being used for the landing was released too early, causing the probe to crash. Stupid. Hundreds of millions of dollars down the toilet. A pile of twisted scrap metal on the surface of Mars.

The world would be much less confusing if we would just switch.
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Posted on 22-Mar-2004, 09:32 AM
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The UK shilly-shallied about metric for 25 years! I have never really 'converted' - although I do convert 'new' recipes to old imperial measures! My family, however, cannot work in feet and inches or pounds and ounces... They say 'Oh mum, we don't do old-fashioned measurements' - and I have always replied 'and I don't do 'foreign'!!!.

However, for about a year shops have stopped offering dual pricings for weights - but I still ask for 'a pound' of something - the staff in the deli and supermarkets know exactly how to convert my request into kilos and grammes!
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Posted on 22-Mar-2004, 09:33 AM
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Lord Snocknoggle is correct. NASA looked REALLY bad when they blew several million dollars on a conversion mistake. I don't know how difficult it would be to switch, but just dont mess with the Pint measure, unless your going to increase it...yum... beer_mug.gif

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Posted on 22-Mar-2004, 10:22 AM
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QUOTE (Eamon @ Mar 22 2004, 10:33 AM)
Lord Snocknoggle is correct. NASA looked REALLY bad when they blew several million dollars on a conversion mistake. I don't know how difficult it would be to switch, but just dont mess with the Pint measure, unless your going to increase it...yum... beer_mug.gif

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Posted on 22-Mar-2004, 10:23 AM
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QUOTE (Catriona @ Mar 22 2004, 10:32 AM)
The UK shilly-shallied about metric for 25 years! I have never really 'converted' - although I do convert 'new' recipes to old imperial measures! My family, however, cannot work in feet and inches or pounds and ounces... They say 'Oh mum, we don't do old-fashioned measurements' - and I have always replied 'and I don't do 'foreign'!!!.

However, for about a year shops have stopped offering dual pricings for weights - but I still ask for 'a pound' of something - the staff in the deli and supermarkets know exactly how to convert my request into kilos and grammes!

Do still give weights in stone?
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Yeah, and I love that!!! I am a bit over 15 stone, which sounds a hell of a lot better thatn 210 pounds!!!

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Posted on 22-Mar-2004, 12:36 PM
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Nope - kilos!

But, as I've said, I still work in 'imperial'.... so it will probably be stones and lb to my dying day!

All bathroom scales have shown kilos/stones/lb for 20 years - I haven't looked to see whether the newer ones are kilos only...

As Eamonn said stones and pounds are the way we traditionally weighed heavier objects, like people!
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Posted on 22-Mar-2004, 01:19 PM
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Yeah, I still go by lbs, as far as body weight goes. The same for everyone I know. No one I know says, 'I'm so many kilos'.


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My children's generation weigh themselves in Kilos - downright unpatriotic to the UK is what I call it! tongue.gif

Luckily, I never got to grips with the American habit of weighing people in pounds - it seemed SUCH a huge amount - i mean 8 stone 6 lb is my weight - by the time I do 8 x 14 + 9..... - I'm even beginning to believe it is easier to use kilos!
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The Scales at Penn National Race Track are still in Stone ...
I'd be willing to bet Churchhill Downs are too ..

Come to think of it,
when I used to race over timber..
it was in stone too...

Interesting, I had forgotten about that ...

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