Andy M.
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The controversy continues. So do we or don't we convert? Vote and state your reasons.
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Alix said:I've NEVER measured my foot in anything but inches.
What controversy? I was taught the metric system in elementary school and told I had to learn it because those were going to be the units of measure in the future. That was nearly 50 years ago and I guess they were right but the changeover has been extremely gradual indeed. Soda is sold by the liter. Virtually everything in the grocery store is labeled both ways. The only way I can imagine it turning into a controversy would be if somebody was silly enough to try to mandate it.Andy M. said:The controversy continues. So do we or don't we convert?
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The changeover would have to be gradual so people and businesses could switch over. Once that's done, the metric system would make life a lot easier.
It's a free country. Who's stopping you from talking metric?The Z said:Other countries converted to the metric system in the not so distant past (Australia) and it's working out fine. I, for one, would rather talk in millimeters rather than 8ths or 16ths of an inch.
Actually I think those of us who post in DC ought, as a matter of courtesy, consider the significant number of our members who aren't as familiar with our units of measurement. I will try more often to show both units. We would all thereby become more comfortable with both systems. Should I fail or forget in some instance I beg the same degree of reciprocal tolerance.Katie E said:It would be an interesting exercise, for those of us who desire, to convert to metric on our own. That way, when and if it becomes the "system," we'll have already adapted.
There's nothing to say we can't do that.