Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 9/3/03 10:15:18 AM, ab writes: << I'm SO longing for the metric system...sigh...I'm still baffled that the early US created metric money and didn't go the whole way. I suppose even back then the financial/trade interests had sway. >> Actually the metric system IS the official system in the US. Feet, yards, miles, pounds, etc. are specified in terms of their metric equivalents. It's just that the metric system was never made manditory for all trade. But that's not unusual. Try to buy half a kilo of beer in London. Wouldn't that be a half a liter? I sometimes wonder if the adverse reaction to the metric system in the U.S. is connected in some way to the general anti-scientific ignorance popularized by the religious and ultra right? ============================================================================ Ken Firestone, W3CAT | For every problem there is one solution kenf@speakeasy.net | which is simple, neat, and wrong. ken@firestone.net | -- H. L. Mencken ============================================================================ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html