The reason we are still on the old English units of measurement is simple. Business cried that they could not afford to spend billions retooling everything and then continuing to double stock things through a transition period. In a nut shell the answer is the same for most questions about why people do or don't do things in this country: MONEY (especially short term money) Bill 90 Westy Syncro -----Original Message----- From: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 4:27 PM Subject: SI vs. dumb (0 cc's Vanagon content)
>David wrote: >The silliest thing of all is that the US still does not use metric. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >Don't even get me started. > >Our stupid archaic system of measurement is an embarrassment, and an >impediment. It's no wonder we can't get a lander on Mars. Botswana has more >of a chance of landing on Mars, by simple virtue if the fact that any >primitive Botswanan school child could assist in the calculations in >metric. > >Can anyone tell me, why we didn't switch in 1976 to the simple, clean, >easy-to-use metric system from the backwards, inches/fluid >ounces/furlongs/quarts/drams/pints/rods/tablespoons/acres/yards/pounds/cups >system? >G. Matthew Bulley >Bulley-Hewlett >Corporate Communications Counselors >www.bulley-hewlett.com >Cary, NC USA >888.468.4880 tollfree > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >---------------------- >Get your FREE semi-private E-mail account, use your computer at work. > |
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