Date:         Wed, 15 Dec 1999 07:20:13 -0500
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
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From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: SI vs. dumb (0 cc's Vanagon content)
Comments: To: Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Bulley wrote:
> The silliest thing of all is that the US still does not use metric.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Don't even get me started.
>
(snip)
>
> 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?
       This is simple. The american public, Myself being part of it, is
not excepting of any "new" technology. This is very clear, if you ever
studiy the history of the auto. There have been several vehicles over the
years, that have failed, because of there "high tech" designs, only
to see this high tech stuff, slowly make its way back to the public step
by step. The analog gauges in GM cars are one of them right now. Most
look like analog, but they are really volt meters, control by electronics
because the digital dash in GM junk cars, was causing to much trouble,
and the public would no longer buy "the digital dash" from GM. Many older
 sales and marketing people know this. The emtric system was know
different. Take a butch, a mechanic, or a carpender. Do you think
for one minuite they would like to see there suppliers, all of a
sudden, one day talk to them in meters. Just an't gona happen.