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View Poll Results: Do you think that the U.S.A should use both Imperial/English & Metric system on road signs?
Yes, we should have Metric included! 16 25.81%
No, keep it only imperial like now 32 51.61%
U.S should only use metric like other countries in the whole world 14 22.58%
Voters: 62. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-11-2008, 11:05 AM
 
Location: Kentucky
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MPH is good enough, sheesh people. How much crap do we need on these signs??

 
Old 07-11-2008, 11:06 AM
 
Location: USA
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No we shouldn't. We'll do that as soon as the rest of the world starts respecting us. How about that.
Hear, hear!!!!
 
Old 07-11-2008, 11:53 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Metric system is 10000000% better, easier and standard measurment!
Imperial/English measurment sucks and doesn't make sence. Only stupid idiot Americans who use it while the entire world use metric. 1 mile = 1.6 kilometer, does mile make sence? NO!
 
Old 07-11-2008, 12:31 PM
 
Location: West Michigan
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1 mile = 1.6 kilometer, does mile make sence? NO![/color][/b]
Almost as much as your post does. Look at it another way.

1.609344 Kilometers = 1 mile what makes sense about that conversion either. I mean come on, it takes 1.609344 of something to equal 1 unit of our measurement. And just to clear any mis-representations or mis-understandings up, the US does NOT use the Imperial system of measurement. Britain uses the Imperial system, while the US uses the US system of measurement. They use a lot of the same names for units of measurements, but not the same values in all cases. The US is not the lone hold-out when it comes to the metric system either, Britain still uses some Imperial measurements as does Canada, and other ex-colonies of the British Empire of days gone by.
 
Old 07-11-2008, 02:29 PM
 
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Metric system is 10000000% better, easier and standard measurment!
Imperial/English measurment sucks and doesn't make sence. Only stupid idiot Americans who use it while the entire world use metric. 1 mile = 1.6 kilometer, does mile make sence? NO!
I'll be seeing you over in the History section very soon!
 
Old 07-11-2008, 04:57 PM
 
Location: Northridge/Porter Ranch, Calif.
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I TOTALLY AGREE with you!!

Metric System is great!!
You are going to be very disappointed if you think the U.S. is going to change to it.
 
Old 07-11-2008, 08:26 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Originally Posted by Fleet View Post
You are going to be very disappointed if you think the U.S. is going to change to it.
Fine, use the stupid idiot US/Imp system..... they person who found that measurment hope burn to hell!! Americans are idiots aswell
 
Old 07-11-2008, 08:45 PM
 
Location: West Michigan
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Fine, use the stupid idiot US/Imp system..... they person who found that measurment hope burn to hell!! Americans are idiots aswell
Then get the hell back to your own Country. Or at the very least, learn enough English so your childish rants make some sense at least.

I think I have discovered another idiot for the ignore feature.
 
Old 07-12-2008, 12:19 AM
 
Location: Northridge/Porter Ranch, Calif.
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Fine, use the stupid idiot US/Imp system..... they person who found that measurment hope burn to hell!! Americans are idiots aswell
I won't even try to reply to such an idiotic post.
 
Old 07-12-2008, 10:11 AM
 
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Originally Posted by NorthNJ
Fine, use the stupid idiot US/Imp system.... they person who found that measurement hope to burn hell. Americans are idiots aswell
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Originally Posted by Fleet View Post
I won't even try to reply to such an idiotic post.
This is the second thread he opened on the Metric subject. He did'nt like the answers he wanted so he resorts to this. Whatever!
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