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I like the system of measurement the US currently uses.
I don't like the metric system; I don't like that Celsius isn't as precise as Fahrenheit.
I also like the fact that there are interim measurements (inch, foot), as opposed to working with too small a measurement (CM), or too large a measurement (Meter).
I like the system of measurement the US currently uses.
I don't like the metric system; I don't like that Celsius isn't as precise as Fahrenheit.
I also like the fact that there are interim measurements (inch, foot), as opposed to working with too small a measurement (CM), or too large a measurement (Meter).
As one who has lived with the Metric system I thoroughly agree with your two spotlighted deficiencies.
The only thing I like about Celsius over Fahrenheit is the fact that freezing is 0 and boiling is 100. I mean sure it is known that in Fahrenheit it is 32 and 212 respectfully but let's face it, 0 and 100 are easier to remember. I mean the idea of metrics is easy everything being in 10s (deci/deca)(though this is more rare in US use), 100s (centi/hecti) and 1,000s (mili/kilos.) The main problem I have with converting is the fact American infrastructure is based on miles not kms. I mean just look at highways and parkways, exits are marked with miles to go and we use mile markers to help when you break down and await rescue vehicles. It would take a lot to help change over, part of the reason it didn't work before in the 70's and 80's outside of school use.
Like I said earlier, I can see the benefits of the metric system, but I just don't see how the benefits justify the cost and the confusion in making the switch when the current system is just fine. Not only that, but the current system just has more character and is more pleasing to the eye, imo.
I swear. Some of you would push for us to have a mandate that every first-born child must be sacrificed as long as Europe was doing it, lol.
Like I said earlier, I can see the benefits of the metric system, but I just don't see how the benefits justify the cost and the confusion in making the switch when the current system is just fine. Not only that, but the current system just has more character and is more pleasing to the eye, imo.
I swear. Some of you would push for us to have a mandate that every first-born child must be sacrificed as long as Europe was doing it, lol.
Thing is ... we don't really have a 'current system'. We are half metric and half imperial. Much of industry is metric. Science is metric. A lot of product labeling is metric. Our currency is metric and metric measures are enshrined in many laws (e.g. threshold quantities for drugs).
Now that is okay. We don't actually need a formal switchover. So what will happen is a 'creeping' changeover over a long period of time. Which is what the UK is doing and which seems to work. But the changeover is happening and will happen. It really is just a question of time.
ps. It isn't just Europe that is metric. It is just about everyone else all over the world.
Thing is ... we don't really have a 'current system'. We are half metric and half imperial. Much of industry is metric. Science is metric. A lot of product labeling is metric. Our currency is metric and metric measures are enshrined in many laws (e.g. threshold quantities for drugs).
Now that is okay. We don't actually need a formal switchover. So what will happen is a 'creeping' changeover over a long period of time. Which is what the UK is doing and which seems to work. But the changeover is happening and will happen. It really is just a question of time.
ps. It isn't just Europe that is metric. It is just about everyone else all over the world.
Now if we can just get the world to decide on whether to use long scale or short scale numbering system.
In the UK they use the long scale, and the US uses the short scale. In the US one billion is one thousand million (1,000,000,000 = 10^09). In the UK one billion is one million million (1,000,000,000,000 = 10^12).
Now if we can just get the world to decide on whether to use long scale or short scale numbering system.
In the UK they use the long scale, and the US uses the short scale. In the US one billion is one thousand million (1,000,000,000 = 10^09). In the UK one billion is one million million (1,000,000,000,000 = 10^12).
And a British pint is bigger (20 fl oz.) than an American pint (16 fl oz.)
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