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... On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:47:10 GMT, "William R Thompson" wrote: I could go on, but I won't. I am the only person in the world completly happy with both systems, and who thinks they are both equally screwed up. Henry H. We all understand the difficulty of migrating from one system to another. Australia's change to metrics started on the 14th Feb '66 with the change to decimal currency - dollars and cents. All Aussies over 45 can still remember the TV jingle. A currency based on multiples of 10 makes more sense than one based on 12s (unless your family tree doesn't branch) Once that was achieved, switching to Celsius from Farneheit in the mid '70s wasn't such of a chore. At one point, for a couple of years in the early '80s, as I recall, it was illegal to posess for sale rulers with imperial units on them. It was a ridiculous and draconian measure - but effective in getting some of the older farts to consider using metric units. Road signs and speeds followed next, closely followed by weights and measures in general. All up, the conversion for the general public was completed by the mid '80s, I'd imagine it was completed a lot faster in specialist industries. One thing that I find quirky with the US metric experience is your parochial spelling of metric units. Whereas the rest of the world has adopted the original spelling of Litre, Metre etc, why does the US prefer to use the 'er spelling ? -- Cheers Dave Kearton |
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