On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 05:53:07 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Who could have guessed that the mighty ' merica would stay so backwards.

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We would/should have gone metric many years ago except for some deep
pockets of ignorance still lurking around. At the time people were
saying that car mechanics would have to spend thousands in new metric
tools. Of course you can't even work on a lawn mower these days
without metric wrenches. What a joke. The real reason is that people
just didn't want to change their thinking. Of course you'll never get
the Brits off the pound sterling for many of the same hide bound
reasons.