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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:19 AM Original message |
And now, a world map of countries that do not use the metric system. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hmm--us, Liberia, and Myanmar... |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. heh, I wondered if that was Liberia |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good! I don't want to follow that communist counting system. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Canada uses it in some way. England uses miles and pounds, ozs also. nt |
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Andy Canuck (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Canada is all metric. We will post in pounds and ozs for those |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
89. Merchants prefer pounds and ozs. It's easier to say 'quarter pound' than xxx grams. nt |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. What's so hard about saying 112 grams? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. It's great for science, but as a measure, it's smaller than people want to deal with. We don't say. |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #93 |
110. Maybe American people... |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
78. England's measuring is a mess |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #78 |
103. I know a Stone is about 14 pounds. |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #103 |
118. Kerrytravelers |
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bdf (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
80. And pints |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
117. MookieWilson |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. metric system is the tool of the DEVIL! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. It's DECAdent. |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
76. Decadent = 10 teeth?! |
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isentropic (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. But is that any good in furlongs per fortnight? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
62. Hey! That my joke |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
56. How fast does your car go in furlongs per fortnight? n/t |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
106. at what furlongs per fortnight |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
115. Oh my gosh...are you my husband? |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, this is by far the biggest problem facing our nation today. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Alright, DU. Please refrain from posting anywhere about anything but energy. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Somebody's worried about their family joules. |
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B3Nut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Watt are you talking about? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I think I'll go on a walk. Seems like a pretty Faraday for it. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Watt Hour you talking about? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Watt a second! That pun really erg'ed me! (NT) |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Well, Weber you liked it or not, I'm afraid it started a trend. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. That pun went pretty far aField! But I gauss it might repel some folks.(NT) |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
104. And women's beach volleyball-wear. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. It Makes it Harder to Sell Our Stuff Abroad |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. And your point caller? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. Too early for this crap. Im still in the 3rd hour of my metric timed day. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. k |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
10. Diversity isn't a bad thing |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. on the other hand, my mayan calendar is working just fine.... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. We like to stick our FOOT up the world's ass. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. LOL |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Well, it is our back YARD. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. USA! USA! USA! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
15. That is my number 1 pet issue |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. If God hadn't wanted us to use the English system she wouldn't have given us 12 fingers. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. President Johnson signed a law ordering the US to convert to metric in '67. That's 1867. |
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romulusnr (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
119. that's not quite right |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
23. The B@L's may be moving to Germany later this year. My 6th grade son was worried about using metrics |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. If they showed a map of countries that don't use geography books... |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. the stupidity of it is you DON'T NEED TO CONVERT |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Bingo! n/t |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
26. If it's good enough for Burma |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. That is hillarious. LOL! Seriously we converted to metric in Canada |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Last time I checked I have metric and standard tools |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. but do you have a metric adjustable crescent wrench...? |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. This is deliciously evil! |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. good one... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Actually, such things *DO* exist. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
75. I was thinking about that as I posted... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. There ya go! (NT) |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #75 |
97. well..my estwings are 20, and 28 oz. framing hammers (if you consider 20oz. to be a hammer, that is) |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. we'll convert when walmart decides it's time to do so. |
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VWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. LOL Reminds me of |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. The conversion will happen |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. Imperial systems of measurement make no sense to me. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
58. Have you ever cooked off of a metric recipe? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I love metric recipes....but I'm a scientist, so I think in mLs and L. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
83. Metric distance/length measurements are poorly scaled to the human environment... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. Grams don't work well in the real world either. nt |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #58 |
92. "Our brains halve and quarter a lot more easily than they divide things into tenths." |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #92 |
111. No. Try not to be stupid. |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. Yes, I am "even bothering to argue that". |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. A quart is a child-size soda at McDonalds |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Shit...now I want McDonalds. Goddamn it. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
100. a quart is two pints or 16 ounces or 1/4 of a gallon...what the fuck is a litre? liter? |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #100 |
108. Liter = quart plus spillage. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
35. Jimmy Carter tried to make the change. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. It wasn't scrapped. Raygun announced that we had converted. And that was that. |
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bobbert (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
42. I like the idea of the fahrenheit scale. 0 is really cold and 100 is really hot |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
70. I hate fahrenheit....of all the imperial measurements, it's the one I find worst. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. My older son, |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
47. hey! we're america dammit! fuck da world! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
48. I had to learn it when I lived in Japan |
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Cheap_Trick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
49. McDonald's will be hardest hit by a conversion to the metric system |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
50. And I Hope We Never Do. |
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CrazyDude (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
54. So? This isn't the death penalty we're talking about here |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. You'll get my BTUs and SCFM when you pry them out of my cold, dead hands |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
57. We use the US Metric System |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
60. i know how to get us to switch -- just call our system by its proper name: "avoirdupois" |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
61. UK uses miles for the distances and speeds |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
64. billion |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Canada is like that too. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
65. Oh come on. England was small enough to make the switch easily, the |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
66. A map of the non-metric militaries would be all grey. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #66 |
107. Bet our Navy still mearsure distance |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
69. I think people should be more worried about the US changing it's currency to the Amero |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
71. Anyone know why the UK still uses "stone" as a measure of weight? |
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Kipper58 (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #71 |
94. This COULD be a reason - |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Yea, but she'd also weigh only 47 kilos. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
72. I bet we could sell it if we told people they can drive 105 km/hour if they convert. |
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romulusnr (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #72 |
122. sell it in summer when we can tell them it's only 30 out (n/t) |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
73. i like our system |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
74. Almost the whole world is out of step with us on the use of the metric and Cuban |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
77. We're metric where it matters. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #77 |
102. Interesting that you mention pot dealing. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
79. It'll happen eventually. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
82. That map exaggerates the size of the US... |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
84. I like metric. My penis is longer in centimeters than in inches. |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
85. its' really hard to lern, |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
86. 38/64ths 9/16ths WTF....Maybe O can change this could help GM&Ford |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
87. Actually we do use the metric system in many areas. I don't think it is really that big of a deal. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
88. One of those countries, Liberia, was created by the United States. |
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wvbygod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
95. How about a map of those capable of using both? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. I think it would be the opposite of the one in the OP. n/t |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
99. what is this metric system you speak of? |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
101. The Metric System - Blame the French! |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
105. When our economy goes into meltdown, as it will, |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
109. The Metric Conversion Act of 1975... (we're a bit behind.) |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-14-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
112. Rejection is mostly due to SPORTS...whad ya gonna do with all those RECORDS?? |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
114. I Just Bought A Liter of Soda. |
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romulusnr (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #114 |
121. satanic commie foreign interests have taken control of our meds and soda!!! n/t |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
116. Metric mishap caused loss of NASA orbiter... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-15-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
120. Another one of you metric system activists! |
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