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Old 11-03-2006, 04:26 PM  
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Originally Posted by Sly View Post
A better question is... why would the US switch to metric? What reasons do they have?

300 million people know the current system. Of those, only those that need to use the metric system regularly know it.

There is absolutely no reason for me to know the metric system. I never come across it.
maybe because of the 5.7 billion people on this planet that are not US inhabitants?

but you just convinced me not to use miles and pounds anymore in my posts - cause there's no reason for me to know your backward system that uses "feet" to measure something
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