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Should the US adopt the Metric System?

Should the US adopt the metric system?

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It's been tried and we did give it a fair go against what was an overwhelming public reaction of "Hell NO!". People just refused. There is nothing that indicates the public has changed their minds in this regard. So no, it'd be a waste of time.
 
clownboy said:
It's been tried and we did give it a fair go against what was an overwhelming public reaction of "Hell NO!". People just refused. There is nothing that indicates the public has changed their minds in this regard. So no, it'd be a waste of time.
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We actually didn't give it a fair go. No supporting action plans, time schedules or success metrics were ever created. The bill that was signed by Ford simply asked the public to go metric and then did absolutely nothing to implement ANY remote effort to coordinate, and instead gave millions of dollars to the US Metric Board to run PSAs for the next 10 years.

It's as if Kennedy decided to go to the moon, but never created NASA and instead gave $10 billion to PBS to run TV shows about the moon.
 
Why would the Chinaman, German, or any others buy a USA product that has all its parts made so his tools are all useless?

What was that about DOUBLING USA exports? LMAO!!!!
 
Redress said:
Since I tend to like acccuracy, just to make clear: the mars rover lost was not lost because NASA could not figure out metrics. It was lost because during the process of making the rover, one contractor thought the unit measurements where in English units, resulting in a mismatch.

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That is not a failure to understand metrics.
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No, but if everyone was all-metric nobody would have ever used pounds of force in the first place.
 
clownboy said:
It's been tried and we did give it a fair go against what was an overwhelming public reaction of "Hell NO!". People just refused. There is nothing that indicates the public has changed their minds in this regard. So no, it'd be a waste of time.
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The public is stupid and wrong. The metric system is objectively superior and should be transitioned to.
 
Thom Paine said:
I don't really care to verify.. but... it seems I recall that it was done about then.... It didn't survive... maybe a frog resentment... ( that's a funny )

Enjoy life

Thom Paine
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No fog. The metric system was pushed pretty heavily in school through the 70's and we even had a few highway signs posting in Kilometers. People generally hated it and it didn't last long except for in the sciences where it kind of makes sense.

Edit - I must admit, however, that driving 240KPH sure sounded a lot more cool than just going 150.
 
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Lutherf said:
No fog. The metric system was pushed pretty heavily in school through the 70's and we even had a few highway signs posting in Kilometers. People generally hated it and it didn't last long except for in the sciences where it kind of makes sense.

Edit - I must admit, however, that driving 240KPH sure sounded a lot more cool than just going 150.
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Yeah, KPH does sound like you're "cookin' along" ... The "frog" comment was in reference to its French origin.... Thinkin' on it, I don't recall a distance sign South of Tucson, headin' for Nogales, in Miles... only kilometers... The Fed and ADOT are a stubborn lot.... : )

Wishin' I was back home in the Desert... instead of in the claustrophobic mid-west.... jus' countin' the days

Enjoy Luther..

Thom Paine
 
We should but I hope it is after I'm gone.
 
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voyager1 said:
The rest of the world uses it. Medical professions use it. The sciences use it. NASA couldn't figure it out however and lost a Mars lander a decade ago though...
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Canada adopted the metric system decades ago and still pretty much everything in commerce is posted in both imperial and metric, particularly any item that is sold by weight.

Ask any Canadian to tell you how much they weigh or how tall they are in metric figures and they'll become apoplectic.
 
Deuce said:
The public is stupid and wrong. The metric system is objectively superior and should be transitioned to.
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Ah, gotta love the left's idea of freedom government for the people, by the people - perhaps you could let us all know what we should be having for dinner tonight too, since we're all stupid and we'll probably get it wrong.
 
voyager1 said:
The rest of the world uses it. Medical professions use it. The sciences use it. NASA couldn't figure it out however and lost a Mars lander a decade ago though...
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Yeah, when the country that started the imperial measurement system goes metric, and you're still on imperial, you know it's time to change.

:mrgreen:
 
Redress said:
Since I tend to like acccuracy, just to make clear: the mars rover lost was not lost because NASA could not figure out metrics. It was lost because during the process of making the rover, one contractor thought the unit measurements where in English units, resulting in a mismatch.

Edit: to quote from the source you linked in the post while I typed mine:



That is not a failure to understand metrics.
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It's funny how the inventor of the Imperial Unit...no longer uses the Imperial Unit.
 
Gardener said:
Going metric sounds easy until you consider all the machinery that would need to be retooled in such a way as to calibrate in metric. The costs would be absolutely staggering. The housing collapse of a few years ago would look like a drop in the bucket in comparison.
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Nah, just make all now things in metric only. The old system will die out with time.
 
Gardener said:
So,how would this be accomplished,say, for lumber mills or metal hardware manufacturers?

I'd suggest a walk through your local Home Depot or Lowes to get an idea of all that would have to be changed.
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As an employee of such a mill, it would simplify my job tremendously. I'm a QC lab tech, when I measure samples the length and width are in inches, but thickness, weight and mass is metric. Water absorption is metric. Elasticity is metric but force required to brake is in pounds. Some machines report oil temp and steam pressure in Fahrenheit, others in Celsius. Some have adjustable settings (such as saw positions) in fractions of an inch, while an identical sister machine is in centimeters.

Going all metric would be a godsend.
 
CanadaJohn said:
Ah, gotta love the left's idea of freedom government for the people, by the people - perhaps you could let us all know what we should be having for dinner tonight too, since we're all stupid and we'll probably get it wrong.
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Dinner is not an objective choice, it's a subjective one. If you're still confused, I can explain the difference to you.

There are people who are against vaccinations. Those people are also stupid and wrong. Not all opinions are created equal, my friend. Sometimes yours is just the wrong one.
 
rathi said:
That is ridiculous. You wouldn't change everything overnight, you would gradually phase in the metric system. You don't even need to retool, just re-label your 5/8 wrench to 15.875mm.

Its not like using imperial units is the end of the world, but its lack of efficiency does have costs in education and engineering.
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Tools would never be renamed. There will always be 5/8 nuts out there to turn.
 
AJiveMan said:
They already have in a way. Almost every nut and bolt on American made cars are smetirc. Some mechanics own two sets of sockets for those emergencies of working on cars and trucks with both SAE & metrick. My odometer has MPH and KPH, we can't escape it. Which would you rather pay $3.89 for, a litre, or a gallon?
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The Price wouldn't be the same of course for a litre or a gallon of gas.
 
Mason66 said:
The Price wouldn't be the same of course for a litre or a gallon of gas.
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True, which would you rather have though a litre @ $3.89, or a gallon @ the same price?
 
AJiveMan said:
True, which would you rather have though a litre @ $3.89, or a gallon @ the same price?
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I am in Mexico so I already buy it by the litre, but it comes out the same in the long run.

Car manufactures will have to tel you how many litres your tank is rather tan in gallons.

After all is said and done, I think people are only going to be looking for the end Price when they fill up, so either way it is the same.
 
Deuce said:
Dinner is not an objective choice, it's a subjective one. If you're still confused, I can explain the difference to you.

There are people who are against vaccinations. Those people are also stupid and wrong. Not all opinions are created equal, my friend. Sometimes yours is just the wrong one.
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Gee, no arrogance in that view of the world!!
 
CanadaJohn said:
Gee, no arrogance in that view of the world!!
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No. Seriously. It should be a serious crime not to vaccinate your child. It endangers the entire population for absurd and entirely baseless scaremongering. There has never, ever been a single bit of evidence from any medical professionals to suggest vaccines harm children.

The only people who claim this are ex-strippers and the moronic rednecks who follow her.
 
Ad_Captandum said:
No. Seriously. It should be a serious crime not to vaccinate your child. It endangers the entire population for absurd and entirely baseless scaremongering. There has never, ever been a single bit of evidence from any medical professionals to suggest vaccines harm children.

The only people who claim this are ex-strippers and the moronic rednecks who follow her.
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With all due respect, that's just utter nonsense. I defy you to show any serious medical institution or medical professional who will claim that any vaccine is 100% safe and has never harmed any recipient, ever. In fact, the US has a law on the books that compensates individuals for harm related to mandatory vaccination of children based on a no fault system whereby neither the medical practitioner nor the drug manufacturer needs to be found negligent or liable.

And let's not forget, many in the medical professions who work in hospitals and with sick people refuse mandatory application of flu vaccines, as an example, because of some serious cases of harmful side effects some people have suffered as a result of accepting the vaccination.

Therefore, although I generally agree that childhood vaccination is the proper route for most if not all children, it's only the mindless followers of government dictates who blindly accept without question a bureaucrat's or a politician's claim that all is good and safe.
 
The metric system is just more commie crap they want to impose on us. I measure my faith in God in miles, not kilometers.

Besides, you get more when you buy a gallon of gas then a liter, so you save money too.
 
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