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Mon Jan-08-07 09:42 PM
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OK...WHY THE FUCK HAVEN'T WE GONE METRIC????? |
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Oh, only THE REST OF THE FUCKING WORLD is metric except us. No, we gotta be fucking different.
Carter was going to have us go metric by 1980, but Saint MUTHERFUCKER REAGAN put a stop to that.
Really, what's so bad about metric???
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:43 PM
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1. Se are a stubborn nation... |
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:43 PM
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Now stop, you're making the Baby Jesus cry. :cry:
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:44 PM
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:45 PM
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4. It's not the American way |
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:46 PM
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5. Of course the "American Way" isn't even the American Way |
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It is the English system, used by England until they went metric.
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:48 PM
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6. I can't find it in me to care about this. |
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The scientific community has already made (years ago) the transition to metric measurements. The lay-community (read: most other folks) prefer to think in terms of pounds, gallons, and miles. I don't see any real disconnect in embracing both systems. Hell, Britain still uses many non-metric measurements, and I don't see anybody bitching about that.
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:55 PM
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7. yeah, I was gonna say, I use metric units every day... |
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Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 09:55 PM by mike_c
...but still have to deal with the other stuff at the grocery store, etc. It's not a problem really-- I can switch between SI units and US units pretty easily. Except for temperature. After all these years I still THINK in Fahrenheit.
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:58 PM
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10. Exactly. It's not an either/or debate. |
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:21 PM
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24. that's inded a real hangup. And centimeters. I've been dealing with mm and km for years, |
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and have no trouble with them. But the centimetric equivalent of six-foot-three? I have trouble envisioning that height.
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:04 PM
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13. What you said. I can think in metric for some things, pounds, etc for other things, and |
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typographical measurements (points and picas) for others, and jeweler's terminology (Carats, pennyweights) for yet another.
Not a problem.
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:56 PM
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8. The metric system is the work of the devil!!! |
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:20 PM
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23. My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it! |
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Who keeps the metric system down? We do! We do!
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:26 PM
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27. That's piss-poor mileage. My car does better. |
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:44 PM
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29. You there! Fill 'er up with petroleum distitllate and re-vulcanize my tires, post-haste! |
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:58 PM
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9. Is it really worth all that yelling? |
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:01 PM
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11. Because if you give them 2.54 centimeters, they'll take 1.609 kilometers, that's why. |
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:05 PM
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:19 PM
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20. Shinester! How have you been? We haven't talked in a while. How did the holidays |
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go for you, and Mr Shine, and the Shinekids?
Well, I hope.
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:46 PM
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31. Awww, thanks for asking Redstone. |
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Holidays were great, exhausting and all-consuming, but great. The kids JUST went back to school today, in fact. They'd been off since 12/22. We had a solid 2 1/2 weeks of houseguests and visiting family, during which time I was Hostess Extraordinaire, cooking and baking and basically making sure everyone's needs were met and everything stayed tidy. On top of all that, after they all left, I worked through 12 loads of laundry over the course of two days. Whew!! Then I just vegged out and stared blankly at the wall for the rest of the week. LOL.
I also majorly over-indulged during the holidays, but sure had fun doing it. :D Lemme just say, I make some awesome homemade pies!! Now it's time to get back on track...
Happy New Year to you, my friend! I hope you and the family are well. :hug: :hi:
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:58 PM
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34. Some wall-staring time really helps. My version of it is walking in circles. |
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Glad to hear you had a good time. Having family visit is good; we had 35 of them during our three-day Thanksgiving (We start on Wednesday night, and go through Saturday.
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:02 PM
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12. Because the aliens we captured at Roswell didn't use metric |
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and we have to use what they do in order to understand the plans we got from them.
True story.
;)
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:04 PM
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14. I have no idea. They've been talking about it since I was in elementary school |
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a loooooooong loooooooong time ago. :D
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:06 PM
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:25 PM
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26. No. We are the Righteous. After all, did God give Noah the Ark sizes in centimeters? |
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Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 10:26 PM by Redstone
No, he gave those dimensions in CUBITS, and if cubits are good enough for God, they're good enough for me.
So there.
And, by the way, my car gets 75 cubits per dram of gasoline, which I think is pretty good.
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:07 PM
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17. Because, who INVENTED the metric system? The FRENCH, that's who! We'd have to rename the units: |
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Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 10:07 PM by Redstone
Freedometers; millifreedometers...kilofreedometers;
Freedoliters, millifreedoliters...
And so on.
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:11 PM
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18. Because the "Liter Leader" was a lame cartoon spokesperson. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metric_MarvelsI wouldn't buy an icecream from this guy, let alone a system of measurement.
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:15 PM
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19. Because most of suck at metrics? |
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Well at least I do. I've never been good at math, let alone measuring...
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:20 PM
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21. There are certain benefits to using our current system |
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Both distances and weights more easily divide into quarters and eighths (useful when you want to divide a quantity, then divide again, then divide again: material situations, for instance).
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:20 PM
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22. I can't figure out why |
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....we've been fighting it. It's so much easier than out system.
Cheers
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:22 PM
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25. Because I'm too stupid |
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:34 PM
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28. I swore I'd raise my kids metric, but it's not their world. |
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I was proud though yesterday when my son reported it was 20 degrees outside - he meant celcius.
We trying to laugh off the nonexistence of winter here.
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:46 PM
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30. There are some really stupid people in this country who wouldn't understand it. |
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George Carlin is right - say what you want about this country, but there are some DUMB ASS MOTHERFUCKERS walking around.
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:54 PM
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Same reason we aren't energy independent. Same reason the untreated mentally ill flood our streets. Same reason we through $100 billion down the military-industrial-fraud rathole euphemistically known as "National Missile Defense": Ronald Reagan.
Congratulations on your precise identification of the cause.
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:55 PM
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33. Oh, I have so been avoiding this subject for years! |
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Mon Jan-08-07 11:21 PM
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35. those russkies went metric, and we all know what happened to THEM! |
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