On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Bob Barr wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:33:45 -0600, Dale Botkin wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Vit wrote:
> >
> >> Can somebody tell me if the US is planning to gradually switch to the metric
> >> system?  I mean, it must be pretty confusing for the scientists at NASA to
> >> use both systems.
> >
> >Yes, from school I do remember we are plannning to switch to the metric
> >system.  I believe we're supposed to be done some time in the late
> >1970s...
> >
>
> Yep, we're inching toward it but we've got miles to go. :=)

That would be kilometers ... <g>

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