And to think, by now we could have metric clocks and metric calendars. Lets see, would a ten day week or ten day month be more "natural"? John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 johnferrell@earthlink.net Dixie Competition Products NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Jay Newman" To: Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: "standard" measurements, etc (was Re: What does "dd" stand for in "Vdd" ?) > > Don't forget that the United States of American is pretty much the ONLY > > country that still uses the "English" Measurement system rather than the > > Metric (and, IMHO, far easier to use) System, now called SI I believe. I > > have my own theories as to why, and it has nothing to do with > > profitability. We *ALMOST* had a law that would provide a 10-year period > > over which to convert from the American measuring system (English, but > > they don't use it) to SI in 1975 but it was made optional, > > unfourtunately. > > The US is "officially" a metric country. You'll notice metric measurments > on food. > > Unfortunately, as you said, it was made too optional. > > My favorite road sign was in New England: "Metric Signs Next 20 Miles". :) > > > Everything I have seen demonstrates a laziness or something similiar on > > our parts in refusing to switch over to the effectively world-wide > > standard measurement system. > > Well, it would make it harder for me to get 0.1" headers... > > But yes, I would much prefer to deal in metric than in the English system. > -- > D. Jay Newman ! > jay@sprucegrove.com ! Xander: Giles, don't make cave-slayer unhappy. > http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.