metric system

[TooLowBrow]

<font size="2">How come when i was a kid all my teachers said the
metric system was going to take over America? why didnt this ever
happen and who was behind the push to have it begun? and why? im gonna
hang up and listen to the answer now</font><br />

[furie]

<p>Gerald Ford, if my memory serves me right. the program went as well as all of his other programs.</p>


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[ADF]

How about when they signed Roberto Alomar and everyone thought he was going to be good?&nbsp; That was a good Met trick.<br />


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[Stankfoot]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>No man, they got the <strong>metric</strong> <strong>system</strong>. They wouldn't know what the fuck a Quarter Pounder is.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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<p><img height="350" src="http://steveandamysly.tannerworld.com/databank/image_dietcokewithlemon2.jpg" width="263" border="0" /></p><p>Ever hear of the liter, deek?</p>

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[TooLowBrow]

<p>&nbsp;</p><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9px;">quote:</font><p><img width="263" height="350" border="0" src="http://steveandamysly.tannerworld.com/databank/image_dietcokewithlemon2.jpg" /></p><p>Ever hear of the liter, buddy?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yeah, i didnt mention that the soda companies seem to have fallen for the ruse hook, line and sinker.&nbsp;</p><p>Although the fatass from super troopers did sound like a retard asking for a liter of cola.&nbsp;</p><em><em /></em>

[Rorschach]

most likely a leftist plot to make us more like the commies.



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[A.J.]

<p align="left"><font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote:<div align="left"></div></font></p><p align="left"><img height="350" src="http://steveandamysly.tannerworld.com/databank/image_dietcokewithlemon2.jpg" width="263" border="0" /></p><p align="left">Ever hear of the liter, deek?</p><div align="left"><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/torker1313/torkpiss.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="left"><em>Deal with it, pink-boy</em></div><em><div align="left"></div></em><p align="left">&nbsp;</p><p align="left">Or the kilo?</p><p align="left"><img height="251" src="http://home.dmv.com/~lbt/dope%20pic.gif" width="300" border="0" /></p><p align="left"><br />&nbsp;</p>

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[Doctor Manhattan]

Marathons are in Kilometers as well. It's always a &quot;10K race&quot; not a &quot;10 Mile race&quot; (because&nbsp;10K is&nbsp;shorter but still sounds good)

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[smiler grogan]

I always found it interesting that or money system is basically the metric system<div>but great britians money system seems so completely arbitrary&nbsp;</div><div>(although i've never had to use it so I could be wrong)</div>

[ADF]

<font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9px;">quote:</font>Marathons
are in Kilometers as well. It's always a &quot;10K race&quot; not a &quot;10 Mile
race&quot; (because 10K is shorter but still sounds good)
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[Donnielimes]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font><font size="2">How come when i was a kid all my teachers said the metric system was going to take over America? why didnt this ever happen and who was behind the push to have it begun? and why? im gonna hang up and listen to the answer now</font><br /><p>It did you just never bought enough Cocaine to notice. </p><p><a href="http://donnydelicious.blogspot.com/">http://donnydelicious.blogspot.com/</a></p><p><br />&quot;Good Times/Noodle Salad, Thats my story&quot;</p>

<font color=black>This message was edited by Donnielimes on 12-3-05 @ 12:35 PM</font>

[SatCam]

I always measure my manhood in metric to make it sound bigger.<br />


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[sr71blackbird]

<p>I think the answer is that too many companies use the inch/foot/gallon/mile measurements as a standard.&nbsp; Metric is good science and is easy to calculate, but we are too ingrained.&nbsp; When Europe went Metric, we should have too.&nbsp; Thomas Jefferson was a big proponant to it!&nbsp; I think that most of us would prefer to use units closer to the foot,&nbsp;because the meter is just too cumbersome and not relative to most body proportions.&nbsp; Personally, Id rather deal in 10's any day because it is simple to multiply and divide.&nbsp; But I am also too used to the foot, so Im sticking with what Im familar with.</p><p>Here is a good book, if your interested:</p><p><img height="250" src="http://www.umsl.edu/~chemist/books/halspicks/Covers/Measure2.jpg" width="173" border="0" /></p>

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[zentraed]

we use the metric system all the time. our electric bill is charged in kilowatt hours, our computers go from mega- to giga- to tera- bytes/FLOPS/Hz, our CDs and DVDs are 12 cm in diameter, our liquor bottles come in milliliters, the serving sizes on our food labels are all listed in grams. i don't know why the switch wasn't successful. sure, i'm a science geek, but is it really that big a deal to remember that 1 inch is 2.5 cm, 1 kilo is 2.2 lb, and a liter and a quart are nearly identical measures<br />

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[XMRonFez]

<p>Quarter Pounder or Royale with Cheese???</p><p><img height="275" src="http://impleader.com/photos/blog/Quarter%20Pounder.jpg" width="320" border="0" /></p>

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[PapaBear]

<p>edit</p>Get 'em Achmed!

<font color=black>This message was edited by PapaBear on 12-4-05 @ 1:26 AM</font>

[PapaBear]

<p>What gets me is people in their early 20's who reffer to pints, fifths, quarts, and gallons of liquor, when they aren't even old enough to remember when liquor came in those sizes.</p><p>By the way...&nbsp; Remember the Decibet, the metric alphabet? My favorite letter was &quot;LMNO&quot;</p><p><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/snowmaninva66/snl45.jpg" border="0" /></p>

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[TooLowBrow]

<font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9px;">quote:</font><p>What
gets me is people in their early 20's who reffer to pints, fifths,
quarts, and gallons of liquor, when they aren't even old enough to
remember when liquor came in those sizes.</p><br />
<br />Ive gotten milk in both pint and gallon sizes....<br />

[PapaBear]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font><font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font><p>What gets me is people in their early 20's who reffer to pints, fifths, quarts, and gallons of liquor, when they aren't even old enough to remember when liquor came in those sizes.</p><br /><br />Ive gotten milk in both pint and gallon sizes....<br />Neither pint or gallon are metric, and I was talking about liquor.<br />

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