should america convert to the metric system?

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Posted by Zombie0915 on Nov-02-2006 21:37:

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel
umm no. i can name a few fields that dont use it at all. IT, construction (with the exception of government jobs), furniture business just to name a few.

IT uses hertz alot, which you can twist around to get wavelength, which is measured in meters! omfg IT is teh metric! Volts, seconds, degrees celsius, and alot of other geeky things like that are the same units as everyone else, its not that backwards.

As far as I can tell the wierd units we are left using are
pounds & ounces (I love ounces you better not take them away!)
cup, pint, quart, gallon (these are sometimes used outside the US as well, especially pint)
Miles, yards & feet & inches
Farenheit

to say we measure everything in imperial units is an exageration.

Posted by Sunsnail on Nov-02-2006 21:56:

A one dollar coin replacing bills would be terrible. Coins are already bothersome to deal with. No need to add more to the list.

Posted by tubby on Nov-02-2006 22:01:

but $1 and $2 coins work in most vending machines. how much trouble do notes cause there?

one imperial measure that should be pushed out to take over the metric world is the pint. It's proven over time to be the correct measure for 1 beer.
even within australia, every state has different size glasses for beer, and different names. the problem is overcome by going to a pub that sells guiness and ordering a pint.
not to mention that scourge of sydney pubs, the schmiddy ( a cross between the larger schooner and smaller middy - used to rip people off when they order and pay for the larger size)

Long live the pint.

Posted by Sunsnail on Nov-02-2006 22:03:

why would you cause so much hassle carrying coins around so that you wouldn't have trouble occasionally at a vending machine... It'd be 10x easier to fix the vending machine

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Nov-02-2006 22:10:

who said anything about changing the nature of your currency? you could still be metric and use $1 notes.

Posted by Sunsnail on Nov-02-2006 22:11:

Ha yea, of course. A couple people mentioned that we should change the currency as well.

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