[Jewelry making - Article 00533] - Re: [Orchid] Metric system

[Kenneth Ferrell]

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>     1780s, and we are the last to use what is a clearly superior
>     measuring system. It makes no sense, until you consider the huge
>     cost and effort to change over industries like automobile
>     manufacture. 

    Alan, I'm sorry to be the bearer of sad news, But much of the
    american auto industry has gone metric,  Not real sure about
    Chrysler/Daimler, but Ford Motor Co. and General Motors have been
    using metric belts and measuring engine sizes in liters for quite
    some time. I think the main problem is that we as a stoggy old bunch
    don't want to accept the change, the younger generations have no
    trouble with metric. I remember some states starting to post milages
    between citys in klicks but that seemed to stop about 10 years ago, I
    do remember that we were supposed to adopt to the metric standard, I
    remembeer Shell Gas stations in San Francisco selling Gasoline at 
    price per litre. which at the time I found rather irksome (made it
    hard to price shop) as this was in the very late 70s and early 80.
    Besides I don't know how many in our current government can count all
    the way to 10...Matter of fact I'm not sure you could force changing
    the standard would go here in Tennessee. ( Hey Y'all pass me that
    litre of moonshine) just don't sound right does it LOL.... 

Kenneth Ferrell
www.shadras.com


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