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| TimFox:
--- Quote from: soldar on November 14, 2023, 08:18:21 pm --- --- Quote from: TimFox on November 14, 2023, 06:41:04 pm ---Once again, an ignorant comment from a foreigner about American weights and measures. 1. The United States went officially metric in 1959 (but forgot to tell anyone). 2. Current US law (from 1975) requires metric units on retail packaging, but allows "customary units" (such as ounces) on the label in the same type size. 3. "Imperial Units" are a feature of the British Empire and Commonwealth. The United States has "customary units" that are similar but not identical. 4. The most important historical difference between Imperial Units and US customary units is probably the gallon: The US customary gallon is 3.8 liters, while the Imperial Gallon is 4.54 liters. 5. The US President who abolished the Metric Board, absent popular clamor for metric adoption, is spelled "Reagan". "Regan" is one of the evil daughters in "King Lear". --- End quote --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Regan Regan was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1981 to 1985 and the White House Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 under Ronald Reagan. --- End quote --- Reference was made to "Ronnie", a common nickname for Ronald Reagan. Weights and Measures are not under the Department of the Treasury, nor the White House Staff, but under the Department of Commerce. Malcom Baldridge Jr was Secretary of Commerce under Reagan until his death in 1987 caused by a rodeo accident. He was succeeded in office by William Verity Jr, who was not so interesting as Mr. Baldridge. |
| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: TimFox on November 14, 2023, 06:41:04 pm ---Once again, an ignorant comment from a foreigner about American weights and measures. 1. The United States went officially metric in 1959 (but forgot to tell anyone). 2. Current US law (from 1975) requires metric units on retail packaging, but allows "customary units" (such as ounces) on the label in the same type size. 3. "Imperial Units" are a feature of the British Empire and Commonwealth. The United States has "customary units" that are similar but not identical. 4. The most important historical difference between Imperial Units and US customary units is probably the gallon: The US customary gallon is 3.8 liters, while the Imperial Gallon is 4.54 liters. 5. The US President who abolished the Metric Board, absent popular clamor for metric adoption, is spelled "Reagan". "Regan" is one of the evil daughters in "King Lear". --- End quote --- The big advantage of the metric system even for countries which don't "customarily" use it is in the fact that for stuff that is normally supplied in "gallons" of either flavour, each end only needs to remember one standard conversion instead of a weird one. We know that a 200 litre drum is for all intents & purposes 44 gals (IMP) or 55 gals (US). Having two sets of "gallons" is needless confusion. Back in the day, people in Imperial countries were surprised when US cars turned out to have better fuel economy than assumed when reading US road tests, & Americans were disappointed in that of Brit cars if relying on UK road tests. |
| Xena E:
--- Quote from: TimFox on November 14, 2023, 06:41:04 pm ---Once again, an ignorant comment from a foreigner* about American weights and measures. --- End quote --- And once again a post from the Tosser. Not nice when people make clichéd generalisations about your nation and its culture is it Timmy? :popcorn: |
| DavidAlfa:
Though 'mericans measured everything in megatons :D |
| TimFox:
--- Quote from: Xena E on November 14, 2023, 11:55:56 pm --- --- Quote from: TimFox on November 14, 2023, 06:41:04 pm ---Once again, an ignorant comment from a foreigner* about American weights and measures. --- End quote --- And once again a post from the Tosser. Not nice when people make clichéd generalisations about your nation and its culture is it Timmy? :popcorn: --- End quote --- No, it isn't. |
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