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why is the US not Metric

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TimFox:
When this question arises over and over again, I point out that the US did go officially metric in 1959, including a re-definition of the US customary unit the inch to exactly 2.54 cm.  One might say that they didn't tell anyone about it, however.  Because of this re-definition, another customary unit, the US Survey Foot, was added following the old definition (39.37 inch = 1 meter, slightly different) so that we did not have to rewrite every single land tenure document in the country.  Perhaps the last holdout for customary units will be the screw-fastener industry.

Simon:
Basically it's due to arrogance and stupidity. A UK minister wants to take the UK back to imperial when/if we leave the EU. Needless to say he is known as "the member for the 18th century" when he is not being called worse.

This asshole knows nothing of engineering and could not give a toss. He just holds onto his "imperial" system like a religeon and is too stupid to realize that it is the Roman empire not the British empire that brought them and as much as he hates the EU he is advecating a system of measurements that came from the EU........

Muttley Snickers:
These metric versus imperial threads are nuts and just end up in division.   ::)

NivagSwerdna:

--- Quote from: Simon on October 25, 2019, 01:29:36 pm ---A UK minister wants to take the UK back to imperial when/if we leave the EU.
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Fake news.  You should lock the thread.

IanB:

--- Quote from: Muttley Snickers on October 25, 2019, 01:39:33 pm ---These metric versus imperial threads are nuts and just end up in division.   ::)

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Actually they are nuts and bolts and end up in screw ups  ;D

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