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| KL27x:
So you have a thing for men in uniform? When I think our military is metric, it means they use maps marked in kilometers rather than miles. And they requisition liters of diesel rather than gallons. And they ask for 20mm Molle webbing rather than 3/4". |
| SkyMaster:
--- Quote from: jmelson on February 10, 2020, 08:45:55 pm ---... The aviation industry converted about the same time. Everything on aircraft structure is metric. ... --- End quote --- Are your sure about that one? ;) Among other things, all the fasteners, on a North American aircraft, are imperial. And the planes still fly straight. :) |
| bsfeechannel:
--- Quote from: Cubdriver on February 10, 2020, 05:09:11 am --- --- Quote from: bsfeechannel on February 10, 2020, 04:30:42 am ---Perhaps the real question is why is there no ground based on reason for the US not to be metric? --- End quote --- Read the answers previously provided to you, earlier in this thread. ::) --- End quote --- What I like about this thread is that when we say the US is imperial, they say it's metric. When we ask why the US is not metric, they give us tons or "reasons". The fun is inexhaustible. --- Quote from: KL27x on February 10, 2020, 11:41:38 pm ---So you have a thing for men in uniform? --- End quote --- What men? |
| tooki:
--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on February 11, 2020, 01:37:17 am --- --- Quote from: Cubdriver on February 10, 2020, 05:09:11 am --- --- Quote from: bsfeechannel on February 10, 2020, 04:30:42 am ---Perhaps the real question is why is there no ground based on reason for the US not to be metric? --- End quote --- Read the answers previously provided to you, earlier in this thread. ::) --- End quote --- What I like about this thread is that when we say the US is imperial, they say it's metric. When we ask why the US is not metric, they give us tons or "reasons". The fun is inexhaustible. --- End quote --- No, that’s only the way that someone who is as dense as Nibbler’s turds would see it. You’ve been given ample explanations why the US has not gone all-metric (which is what you guys all mean when you say “go metric”), and when we remind you that while the US has not gone ALL-metric, it has in fact gone significantly metric, contrary to your claims, then you claim we are being contradictory. The question is “why is the US not metric?”, and the answer is: a) it already partially is, and b) for reasons given earlier. With the added comment that NO COUNTRY ON EARTH IS 100% METRIC, so full metrication is a hypocritical demand anyway. |
| KL27x:
The real slap in the face is the rest of the now-metric world didn't have the same situation. At one point in the manufacturing/machining revolution in the mid 1900's, the US was 6% of the world's population and it was producing over 30% of the world's manufactured good. The only other countries to invest so heavily during this time? Those countries all started this revolution in metric from the start. Namely Germany and Japan and France. BSFEEchannel, your country is most likely one that just signed up for metric during a regime change. Just another country choosing a side. The US is one of those two sides from the start. |
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