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Re: the metric system
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Sun, 29 Apr 2001 13:06:41 GMT
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Christopher Tracey wrote:
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> yay or nay?
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> -chris
Abosolutely yay. The US should get out of their redneck rut and realize
that they are decades behind the rest of the world when it comes to this
issue. The US is simply stinking up everybody else with their stupid
old system (especially here in Canada where we rely on so many of their
products and such).
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Message has 4 Replies: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: the metric system
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| (...) Nice blanket statement ;) I live in Tennessee (which is pretty near the top of the Redneck-O-Meter), and I prefer metric over standard. It's really an irrelevant issue, as most common conversions can be done in one's head on the fly. That's (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Sorry about that! But isn't the Metric system an abomination in the eyes of God? After all, the linear measure is based on human scientists gaining a true understanding of the world and its workings. Whereas the linear measure in the Imperial (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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