geoff,

guess what ... the U.S. "officially" switched to the metric system in 1975

but only liquor bottlers converted (and only because the feds have them by the shorthairs due to the alcohol revenue tax-stamp bully-boy situation) ... the rest of us true 'Mericans ignored it (like we do with any assinine law we don't like ... what seeks to Frenchify us)

~ bob

ps - we still refer to our favourite size bottles of whiskey as "fifths" ... not 750ml

pps - The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-168) passed by Congress. The Metric Act established the U.S. Metric Board to coordinate and plan the increasing use and voluntary conversion to the metric system. However, the Metric Act was devoid of any target dates for metric conversion. 


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From: "geoff carver" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Metric Graph Paper?


> in science, yes, but even the BBC was reporting how the EU has all but 
> decided to give up on converting you guys to anything but pints, acres, etc.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
>> but we have been metric in archaeology/science etc in UK for a long time. 
>> Admittedly we still use miles. 
>