> Just to lighten things up a bit - I heard a fellow say that he
> thought that it was a good thing we in America never adopted the
> metric system.  He said the whole thing was just too vague and
> inaccurate. "I mean, really, a kilometer is a 'little less' than a
> mile.  A kilogram is 'about' 2 and a half pounds.  How can we deal
> with a system like that?"
 
I've heard that americans are approaching the metric system inch by
inch...
 
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