The three countries that don't use the metric system

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Schadenfroh

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Metric is too easy, makes us bored, we prefer the irrational and counterintuitive approach.
 

BoomerD

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Yes, most of the world do drive on the wrong side of the road.

Nah, mostly only those countries that have ties with Britain...former colonies and such. The USA and Canuckistan are the only British colonies (that I can think off off hand) that know how to fucking drive.
The rest of you are a bunch of ass-backwards bastards.
 

KentState

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True, that's why it should happen slowly, it doesn't need to be expensive, just slowly phase it out.



OK.

How do you slowly mix two systems when driving a car. It would be confusing as hell to enter a town with metric signs and then see imperial in the next. At least when travelling to Canada or Mexico, you just switch the instrument panel over when crossing the boarder. I know signs with both on them are possible, but then you have to reduce the size which makes them harder to read.
 

schneiderguy

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Hai guyz, I just had a brilliant idea. If we nuked England we wouldn't have to hear them whining about us using not using the metric system.
 

nanette1985

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This is the US. Because nobody's figured out how to make huge piles of money doing it.

We are, after all, the home of the pet rock. We can do anything if there's $ in it.
 

HAL9000

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How do you slowly mix two systems when driving a car. It would be confusing as hell to enter a town with metric signs and then see imperial in the next. At least when travelling to Canada or Mexico, you just switch the instrument panel over when crossing the boarder. I know signs with both on them are possible, but then you have to reduce the size which makes them harder to read.

Well leaving the road signs for now is fine. We do it.
 

RocksteadyDotNet

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Nah, mostly only those countries that have ties with Britain...former colonies and such. The USA and Canuckistan are the only British colonies (that I can think off off hand) that know how to fucking drive.
The rest of you are a bunch of ass-backwards bastards.

Like I said, most of the world do drive on the wrong side.
 

BoomerD

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sdifox

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How do you slowly mix two systems when driving a car. It would be confusing as hell to enter a town with metric signs and then see imperial in the next. At least when travelling to Canada or Mexico, you just switch the instrument panel over when crossing the boarder. I know signs with both on them are possible, but then you have to reduce the size which makes them harder to read.


I think the Scandinavian countries just picked a date and at midnight that day, everyone stopped their car on the side of the road and then drove on the other side.

Scary exercise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H
 
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BoomerD

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Hai guyz, I just had a brilliant idea. If we nuked England we wouldn't have to hear them whining about us using not using the metric system.

Hell, there's a LOT of benefits to that suggestion...My Gawd...we'd no longer have to hear about the upcoming Royal Wedding, or why they call cookies, biscuits! VERY important things...
 

HAL9000

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Hai guyz, I just had a brilliant idea. If we nuked England we wouldn't have to hear them whining about us using not using the metric system.

Hell, there's a LOT of benefits to that suggestion...My Gawd...we'd no longer have to hear about the upcoming Royal Wedding, or why they call cookies, biscuits! VERY important things...

Brilliant! Why don't you guys start your own thread to discuss it, or better yet PM each other! :)
 

DaTT

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I would say the only reason they haven't made the switch is money. Think of how costly it would be from start to finish.

Also, I have a real hard time believing that they don't use the system. I bet it is used more often than not in manufacturing and construction.
 

HAL9000

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I would say the only reason they haven't made the switch is money. Think of how costly it would be from start to finish.

Also, I have a real hard time believing that they don't use the system. I bet it is used more often than not in manufacturing and construction.

That's probably true, but it wouldn't cost a huge ammount if you leave road signs as they are (like the UK) but just using it for everything else.
 

lxskllr

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Also, I have a real hard time believing that they don't use the system. I bet it is used more often than not in manufacturing and construction.

Not in construction. That would be the intelligent place to use it, but nope....
 

DaTT

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That's probably true, but it wouldn't cost a huge ammount if you leave road signs as they are (like the UK) but just using it for everything else.

Honestly, thats fucking dumb....why only half switch over? Leave the roadsigns? Sounds like you guys haven't made the switch yet.
 

sdifox

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I would say the only reason they haven't made the switch is money. Think of how costly it would be from start to finish.

Also, I have a real hard time believing that they don't use the system. I bet it is used more often than not in manufacturing and construction.

Construction is still Imperial, at least in Canada. You buy 2"x4"s for example.
 

BoomerD

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Not in construction. That would be the intelligent place to use it, but nope....

Actually, the metric system is being used a LOT in the construction industry.
Iron workers are now using a 300 mm adjustable wrench as a hammer instead of the old-fashioned 12" crescent wrench.
 

HAL9000

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Honestly, thats fucking dumb....why only half switch over? Leave the roadsigns? Sounds like you guys haven't made the switch yet.

Whenever we measure anything we have, when we check our speed limits we haven't purely because 70mph /30 mph we are used to and changing to KPH would be a pain.