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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 3220801" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>I would not take that bet.</p><p></p><p>If we'd switched to the system of measurements of the godless pinko commie heathens back when it came out, it would've been doable, but now we have a biggly yuuuuge economic investment in the system we have. As Uncle TK says, it's not just nuts and bolts; our entire construction industry runs on the inch pattern. Ask a professional carpenter for the centerline measurement of a 6' 8-13/16" cabinet, and I'll bet he can give you the number in no time flat because he deals with those fractions on a daily basis.</p><p></p><p>The simple fact is that there is no good reason to switch our system of measurements. It would affect people who use it on a daily basis to benefit, essentially, no one. As noted elsewhere, the industries that need metric already use it internally.</p><p></p><p>Of course, if we keep dumbing down our educational system, we'll eventually be so stupid we'll have to switch to a system that was designed to be so simple that even a Frenchman could use it...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 3220801, member: 26737"] I would not take that bet. If we'd switched to the system of measurements of the godless pinko commie heathens back when it came out, it would've been doable, but now we have a biggly yuuuuge economic investment in the system we have. As Uncle TK says, it's not just nuts and bolts; our entire construction industry runs on the inch pattern. Ask a professional carpenter for the centerline measurement of a 6' 8-13/16" cabinet, and I'll bet he can give you the number in no time flat because he deals with those fractions on a daily basis. The simple fact is that there is no good reason to switch our system of measurements. It would affect people who use it on a daily basis to benefit, essentially, no one. As noted elsewhere, the industries that need metric already use it internally. Of course, if we keep dumbing down our educational system, we'll eventually be so stupid we'll have to switch to a system that was designed to be so simple that even a Frenchman could use it... [/QUOTE]
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