The Gun Of Bavaria Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I vote yes, however, since we simplify our manner of life down to the lowest common denominator (i.e. delaying the digital transition so 4% of Americans too fu**ing stupid to buy a converter box can mess it up even more), I never see it happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanDoug Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I vote Yes. Might slow down the visitors driving up from WA They suddenly see the speed limit at 100 and gas it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgoguy Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 This debate is still around? I remember this from the 70s. Forget it, mate. The U.S. is too entrenched in our less efficient--yet oddly comfortable--system. Although who of us wouldn't love to say our eight inch c*ks are 20.3 cm? Twenty-plus just seems so much more imposing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 It was a big topic years ago but it went dead. Can't see it happening anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyjet69 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 no fricken way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbro22 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Wouldn't be opposed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybroome Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 This debate is still around? I remember this from the 70s. As do I. They said it was only a matter of time. Yeah...right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afosomf Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 would it make me bigger or smaller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugeater Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 **** that, I'd have to replace a ****load of my tools. Not to mention everything in this country was built with the Standard system, we'd be constantly converting things...not worth the trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Why fix it if it aint broken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 When I was in the Army Field Artillery, we used metric for everything. Mils instead of degrees, meters and kilometers instead of yards and miles. I didn't mind it at all. Of course in Germany, my favorite sign on the autobahn had no number at all: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragmatic Bus Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Why fix it if it aint broken? you realy do live on another planet. the main reason for not switching is not "it aint broke" but "we are too fat and too lazy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragmatic Bus Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 When I was in the Army Field Artillery, we used metric for everything. Mils instead of degrees, meters and kilometers instead of yards and miles. I didn't mind it at all. Of course in Germany, my favorite sign on the autobahn had no number at all: what were the prerequisites back then to join army? mutton chops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 what were the prerequisites back then to join army? mutton chops? Acually, it was a big penis but I sneaked in on an Affirmative Action spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragmatic Bus Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Acually, it was a big penis but I sneaked in on an Affirmative Action spot. in some armies you get a bonus to keep mutton chops and huge mustaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanDoug Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Well.. Would be nice to see you guys jump on board. It's not too threatening, we still use the term mileage when it comes to car performance. Is the U.S. the only non-metric country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Well.. Would be nice to see you guys jump on board. It's not too threatening, we still use the term mileage when it comes to car performance. Is the U.S. the only non-metric country? Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States. The US, Liberia and Myanmar do not use the Metric system... and the UK still uses Yards and Miles in some cases... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebabyny Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 you realy do live on another planet. the main reason for not switching is not "it aint broke" but "we are too fat and too lazy" We are too fat to switch to metric? Don't know that i get that argument. If you think about it, it is a huge undertaking in cost and time to switch. Think about all the roads that are measured in miles, changing out all those signs would be a pain in the ass. All the manufacturing industry in this country would need to retool, and that is just an expense nobody needs right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugeater Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 you realy do live on another planet. the main reason for not switching is not "it aint broke" but "we are too fat and too lazy" You have no idea how much it would massively complicate the home improvement industry. Say for instance you have a fire in your kitchen, and I have to come in and tear it down to studs. Well the framing in your house is all laid out for 4'X8' drywall, but now all the drywall is 120cmX60cm and it's never going to lay out right. So either the home improvement stores will have to carry both types or I'm going to have to adjust the framing or the drywall (at an additional cost). I could probably come up with 100 other similar scenarios if I needed to, but I think you get the point. There's really nothing to gain by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryK Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 From Sept 1999 (CNN) -- NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because a Lockheed Martin engineering team used English units of measurement while the agency's team used the more conventional metric system for a key spacecraft operation, according to a review finding released Thursday. The units mismatch prevented navigation information from transferring between the Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft team in at Lockheed Martin in Denver and the flight team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. I see the point with construction, but they can get past it. Metric really is a more intelligent system of measurement, and it "connects" measures like volume/length/mass using ideas like the density of water...whereas the English system is completely arbitrary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachEY Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Why fix it if it aint broken? The argument is that it IS broken, because we don't know the measurements of the great majority of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragmatic Bus Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 You have no idea how much it would massively complicate the home improvement industry. Say for instance you have a fire in your kitchen, and I have to come in and tear it down to studs. Well the framing in your house is all laid out for 4'X8' drywall, but now all the drywall is 120cmX60cm and it's never going to lay out right. So either the home improvement stores will have to carry both types or I'm going to have to adjust the framing or the drywall (at an additional cost). I could probably come up with 100 other similar scenarios if I needed to, but I think you get the point. There's really nothing to gain by it. we define our inches in exactly 2.54 cm. so get a 10.16cmX20.32cm drywall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragmatic Bus Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 From Sept 1999 (CNN) -- NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because a Lockheed Martin engineering team used English units of measurement while the agency's team used the more conventional metric system for a key spacecraft operation, according to a review finding released Thursday. The units mismatch prevented navigation information from transferring between the Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft team in at Lockheed Martin in Denver and the flight team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. I see the point with construction, but they can get past it. Metric really is a more intelligent system of measurement, and it "connects" measures like volume/length/mass using ideas like the density of water...whereas the English system is completely arbitrary. great example jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Yes. Get it done GOB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 We totally should and while we're at it everyone should learn to speak Spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugeater Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 we define our inches in exactly 2.54 cm. so get a 10.16cmX20.32cm drywall Oh yeah, that will totally simplify things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Gun Of Bavaria Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 We totally should and while we're at it everyone should learn to speak Spanish. No way. I vote Latin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryK Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Now...I dont' want to take this discussion the wrong direction.... But do all of you "pro metric" people know just what group is most likely to propose this in Washington, and who would cry foul? I'm worried some of you are being naughty and don't realize it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 NO SCORE KEEPING IN LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL!! ICE CREAM FOR EVERYONE!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanDoug Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Check out the big brain on Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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