Metric Vs English System

DM1 · 05-02-2008, 03:19 PM

Metric,... it is sooooooooo much more logical.

Those are things I don't understand about the US,....I just think things would be a lot easier for everybody.

Measurements:
US: English
The world: Metric. (OK,... the UK not.)

Racing:
US: NASCAR
The world: F1

Sports:
US: NBA, NFL, NHL, NBL, etc.
The world: Soccer.

Taittinger · 05-02-2008, 03:58 PM

When will time go metric? Why is that still 60 sec to a minute and 60 min to an hour and 24 hours in a day?

samwoo2go · 05-02-2008, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DM1

Metric,... it is sooooooooo much more logical.

Those are things I don't understand about the US,....I just think things would be a lot easier for everybody.

Measurements:
US: English
The world: Metric. (OK,... the UK not.)

Racing:
US: NASCAR
The world: F1

Sports:
US: NBA, NFL, NHL, NBL, etc.
The world: Soccer.

Bikes:
US: Harley
World: Moto GP

samwoo2go · 02-11-2010, 03:17 PM

Memphis1 · 02-11-2010, 03:23 PM

You beat me to it

Cosmop · 02-11-2010, 03:23 PM

It makes stealing our technology just a little bit harder when we are on the English system and the rest of the world is Metric

samwoo2go · 02-11-2010, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Cosmop

It makes stealing our technology just a little bit harder when we are on the English system and the rest of the world is Metric

you can't seriously believe that, that's retarded.

Gearcraft · 02-11-2010, 03:49 PM

i read about the english being more flexible because you can divide 12 by a factor of 2, 3, 4, and 6 and you wont get a decimal. i use the english system all the time in architecture. i think it would be so much hassle to convert the whole country.

Year's_End · 02-11-2010, 03:52 PM

cake > metric > english

.retired. · 02-11-2010, 06:11 PM

been living in US for 7 years and i still use Celcius, even in my car now for the temp control.

SoYank · 02-11-2010, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by samwoo2go

Antarctica ISN'T a country per se. At Port Lockroy, British Antarctica Territory I'd bet they use the metric system. But at McMurdo Station, Antarctica they probably use the English system.

SoYank · 02-11-2010, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike@PYSpeed.com

been living in US for 7 years and i still use Celcius, even in my car now for the temp control.

I've been living in England for almost 17 years and still use ounces, pints, gallons, feet, yards, miles, acres, Fahrenheit, etc. It's not that I can't use the metric system, it's because I don't want to.

FWIW, I also like cake.

02-11-2010, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DM1

Sports:
US: NBA, NFL, NHL, NBL, etc.
The world: Soccer.

TurboFan · 02-11-2010, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DM1

...

Sports:
US: NBA, NFL, NHL, NBL, etc.
The world: Soccer.

Except most of the world (all?) calls it Football.

NaTuReB0Y · 02-11-2010, 09:09 PM

i like it the way it is......

move along people......

pmeloche · 02-12-2010, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by NaTuReB0Y

i think the real reason behind not switching to the metric system is.....

nobody in the U.S. wants to pay $4.06 for a liter of gasoline........

i like $4.06 for a gallon of gasoline.....standard system rulez!

You would only pay $1.20 per liter of gasoline Jack. There are 3.78 liters in a U.S. gallon.

scorcherjf · 02-12-2010, 12:50 AM

I still use farenheit in toronto =)

people think i'm stupid! then i just say "no doubt about it" in their accent and laugh

Blake · 02-12-2010, 01:39 AM

this is america. we do things our way. if you don't like it GIT D FUK OUT. git'er done, yeehaw.

aut0sh0cker · 02-12-2010, 01:43 AM

The cost of just converting all industries over would be staggering.

...If it ain't broke...

Gearcraft · 02-12-2010, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by aut0sh0cker

The cost of just converting all industries over would be staggering.

...If it ain't broke...

... then dont fix it. imagine re-educating a lot of people money-wise and time-wise.

smack · 02-12-2010, 02:26 AM

It would be so much easier to use the metric system. Say your under the car working on something and you need a bigger size socket and tell your boy to get the next size bigger than a 1/2 inch and they hand you something different because they cant figure out what the next size is. If you gave them a 10mm and asked for a bigger size it would be easier to figure out that 11 comes after 10.

SoYank · 02-12-2010, 03:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smack

It would be so much easier to use the metric system. Say your under the car working on something and you need a bigger size socket and tell your boy to get the next size bigger than a 1/2 inch and they hand you something different because they cant figure out what the next size is. If you gave them a 10mm and asked for a bigger size it would be easier to figure out that 11 comes after 10.

That sounds like a breakdown of the educational system of the American schools. Don't they teach basic mathematics and fractions over there anymore? Why don't you just ask for the 9/16 wrench?

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