Re: Metric

["Thomas Washburn" <thomasw@domain.elided>]

April <V3rd3go@domain.elided> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> Just old enough to remember the full metric conversion 
> process in Canada.  First few years in school, we where
> taught in measurements that I now think of as "archaic".
> The switch was pretty painless for a youngster.  Metric
> is so much more logical. 
> 
> My parents had to struggle for a time. They have long 
> since adapted. Why not join the world ? Think of the 
> long term savings for industry.

Industry is, of course, free to use metric measurements
without a government mandate.  People and organizations 
will use whatever units of measure they find useful.

- -Tom

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