tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8418988.post350878158063413918..comments2023-10-26T01:39:47.081-07:00Comments on Arrivals & Departures: I would change America to use the metric systemspartacus21http://www.blogger.com/profile/00333018445938456054noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8418988.post-3424231506819306962009-01-01T08:36:00.000-08:002009-01-01T08:36:00.000-08:00They tried that when Jimmy Carter was president. ...They tried that when Jimmy Carter was president. All the signs had km/m on them...that's why your car has MPH/KMh on your dashboard. They sold lots of extra tool sets because of that, too. Now you needed a metric set of ratchets instead of your old ratchets.<BR/><BR/>The mandate was to begin teaching all elementary students both. You can't do both. All you need to do is be educated about the other and use the one you're used to. The initiative failed miserably, as it should've. A free-market economy will demand that those businesses that need America will do what they have to do to get our business. American businesses will do what they have to do to gain market share worldwide. And the government doesn't have to tell us anything.Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700532590004197766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8418988.post-10276099653259265192008-12-31T11:40:00.000-08:002008-12-31T11:40:00.000-08:00I wholeheartedly agree!I wholeheartedly agree!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593333200315518714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8418988.post-35830247460253704472008-12-31T08:52:00.000-08:002008-12-31T08:52:00.000-08:00I think America is scared of the metric system, al...I think America is scared of the metric system, all the measurements just sound scary and complicated. kilometer, decilitre, hectogram they all sound very intimidating. America is all about what sounds simple like inch, foot, pound, ton, very unassuming words. <BR/><BR/>Why we don't use Celsius though is beyond me (really? we choose to remember random #'s like 212, 32, and 98 over the simple 0, 100, and 37?)Gabe Hagstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18308253549456678939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8418988.post-5776224155905750182008-12-30T22:19:00.000-08:002008-12-30T22:19:00.000-08:00So true. One thing that used to confuse me is that...So true. One thing that used to confuse me is that we always used degrees Celsius in Chem, but Fahrenheit everywhere else. I heard below freezing and automatically thought that the temperature was below 0 degrees (but that's partly because it never gets below freezing here, whether you use metric or otherwise).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13932331429486990135noreply@blogger.com