-> We Yanks are ever grateful to the Brits for leaving us the legacy of
such
-> clumsy systems. ;-)
which the Brits, themselves, have now more-or-less abandoned.
-> The U.S. made an abortive effort to convert to metric years ago. I was
-> hopeful at the time that it would be successful, but I was too
-> optimistic.
I read someplace that the metric system has been the "official" one in
the U.S. ever since George Wa****ngton and co. made friends with the
French revolutionaries. But it was never sufficiently well taught to
the people.
dow
