On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:25 AM, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: >> You don't understand the ideas and ideals behind the USA. The USA >> became the USA to get away from Europe. > > I thought it was to get away from Britain? > And changing to the French units would have been a logical part of that. > > In fact, it very nearly happened. France sent a metre standard to the > US, but it was (accidentally) intercepted by a British privateer, and > by the time it finally arrived the chap who was bringing it had died > in captivity. Had he arrived in time, and been persuasive enough, then > the US would probably have been metric. > > -- > atp
That was the Revolutionary War, which didn't happen until the late 18th century. People from all over Europe were migrating to here long before that to get away from the repressive governments and monarchies at the time. English, Dutch, French, German and others. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
