Actually, that's watt, not Watt. The names of SI units are not capitalized.
Bill
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I am going to have to agree with Bill on this one. The US has had 30 years to convert 'slowly'. Not only has it not done so, there are areas of backslidding. For instance several years ago, at my local Wal-Mart you could find all kinds of metric measuring cups and scales. Now most everything of tha
Steve,
One of the problems in the UK was that the Wilson Government had a majority
that was in single figures and was at the mercy of any politician who wanted
to score a few cheap points. As a result he had to take a short-term
populist line to stay in power. There was also a sterling crisis, s
When South Africa and Australia started their metrication programs in the
1970's, one of the first things that they did was to ban the sale of measuring
equipment that showed imperial units. This resulted in metric units becoming
the default unit.
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Of course the width of tires is measured in mm. P225R17 tires are passenger
rated with a width of 225 mm and a diameter 0f 17".
Phil
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Martin, we get the same problems here with politicians bringing up
emotional, gut-reaction issues. This most happens preceding an election
season. Points of contention range from flag burning to "progressives"
attacking Christmas traditions. When the smoke clears we find there was
really nothing
On 2007 Jan 16 , at 8:38 AM, Mike Millet wrote:
That's why the best and smoothest transition in the US ... (will
be) ... rather from slow gradual economic and societal change.
"Slow" and "gradual" means difficult and expensive. During a long,
slow transition, both the old and new systems wo
Someone else may have heard the answer but, as I was just told from the person
who asked in the first place, the answer was wheels.
The question I have though is do they refer to wheels in other countries in
inches or just a metric equivalent size. Something tells me its like pipe. A
12" pipe
I agree with the comments made here and have to say that if the US ends up
forming some sort of regional trade block such as an extension of NAFTA or
even a North American Union with Canada and Mexico and other countries, the
metrication process would have to be complete before that happened or a
As frustrated as I sometimes become with my senators, congressman (we
only have one for all of Alaska), and president, I am secure in the
knowledge that I can directly vote for or against them. Because they
know that too, they *do* listen to me and to my fellow citizens. The
citizens of the
PZI sir & calendar people:
If I'm not mistaken, the USA has been officially metric for about
120 years now, and federal organizations are required to use the metric
system since 1986.
Not many Americans agree!
.involves retaining the 7 day week or looking beyond that to the 10 day
week or
I have to say that James's post hit the nail on the head for me.
Briefly - What my parents voted for in the early 70's was a common market.
No equivalent of the situation of going from that to a political, social and
economic union can be easily compared to a US situation.
An intersting point -
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