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Originally Posted by rvssnake
Just In case any of you out there haven't noticed yet, most school's use metric measurements in science class's in order to switch all future generations to the metric system so that the same units of measure can be used world wide.
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I noticed that exact same thing in the early 1970's when I was a high school student. My teachers were convinced that the US would 'go metric' very soon. Seems we're not there yet.
As an engineer, it is easy for me to see the tremendous advantages of SI measure.
Maybe we could start with FIRST? Change all the measurement units in the rules to SI? Maybe an idea for a new thread ...
[Note: better search first -- betcha this has come up a time or two before.]
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