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I don't care. Britain managed to swap to metric, and a decimal currency system, and people dealt with it.
Americans just cant take the change
Americans just cant take the change
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Menu costs... it is big money to switch.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Originally posted by Apocalypse
I remember this being debated about three years ago here.
One of the better arguements was that the foot is a really nice unit of measurement and that the decimeters and meters are either too small or too large for many things. Someone fired back saying that we all could just have a unit called "30 Centimeters," which would defeat the whole purpose of the metric system.
That is moronic.Periodista : A proposito del escudo de la fe, Elisa, a mí me sorprendía Reutemann diciendo que estaba dispuesto a enfrentarse con el mismísimo demonio (Menem) y después terminó bajándose de la candidatura. Ahí parece que fuera ganando el demonio.
Elisa Carrio: No, porque si usted lee bien el Génesis dice que la mujer pisará la serpiente.Comment
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Yes, that is moronic.
I like my explination... so much simpler
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“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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The reason America doesn't switch to metric is because our country is run by idiots."Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners." - Edward Abbey
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We changed 30 years ago. It wasn't that big a deal. I never knew Americans were so math-deficient...Originally posted by rah
Yep, they tried, didn't work.
People are always more comfortable with what they're familiar with12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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Canada has the mental capacity to work with both imperial and metric, Americans do not.
It's that simple.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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eg. NASA's Mars screwup. Case in point...Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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I think it also has alot to do with the cost of changing. Why the hell switch to liters when we get more from a gallon? Wont retailers take advantage of our temporary confusion to jack up price for things like Gas? Sorry maybe your right we americans dont like to change. But then again, can you blame us? We arent asking you to switch to our system.
Assuming the situation a few miles to the south doesnt boil over and end up sending a cloud of radiation over ****hai.Originally posted by Goingonit
It's easier for America not to convert. When China surpasses America as the world's economic superpower, America will not have the power to stay imperial. The switch will just happen.
Not that I think they could overtake us anyway. Potential is one thing, doing it is another.Comment
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no thats fucked up. I said Shanghai.....why did it ****? Comment
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You probably said Shag hai.Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse
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Foreigners are more worried about it than Americans are it appears. So like rah stated, that is all the more reason not to change.Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul TighComment
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So? Whats so taboo about Shag? Comment
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It means **** in British.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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hint: has nothing to do with thisOriginally posted by faded glory
So? Whats so taboo about Shag? Concrete, Abstract, or Squoingy?
"I don't believe in giving scripting languages because the only additional power they give users is the power to create bugs." - Mike Breitkreutz, FiraxisComment
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