Hi Bill,
> But what you have failed to state is what is the benefit to the USA
> population of converting?
You are absolutely correct there :) I did not state that there was any
benefit to the USA population in changing... ...but that wasn't really
my point, my post was intended as more observational on the US's already
very sound relationship with metric, Australia's conversion experience
and some of the lingering things hanging over 45 years down the track.
> Just to appease those who slept through the junior high class on
fractions?
Education in the metric measurement system is all done and dusted by age
8 here (and when the kids hit things like physics at age 13 they are
already fully conversant in the base units- saving at least one
subject-semester), so you may have just suggested one example of how
conversion could ultimately benefit the USA population. :)
Leg-pulling aside, (and another observation) I find it interesting that
it seems to have been important enough for a number of US
administrations at both state and federal levels to explore, spend a LOT
of $ implementing, only to inexplicably* stop the process suddenly and
quietly.
*Is this where we should look for an Illuminati conspiracy? :)
Viva la difference... I guess!
davidt
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