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> > It all boils down to time Robatoy. It takes you longer to say metric stuff
> > than inche stuff. Time is money.
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> > In the time we can say 1/2 inch and measure it. You are still listening to
> > the guy calling out, gimme Twelve m i l l - i - m e t e r s.
> > Or drive one mile vs. drive one k i l l - o - m e t e r .
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> > Too many dang syllables in that metric stuff.
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> LOL...not so!
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> I drive at 100 K on the highway or 50 K in town, 40 K at a school > zone..
> Still got you beat. I drive 65 or 40 in town or 20 in school zone. We
> never indicate MPH.
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> In normal conversation: " I drove a buck-twenty most of the way here."
> In normal conversation; " I drove 90 most of the way here.
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> We never speak of millimeters..we speak of 'little stripes'.
> Oh Gaud, the wemen's never indicate fractions of an inch they say 4 little
> thingies past the first big one.
Yup, they're aka 'tic'.