On 5/3/2010 4:19 AM, Jeßus wrote:
> On Sun, 2 May 2010 16:15:48 -0700, "Brian Christiansen"
> > wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> I also think that it is partially due to the fact that we (Americans) don't
>> really like either the government or the French telling us what measurement
>> system we are supposed to use.
>
> That's a rather pathetic reason (if indeed it is a reason) not to
> change to an easier/better system, isn't it?

It's only "easier" if you're dividing a recipe by 10. Personally I
prefer the binary nature of the English units.