In article >,
"gloria.p" > wrote:

> I agree that the switch to metric measurement was unsuccessful because
> Americans were too lazy and/or too scared to learn it. It was like
> learning a foreign language, "too much work" for the average person.
> I also don't think the government or schools worked hard enough on the
> transition to make it palatable.

How comfortable are you with switching to another OS? If you are
comfortable, how comfortable do you think others are? I remember the
push around 1960. Every mechanic, professional and backyard, would have
had to buy new tools. Tough sell. Back then, that was the forefront of
the argument.
The good news is that the metric system is slowly encroaching on
American life. That's how it should be. It's a big change if you didn't
grow up with it.

leo