On Mon, 03 May 2010 05:08:44 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> 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?
>
>The Metric system is used universally in the health care and science
>fields. Always.

Noted.

> I like metrics better as it's much easier to convert numbers by 10's.

That's precisely why I like it so much. I'm not great with maths and
fractions give me the heebeejeebies
Also not good at remembering all the nuances between all the
non-metric systems.

>I do wish we would switch over to it completely!

It's bound to happen eventually - I'm not going to predict exactly
when though