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really folks why? Metric is much much easier to learn in chool and it all makes logical sence using 10's.

Millemeter = 1/1000 of a meter
Centemeter = 1/100 of a meter
Decameter = 1/10 of a meter
and so on everything just goes by factors of ten, there's no uneven stange conversions

I don't know. American's like to be different I suppose. It's severely annoying though, I wish we would just all be the same.

It's much more fun using 2 systems.

I use centimetres for small lengths, but miles for long ones.

And grams for small weights and pounds and stones for bigger ones.

stubborness.

Its funny when Americans come to Canada and are like "holy crap! its only 20 degrees out?! What the hell?"




oh stereotypes.....

metric sucks!

plain and simple.

I am very proud to be a metric Canadian but I am very confused as to why we don't metrisize here in Newfoundland.

Well no. Thats not true. We always use the metric system. But recently our hockey arena center thing was called Mile One.

I am going to take this oppertunity to hang my head in shame.
and mild confusion.

meteric owns!!

as for mixing, yeah most canadian's don't use kilograms except for when measuring some products and foods, for example almost every canadian uses their wait in pounds, not kilograms. Same with Feet instead of decameters or meters when mesuring a person's height. I think it just comes down to tradition though. I know most of both systems, but sometimes i find American conversions confusing, like how many inches are in a yard? in metric it's easy, 100 cm in one meter

why don't you just say you weigh 8 stones then?



i mock metric!

ok, but Imperial is still the bane of each and every american elementay student. And i also mock anyone who uses Stones *Looks in Europes direction*

That was meant for me wasn't it

You north americans just don't like them cos they confuse you!

Doesn't it sound much better to be 10 stones rather than 140 pounds? It sound much lighter to me

Clumsyboy wrote:ok, but Imperial is still the bane of each and every american elementay student. And i also mock anyone who uses Stones *Looks in Europes direction*

i'd rather use stones then metric. but to be honest, both of you's are nuts!

heh, in my forensic textbook, there is a whole section about the metric system for all the crazy americans who don't know it.

you want brain-fucking??

try aviation! pressure alone can be and IS measured in inches of mercury, pounds per square inch, hectopascals, and millibars, to name a few.

happeningfish wrote:try aviation! pressure alone can be and IS measured in inches of mercury, pounds per square inch, hectopascals, and millibars, to name a few.

torr, atm, kilopascals. damn chemistry.

like that lame ass NASA mistake that costed like 500 million bucks.

i'd rather not, it would just piss me off again.

something aboot a probe trying to land on mars and they put too much fuel in it so it crashed instead.

stupid meters.

Oh, I get it now. Americans are just too stupid to handle decimal places.

Should never have expected you folks to catch on to that. My mistake.

metric sucks....plain and simple.

think about it, your going 100 miles per hour or:
your going 100 kilometers an Hour.

which one sounds more sexy? miles of course it does. so to you! biatch!