It's time for the US to use the metric system

I bought some new Allen keys the other day, both metric AND imperial. What a PITA.

Check this video to see where the metric and other systems come from. Quite interesting, I tell you!

These systems are derived from the size of the sun and the moon (if I'm correct)

3:45 hours? Sure


Last Edited by Face Palmer on 05/30/2014 09:38 AM

I tell you, once you start looking you'll see the video to the end. That was at least what it did with me.

Okay, I will give it a try.

Mechanics and machinists across the country have been using metric for years. All the vehicle bolts are metric and you would not be a machinists/engineer without being able to convert one from the other.

HAHAHHAHAHHA AMERIKANTS CANT EVEN TALK WELL MUCH LESS ADD OS=R SUBTRACT!!! LOL HAHAHAHAHAHA

We are too cool for such things.

I agree. I am a mechanic for a large food corporation and the mix of equipment we have on site is from early 1900's to present day. One system would save my company millions easily and lower downtime and parts inventory. Its not rocket science and its not my decision, but the executives are always looking to reduce costs and somehow this never gets on their radar. IDK?

WE SHALL RESIST!!!!!


What will Muricans call their "Quarter Pounders with cheese"???



Oh yeah, Le Big Mac...
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The first thing that popped into my head was the mile markers on highways.

It would be prohibitively expensive by this time to change, although the imperial system always seemed convoluted to me as well.

Well, maybe they will be quicker than those of us who live on this Island as we've been moving over to a more metric system since 1620 when they adopted the Chain and Link measurements, a chain is 0.1 of a furlong and a link is 0.1 of a chain, an acre is 10 square chains... Chains are still used today as a system of measurement on the British railways, bet you did not know that...

Oh and 1 chain is the distance between the stumps on a Cricket pitch..

So we have been moving to the metric system for 394 years :) and in the meanwhile we have invented the MetPerial System of Masurement that jams metric and imperial together in really useful ways (well, usefull in confusing the world) when it is cold the media will harp on (haha pun intended) that it is 0 degrees C outside... when it is hot though they will harp on that it is 100 degree F...

No one can accuse us of being organised :)

Do you think you will simply adopt the Metric system or create your own version of the MetPerial System that, well I visualise as shoving the metric and imperial together in one box and then jumping on it to see what happens.. Tyres for example are in MetPerial..

A tyre of 205 55 R16 W
is 205mm wide, 55% profile, 16 inch rim, 168mph speed rating..

Totally MetPerial :)

Metric is for mouth-breathing finger counters who can't wrap their head around base 12.

Crazy connections!

They could call it the 1-13 burger as 1/4 lbs in grams is 113g.

That or they might want a new system that doesn't have a legal definition of a measurement like:

"three grains of sound ripe barley being taken out the middle of the ear, well dried, and laid end to end in a row"

BTW, that's an inch

fuck that!

the rest of the world needs to adapt to our system of measurement!

The point being....
Anyone whom uses tools needs to BUY 3 sets....
It hits the hip pocket.
You know what I mean.

Good point, we're stuck in between! Milk comes in gallons, but soda comes in liters.

MetPerial, I like it :)

How many of your knuckles are dragging on the ground when you walk forward?

BUT.....yer correct...

I always find it ironic England and U.S. are the only two countries still using the imperial system yet have worked so hard to distinguish themselves from each other the past 200 years.

Fuck the metric system. I will never use it. Never!

Its makes sense with temperature - Its more logical to say water freezes at 0 and boils at 100 than 32 and 212. Its like a bank saying you have a balance of 32 - your account is empty.

Don't tell the British media outlets that, in coldest parts of the winter they all use degrees Celsius and when it hits those precious few days when it is warm they all switch to degrees Fahrenheit, otherwise it is a jumble of both.

MetPerial is King :) LOL

So? Our system works just fine. I could really give two sh$&$ what the rest of the world is doing. There are also other countries that stone people to death for ridiculous reasons, should we do that to?

way past due

And while your at it start driving on the left side of the road turn all your switches back to the correct orientation
double the houshold voltage and reduce cycle to 50hz

hell yeah

I see your point, but in this instance, the imperial measure is more granular and, therefore, a more accurate representation of the temperature.

spot on!



i'm old school. even though the twats display metric measurements on everything over here, i always convert back to good ole pints, inches and pounds in my head.

it's fuck all to do with us. it's the Euro twats who foisted it on us.

all part of the new world order old boy.