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Originally Posted by McDuffie
I don't remember any attempt to convert Americans to metric in the 1980s, but I damn sure remember the big push towards metric in the mid seventies.
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Actually, it probably was in the 70's. I just know the automotive industry started in the early 80's. I dont remember much of the 70's since I was too young.
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Originally Posted by McDuffie
We already us the metric system, or something like it, in our monetary system. A cent is 1/100th of a dollar and we have ten and hundred dollar bills.
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Very good point. At least we don't use Pence, Shillings, and Pounds as out monetary system.
