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Metric and Standard
Posted Aug 31, 2007
There is a question that has been vexing me for many years. Why do we Americans have to do so many things different than the rest of the world. If anyone can answer this for me, then please do not hessitate.
The first part is which side of the road we drive on.(not to mention which side of the car the steering wheel is on). I am pretty sure that if i went to another country and had to drive that the other motorists would wish that I had not. It would take some getting used to. This is not that big of a deal though. When it comes to measurment though I just can't wrap my mind around why our units are so complicated and the rest of the worlds' is so simple. 12 inches in a foot. When calculating this would it not have been just as easy to say 10 inches in a foot? It certainly would have made converting much easier. 5,280 feet in a mile. Why 5,280? Why not just 5,000.It is no wonder to me why the rest of the planet uses a different system. Why is it called "standard" if it is not actually the earths' standard way to measure distance?
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