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Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Gary R. Schmidt <grschmidt@acm.org> wrote:
>> On 26/08/2024 06:08, Paul S Person wrote:
>> [SNIP]
>>> great fan of metric, but the French are certainly not going to agree
>>> to use anything else in /their/ components, and at least using metric
>>> will make the entire mission doesn't just die on reaching its
>>> destination.
>>>
>> Are you aware just how few countries choose to not use the metric system?
>>
>> I'll help you, it's three: Liberia, Myanmar, and the USA.
>>
>> I wouldn't like being lumped in with Myanmar...
> 
> I was surprised when in Scotland for Worldcon that all of the speed limit
> signs were in miles per hour, especially when the ones in England are all
> metric.  I mentioned this to my host who shrugged and said that Scotland
> is different.
> 
> And when we were visiting a cognac distillery a couple years back I was
> surprised to see distillation temperatures in Rheaumur....

Excellent!  I've learned my one thing for the day!

William Hyde