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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
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Subject: Re: Americans: that clueless cretin you elected just killed the CVE
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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:08:55 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vu8ci1$dn28$1@dont-email.me>,
David Wade  <g4ugm@dave.invalid> wrote:
>On 22/04/2025 15:54, Dan Cross wrote:
>> [snip]
>> Officially, the US is a metric country; we switched back in the
>> 70s.  Of course, most working scientists and many engineers here
>> use it professionally.  But it's never been _implemented_ on a
>> large scale for day-to-day use, and I suspect if you tried now,
>> the MAGA crowd would throw another temper tantrum.  They're
>> still holding onto cursive for similar, antiquated reasons.
>
>One of the suggested benefits of Brexit was that the UK could revert to 
>imperial measure.  The UK government ran a consultation. The results 
>were almost totally in favour of retaining Metric Measure...
>
>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/choice-on-units-of-measurement-markings-and-sales/outcome/choice-on-units-of-measurement-consultation-response
>
>or
>
>https://tinyurl.com/3bpjjae9

Good.  It's nice to see some sanity prevail.

>> (I do think that Farenheit is frankly a better scale for human
>> temperatures: 0 is really cold, 100 is really hot, the
>> differences between degress are small enough that they're
>> meaningful without fractions.  Compare to Celsius, where at 0,
>> water is getting icy and 100 you're dead.)
>
>Went on a trip across Canada. Interesting to see the Americans response 
>to Celsius - total bafflement...

Eh....  I mean, if one is around it enough one gets used to it.

>... I was also bemused by the bafflement of some USA passengers who did 
>not know why the Holland America's flagship the Nieuw Amsterdam has a 
>light representing the New York skyline.. Pic here -
>
>https://www.tripadvisor.com.my/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g1-d15691662-i386593179-Nieuw_Amsterdam-World.html
>
>or
>
>https://tinyurl.com/2469rxu3

Clearly not New Yorkers themselves.  We are well aware of the
Dutch involvement in the history of NYC.  It's why the
basketball team is called, "The Knickerbockers", for instance.

        - Dan C.