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by lobsterthief 696 days ago
Yes, many of us Americans wish we would adopt the metric system.
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dghughes 696 days ago
You did. All your (USA) units use metric then are converted to US measurements. The US inch is officially 25.4mm exactly.

https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/si-units-length

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ddingus 695 days ago
Yup. And more things are SI units every day.

I use them most of time now. We are getting there slowly.

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dghughes 695 days ago
Wrapped in ham to fool the masses.
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ddingus 694 days ago
Lol, sure.

I just made sure I did my homework so I can operate with anyone.

And it was huge. I have few worries.

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