President Nixon put us (the US) on 'a ten year plan' to go over to the metric system. Somehow I do not think that worked out quite yet.
Not really sure what the resistance is to the metric system in the US other than the usual 'everyone hates everything 'new' '. ?? At least the good news is that we have not done what our esteemed British colleges have done and partially adopted another measuring system and mixed it in with one already in use (and they keep doing that- anybody remember the Wentworth system? ?? ?? ??).
The metric system itself is neither here nor there but it does have two extremely useful aspects that the other systems seem to lack: 1) it is all divisible by 10, not a whole bunch of odd divisions (5280 feet in a mile, 3 feet in a yard, how many yards in a mile? How many in 5/8 of a mile?) and 2) it has only one unit system per measuring type. Meter for length, not inches, feet, yards, miles ad nauseum.
And as an added treat, the various systems cross pretty well in that cubic meter is 1,000 liters. Slick. Quick, how many fluid ounces in a cubic yard (get fresh batteries for your calculator.....).
Brian
And since nobody has mentioned this yet,
Can we (Americans) please, for the love of God, follow suit with the rest of the world and SWITCH TO THE METRIC SYSTEM? I mean, the English invented the English system and even they use the metric system? Am I right??? Can I get an Amen??