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Subject:Re: SI vs. dumb (0 cc's Vanagon content)
From:Jim Cain
Date:Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:55:06 -0500
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>Can anyone tell me, why we didn't switch in 1976 to the simple, clean,
>easy-to-use metric system from the backwards, inches/fluid
>ounces/furlongs/quarts/drams/pints/rods/tablespoons/acres/yards/pounds/cups
>system?

As Tevye says in "Fiddler on the Roof",

TRADITION..........

He also says "Da, da, da, da, da, da, dee, dee, dum..., but that is
another story altogether...