@AverageJoe1 saidUhhhhhh, what???
And if we lived in Romania, the faeries there would not have let us build the Bomb, so we could not have stopped Hitler.
@mike69 saidStandardization facilitates international trade. Not having to maintain two separate sets of tools to fix vehicles, for example; every auto repair shop in the country would see immediate cost reductions. Integration of components into complex devices, such as airplanes and space craft. Not having to print two sets of packages with contents by weights and volumes, one set for domestic use and another for export. I have a bicycle made in England in the 1970s--it has Whitworth threads for Pete's sake! You have any idea how hard it is to find bolts to fit that now? I have to scour jumble sales in hopes of finding one on a used bike.
For us in country what are the advantages that far outweigh the jolt in the present as we are.
Plus the fact that the metric system is easier to learn and use; can you say, right off the top of your head, how many yards there are in a mile? How many inches to a mile? How many ounces to a ton? Every fourth grader in Europe can tell you how many centimeters there are in kilometer and how many grams in a metric ton: just move the decimal point, it's child's play.
@mike69 saidI only hope that, one of these days, you finally see the value of knowing what you're talking about.
You really are a narcissistic. Let’s play a using your pea sized brain game before posting. This was from 2014 da it doesn’t matter when you looked it up recently. Now look at the rest of your post and let’s work on other things you post without using your brain or have no way of knowing. Especially never answering simple questions like you do, weak. Do I answer you if yo ...[text shortened]... r. Do you realize you just accuse others of doing what you are actually doing by answering nothing?
@Sprogladog saidAww, shucks, Pluto is my favorite dwarf planet.
Sorry Pluto is marked for nuclear destruction due to the on going trade deficit.
I'm ok with renaming some asteroids though. Melania, Barron, Eric, Widdle Donnie, Ivanka, Jared, ...
@AverageJoe1 saidBy 'we' you mean the British?
Well, if we had not started a civilization in North America, which required the conquering of the land as had been done for centuries throughout the world, we would not be here, but instead all be living in romania or the netherlands.
@AverageJoe1 said
Well, if we had not started a civilization in North America, which required the conquering of the land as had been done for centuries throughout the world, we would not be here, but instead all be living in romania or the netherlands.
@Goad said
By 'we' you mean the British?
No, 'we' in this case means the English. Neither you nor the Romans civilized the Scots.
@moonbus saidNo, it is obvious that all civilized people, and the fittest, prevail. Easy man, you are trying to be Marauder, stirring up things for no reason.
@AverageJoe1 said
Well, if we had not started a civilization in North America, which required the conquering of the land as had been done for centuries throughout the world, we would not be here, but instead all be living in romania or the netherlands.
@Goad said
By 'we' you mean the British?
No, 'we' in this case means the English. Neither you nor the Romans civilized the Scots.
I sure do hope that you are not offended by my saying some people are more fit and civilized than others.
@AverageJoe1 saidBut you didn't start a civilization. At best you built on it.
I meant all civilized peoples. Catch up.
You owe everything to the British. Catch up.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidWhat do you mean when you say 'You didn't start a civilization"?
But you didn't start a civilization. At best you built on it.
You owe everything to the British. Catch up.
Ghost, above, I'd said "all civilized peoples" . You are wrong again, like Maruader is wrong all the time.
The good news is that UK, who have no dentists, are considered civilized. You made the cut. You write codswallop, yet use the products of our civilized country every day.
@AverageJoe1 saidYour civilized country is built on the foundation of our civilized country. Didn't you know?
What do you mean when you say 'You didn't start a civilization"?
Ghost, above, I'd said "all civilized peoples" . You are wrong again, like Maruader is wrong all the time.
The good news is that UK, who have no dentists, are considered civilized. You made the cut. You write codswallop, yet use the products of our civilized country every day.
Just come back from the dentist as it happens. Made the appointment yesterday, no problem.
It's true that it can be a challenge to access NHS (free) dental care, but then that's the same in the US isn't it?
@moonbus saidImperial Units are a version of American Tariffs on engineering and machined goods in general. It protects the domestic economy in terms of nuts and bolts and engineered parts, which may seem like a good thing, but the unintended consequence is that American industry not being compatible with the rest of the globe cannot expand in any real sense to grow with other industrial nations through competition, which is the subtle nuance of how protectionism while having benefits in the short term ultimately proves detrimental in the long run.
Standardization facilitates international trade. Not having to maintain two separate sets of tools to fix vehicles, for example; every auto repair shop in the country would see immediate cost reductions. Integration of components into complex devices, such as airplanes and space craft.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidWe owe them another ass whooping?
But you didn't start a civilization. At best you built on it.
You owe everything to the British. Catch up.
@kmax87 saidThe economic, 'protectionist', argument is baloney; it isolates, rather than protecting. As you point out, it reduces export opportunities. America could and should have changed over in the 19th c. when it would have been relatively easy.
Imperial Units are a version of American Tariffs on engineering and machined goods in general. It protects the domestic economy in terms of nuts and bolts and engineered parts, which may seem like a good thing, but the unintended consequence is that American industry not being compatible with the rest of the globe cannot expand in any real sense to grow with other industrial n ...[text shortened]... protectionism while having benefits in the short term ultimately proves detrimental in the long run.
The historic reason why England did not go metric is Napoleon; the English refused to do anything Napoleon mandated. Why the Americans did not go metric then is a mystery, given that the French materially assisted the colonists to revolt.