>Having been raised using the English Measurement System, all this seems academic. In engineering college most of what we did concerning the physical world involved the metric system. The metric system is logical and makes calculations easy. With the English system we were always converting to metric.
>Our college Physics Professor at U.C. Berkeley could convert apples to oranges! Dr. Paxton was unbelievable! Why do I still remember 28.35 grams = an ounce, along with all those other conversion factors? Will there be no peace of mind? :)

:-))

I can´t think even in one good reason to use the English system ("Imperial" system, isn´t it?)... you know, it´s a REALLY strange way to see things. :)