>Dragan;
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>Even the English gave up their measurement system. Why do we hold on to it? In 1865 the Congress of the United States passed a law to allow our country to go metric. And so we wait...
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>Tom

I went to England and Wales for two weeks last spring. They seem to have gone only halfway metric. Speed limit signs are in miles per hour. When I would talk to (maybe older) people about some measurements (probably distances), I would use metric units for their benefit and they would reply that they preferred English units.