Countries that don't use the metric system:
The Metric System
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I'll have a royale with cheese 
I'd give my left kidney if the US would switch over to use the metric system and I'd give my right kidney to get rid of daylight savings time.
I'd give my left kidney if the US would switch over to use the metric system and I'd give my right kidney to get rid of daylight savings time.
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The metric system is superior, but it misses the the volume measurements that the US standard system uses. Cups, tablespoons, etc. are definitely not accurate, but I prefer those for cooking, which is more of an art than a science.
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I'll have a royale with cheese
"You'd dig it the most."
Dunno about "superior", but certainly easier on the math switching from one measurement to another.
But IMHO metric does miss out on some "common sense" measurements &c that are very useful in everyday life. Such as the cups and tablespoons Matt mentions, as well as feet, ounces, pints. Often you find yourself stuck between two units of measurement, one too small and the other two big.
Imperial measurements are all over the map in terms of how they relate to each other ... but you generally find that they "make sense" in other ways you can appreciate. Ever notice how an inch is about the width of your thumb knuckle, and a foot is about the length of ... a foot? And if a pint isn't the right size for a drink of beer, I don't know what is.
"Hey, barkeep, three half-litres of your finest ale for me and my chaps, here!" Er ...
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We should just call it Beer and Pie.
I actually posted this thread four years ago.
I meant "more accurate". For example, I sell soap in ounces because that is what people are used to, but I make it in grams because grams are more accurate for measuring ingredients.
Another weakness of the metric system is these extreme jumps in measurements, such as from centimeter to meter or from gram to kilogram. I know that there are measurements in between, but no one uses them.
You have two left kidneys?
Exactly my thought.
You have two left kidneys?
Dang it. I was hoping no one would notice and I'd get two for the price of one.
I absolutely agree with the above, if you think imperial pint, not US pint.
We actually ask for bottles, as in:
"Hey, barkeep, three bottles of your finest ale for me and my chaps, here!"
Wait, since when does Liberia not matter!?!?!?!
The US monetary system is Metric, so we got that goin' for us.
(Ok, except for the nickel, but we just have that so people can't say our monetary system is metric)
(Ok, and the quarter, but really - the quarter just makes sense.)
(Ok, except for the nickel, but we just have that so people can't say our monetary system is metric)
(Ok, and the quarter, but really - the quarter just makes sense.)
Metric is a fad - plain and simple. Hands, feet, rods, cables, furlongs, bushels, pecks, butt loads (actually a measure), are waaaaayyyyy more user friendly.
