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veiledsentiments
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Probably for much the same reason that the US won't switch to the metric system. Habit... and too lazy to change.
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2buckets
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| Well the US got to the moon and back using inches and feet, so they don't see the necessity to change. |
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robbie_davies
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| 2buckets wrote: |
| Well the US got to the moon and back using inches and feet, so they don't see the necessity to change. |
I wonder how many of the scientists at NASA were actually American.
The Soviets banged out a few intergalactic 'firsts' using the metric system. |
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scot47
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| Went to the moon ? I will have to ask the "Truthers". |
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plumpy nut
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| 2buckets wrote: |
| Well the US got to the moon and back using inches and feet, so they don't see the necessity to change. |
Was science in America still using Foot Pounds in place of Newtons during the Apollo missions? I don't know. |
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plumpy nut
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| robbie_davies wrote: |
The Soviets banged out a few intergalactic 'firsts' using the metric system. |
They had less politics to deal with. |
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jaffa
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| scot47 wrote: |
| Went to the moon ? I will have to ask the "Truthers". |
It's nonsense that the Americans went to the moon!!!
On the other hand, the prophet did cut the moon in half with his sword and somehow, miraculously, stuck it back together again!!! |
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Sashadroogie
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| If the Americans went to the moon, why are there still Americans here? Huh? |
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DLIguy
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| Sashadroogie wrote: |
| If the Americans went to the moon, why are there still Americans here? Huh? |
Jes' to peeve you off!!! |
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PeterParvo
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scot47
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My bad. I should have posted the link with no comments about kilograms, stones, cubits and acres.
There are a LOT of morbidly obese dudes in KSA. Dames too, but you don't see them so much.
I do remember some students who could not fit into seats. they had top use a carpet and sit on the floor. |
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plumpy nut
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| Every time I have to use Kilograms, Newtons, Liters, Meters I spit on the ground at the French. |
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scot47
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| a feeling of intellectual inferiority, perchance ? |
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PeterParvo
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