“There are two kinds of countries in the world; Metric countries, and countries that put a man on the moon.”
Apologies to all, and thanks to goo_on_shoe for the quote.
“There are two kinds of countries in the world; Metric countries, and countries that put a man on the moon.”
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Thank you. The metric system was put in place by tyrants like Napoleon to tax and control people.
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Did you know that the Jacobins tried to abolish the calendar too?
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Justine Alexandra Roberts Tunney so were ‘English’ units. The English kings imposed the weights and measures we use in the US.
Didn’t we fight a war about all that a few centuries ago?
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It was unwise for us to have fought English rule.
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Justine Alexandra Roberts Tunney how so?
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There are two kinds of countries. One that sent people on the moon and other that make hoverboards that go a kilometer.
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FWIW, Apollo used metric units internally.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
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I didn’t know that Liberia and Myanmar had successful space program. 🙂
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