Of all the countries in the world, only three backwaters still use the archaic Imperial system of weights and measures:
- Liberia
- Myanmar (a.k.a. “the country formerly known as Burma”)
- United States of America
I say we let them get some decent governments first, then worry about getting them on the metric system.
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Not counting those countries that have officially switched but still use Imperial out of habit?
Why isn’t Canada on the list? We still use the metric system — Didn’t you hear the magic distance of “1.6 km” in the news over and over for the last several days?
Hmmphhhh!
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hi wanna go live in china russia……thought not
For those of you who are wondering what David Janes is talking about, the “1.6 km” is a reference to the radius of the area that was evacuated after a propane company exploded early Sunday morning. 1.6 kilometres is the equivalent of one mile, which suggests that the evacuation procedure was either written before Canada’s switch to metric or cribbed off a set of procedures written in the U.S..
Anyone who’s miffed at this posting can mentally retitle the map “Countries that have sent a man to the moon, plus Liberia and Myanmar”. Feel better now?
How about “countries with red, white and blue on the flags, with stars”?
Just goes to show, the U.S. is no longer a world leader in anything that matters. How much longer before mindless idiots can no longer honestly chant “We’re #1″?
Do I want to go live in China or Russia? Of course not. Could I live in Canada, Mexico, the U.K., pretty much any country in Eastern Europe, Australia, New Zealand? Why certainly, I could be very happy there. If I ever move from Alaska, rest assured it won’t be to the lower 48.
I wish we used the metric system as a standard in the US. It is so much easier than have a system based on the number 12.
So, if the fact America could crush any country in the world with its military doesn’t matter, what does?