If this is true, why does the United States remain one of the few countries not to use the metric system as its primary system of measurement? The reasons Americans don't use the metric system are complicated, combining political and economic considerations with national...
i dont mind the metric system. if inches feet miles were so great why didnt the UK continue to use them? the US is an outdated stick in the mud and the US drives on the wrong side of the road too. so there! Click to expand... The UK does very much contin...
(At one point, we were pushed not to use the litre as a measurement in scientific things.) But at least it is simple. Rather than 1728 cubic inches to the cubic foot, 27 cubic feet in a cubic yard, and 43560 cubic feet in an acre-foot. Does any real person rem...
But I am here to share my insight: winning does not always equal success. All across America and around the world, we have a crisis in the win-at-all-cost cultures that we have created. In our schools, in our businesses, in politics, winning at all cost has become acceptable. As a...
In the US, the last serious push for metrication came in the 1970s but met the same resistance it had in the 19th century, with opponents emphasizing the threat of foreign ideas, the harm to the common worker, and the superiority of America’s “natural” units. Work on metri...
Why do we use scale drawings? Why is height measured from sea level? Why does the U.S. use the U.S. standard system instead of using the metric system like the rest of the world does? Why does America use the imperial system?
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That does not mean that ads aren't coming. I expect they will. (14:03): I do get a lot of questions about it from advertisers, and for the most part though, I take that more as part of this growing need or desire to diversify their platforms rather than a burning need ...
Do Americans not use the 24 hour clock format then? I can’t imagine not using it. The military uses it but most regular people don't understand what it is. I don't know anybody in Britain who uses it in normal conversation except Sergeant-Majors. G GrayFlannel Sus...
It's important to remember that the U.S. trade deficit results from foreign investors finding U.S. assets particularly attractive and driving up the dollar's value. Should America's relative appeal to foreign investors fade, the dollar would weaken, and the trade deficit would shrink. ...