Re: measuring systems (was: Selenites)

Tom Wier wrote:

> This is no wacky system here.  It's already in use in France, Germany,
> and Italy, according to someone on this list (was it John?).   It simply
> uses what we already have and regularizes it according to the metric
> system used internationally.  If that is a stupid idea, then the Germans
> and French and Italians are also stupid insofar as they use such a system.
I understand entirely.  However, the old European units were not well
standardized and were not the basis of a vast technical infrastructure
that cannot be changed in periods less than decades.  The U.S. customary
system is both.  That makes the possibilities of confusion
for both consumers and producers immense.

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