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The metric system starts falling apart when you get

into Newton's second law.

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....In the English system F = W x G

Well, no matter if the metric system falls apart!
The "English" converted to metric more than 10 years ago,
so I guess the English system will be all metric anyway!!
:))

Thomas J.

Thomas,
They used both, as do us Aussies and often use them at the same time.
I was watching a British home renovations show and had to laugh as they try
to be technically correct and measure so many mm from x and so many mm from
Y and them measure so many inches from B etc.

I've got to say I'm the same and use both all the time. When metric came to
Australia they converted all the tape measures to metric - there was a hell
of a stink from the building and manufacturing areas as many technical
drawings and equipment were in inches, so the government relented and gave a
limited time for a changeover.

Needless to many many years later the tape measures still have both
measurements and are absolutely useless to me ( and many others)without
both.

I used to complain about the change from Pounds, Shillings and Pence to
Dollars - I was blaming the Yanks for that one, lets face it you started
this mess when you invented dollars.

Of course you realise the next thing will be Metric TIME - won't that be
fun!!. I hope I'm not flying by that time, excuse the pun!

All tongue in cheek stuff!
George (down under)

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