Re: oz*in NOT oz/in

in reality i'm glad that we've chosen to ignore the metric system...
i use both and i can calculate in both forms, but i have to tell you,
i much prefer imperial over metric anyday of the week...

> Quite wrong. By Act of Congress, in the late 1800's, the legal

standard

> for measurement in the U.S. WAS changed to Metric. It's just that
> everybody chose to ignore it. (But, this is probably getting O.T.,

huh)?

>
> RayHex
>
> ----------
> > From: Brian Pitt <bfp@e...>
> >
> > one of the double secret provisions of the 1803 Louisiana

Purchase Treaty

> > was that the U.S would never have to 'REALY' switch to

metric ,just act

> like
> > we will... someday... maybe..
> >
> > so Napoleon's revenge dosent apply in the states ;-)
> >
> > Brian