N_LaRUE
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Re: WC 150K Post Challenge - You Ready?!
Some countries can implement things immediately. I can't remember which country it was but they changed from driving UK side to the other overnight.
There was a lead up to it and the next day there wasn't any accidents more than usual. So it can be done.
But this is America we're talking about. I think eventually metric will come in but due to other factors rather than government.
So the government screwed up the process. Kind of wonder if it was on purpose. Not to be conspiracy theory about it but there may have been a reason why.It was rammed alright. What happened was that gas pumps had no capability of reading prices higher than 99-9/10 cents/gallon and gas rose over $1. The quick fix was to sell gas by the liter and that's when all hell broke loose. With rising gas came the glut of imported econoboxes which were all metric as far as nuts and bolts. Mechanics at the time (myself included) were raising a stink because we had to sell our souls to the Snap-On truck to buy a whole new set of wrenches and sockets. Moms didn't know how to buy milk, the lines at the butcher shop were infuriating and even city utilities were billing water in liters.
It was a mess Rue, believe me. Some of us adopted the system easily and actually found it easier to work with but the older generation wasn't prepared. At all!
Some countries can implement things immediately. I can't remember which country it was but they changed from driving UK side to the other overnight.
There was a lead up to it and the next day there wasn't any accidents more than usual. So it can be done.
But this is America we're talking about. I think eventually metric will come in but due to other factors rather than government.