No love for metric

[kcollins4]

The metric system is much simpler to use (of course) and there are relationships between volume and weight that we don't have in our system.
For example, a liter of water weighs one kilogram and a cubic meter of water weighs one metric ton.
How much does a quart of water weigh?
How much does a cubic yard of water weigh?
How do you put one foot 5 inches into a computer?
I could go on and on but I'll stop.

That's OK. Gas is still 3.35 (and 9/10ths):stupid:

 

[markdi]

A 3 foot by 3 foot by 3 foot cube of water weighs a little less than a ton ?
I did not know that

 

[HTHMAN]

1 metric ton=1000 Kg=2200 pounds. Close enough to our ton.

 

[Kingshead]

The metric system is much simpler to use (of course) and there are relationships between volume and weight that we don't have in our system.
For example, a liter of water weighs one kilogram and a cubic meter of water weighs one metric ton.
How much does a quart of water weigh?
How much does a cubic yard of water weigh?
How do you put one foot 5 inches into a computer?
I could go on and on but I'll stop.

A quart of water weighs 32 ounces of course, LOL

 

[HTHMAN]

A quart of water weighs 32 ounces of course, LOL

8 oz in a cup, 2 cups in a pint, 2 pints in a quart, 4 quarts in a gallon. See the simple pattern? Neither do I.

 

[restorer-john]

The US will follow the rest of the world eventually. The imperial system is ancient, outdated and nobody cares for it anymore.

I find it funny that the US was a signatory to the original Metre Convention in 1878, one of 17 member states then, none of which now use imperial measurements anymore! Apparently there are now 56 member states- all major industrialised countries in the world, all recognising the international standards of measurement are essentially metric.