I did not believe that the US, Liberia and Myanmar are the only
countries. But they are indeed the only ones
left.http://gizmodo.com/5786004/these-are-the-three-countries-who-dont-use-the-metric-systemThus,
which country will change next? Myanmar, as they open the
country for investments?The last two can use a coin to find out which
country changes
next or, which one remains the last non-metric country.... I hope to
get old enough to see which country is the last one being
non-metric... National pride!On 28.08.2013 03:08, James Knott wrote:
Ruth Ann wrote:Metric just never caught on here in the USA. And I noticed that
as the
signs were replaced, the news ones just gave the distance in miles again.You
can thank Reagan for that one. Peanut Carter had implemented a plan
to convert, but Reagan killed it. This was the same period as when
Canada switched.Oh, and our cars still do show the speed in both miles per hour
and
kilometers per hour - but I think that is probably just in case we
happen to visit Canada (who has gone metric, I think) :-)Both Canada and Mexico
along with every other country an American can
drive to, uses Km. The U.S. is stuck with 2 third world countries as
the last holdouts. How does it feel to have the U.S. on par with
Liberia and Myanmar (Burma).
Regardless, thanks to world trade, more and more U.S. companies are
having to work with the metric system, if they want to sell elsewhere.
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