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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
They're going to change the boundary lines from 2" to 6cm. Lines everywhere will need to be repainted to get the extra 1/3 of an inch to be legal!
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The metric system is the twenty-first century system of measurement in all civilized, industrialized, countries, except one. In terms of measurement, what is the only civilized, industrialized, country that still, officially, uses a much, much, much older system of measurement?
Another reason (with apologies to David Lettermen) why most of the world hates us.
Now, could somebody please help me down off my chemist's soapbox? I'm getting a little dizzy, and didn't realize how high it was.
"I love you, a bushel and a peck!" (Guys And Dolls, 1950)