02-03-2022, 03:41 AM
Well, now you've gone and done it. This is a huge can of worms. Switching over wasn't as simple as it seemed until you tried to do it. I was in my thirties when "they" decided, without much aforethought, to make the switch to Metric. Americans had kitchens full of measuring tools - spoons, cups, bottles, scales, all in one system. Food came in containers that were manufactured in a certain system. My (at the time) meager supply of tools in my garage were not Metric, but I was not interested in buying all new tools simply to "catch up" to the rest of the world. When I went to college to become a nurse, I had to learn the Apothecary and Imperial Systems and how to convert between all the "systems." There was a market even then, for devices that would easily and accurately convert a measurement from one system to another. Was no one smart enough then to realize we would have to throw out all our cups, measuring spoons, pints, gallons (and thousands of gasoline pumps that would have to be converted) to make this "simple" change. Only a few years ago I lived in England where the fuel stations sell fuel by the liter to drivers who see highway signs indicating miles instead of kilometers. Bottom line is you chose a system of measurement and you live with it. Maybe one seems to make more sense than the other, but, like changing horses in mid-stream, you don't just willy-nilly decide to change the system if it is working. Again - if it ain't broke, don't "fix" it. I will make a strong effort not to go on another rant for at least a month, but I am old, so take that with a grain (gram?) of salt. Oh, and where will we be if England ever decides to drop the pint?