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		lostlogin on Jan 2, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Make the Metric system the standard in the United ... Ease of use with imperial? I say no way. Trying to add 1/16 and 1/5 is somewhat harder than mm addition.

lhnn on Jan 3, 2013 [–]

That's why you don't cut to 1/5...

I suppose it's all numbers in the end.... Mankind has found a way in the rest of the world to make metric work!

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