IIRC the US went metric years ago, just no one enforces it. The military has been metric for at least 30 years or more and I believe the fed agencies also use the metric system. Just seems the general populace doesn't want to. George Harry Boswell wrote: > yeah, right...like "Give them a centimeter, and they'll take > a kilometer" > > Just doesn't have the same ring ;-) > > but I was disappointed when the US stayed English > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Penny Nielsen <NIELSENP@gov.ns.ca> > > >Wouldn't it be nice for the new millenium if everyone went metric. > > > >