tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6985160381296840347.post2395549405409116786..comments2024-02-16T10:22:18.748-06:00Comments on Kelly's blog on his interests: A hypothesis on why the U.S. did not go metricKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05422091619504878141noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6985160381296840347.post-66247570882883508612011-01-02T15:40:55.439-06:002011-01-02T15:40:55.439-06:00The conversion in the UK was not a success, so to ...The conversion in the UK was not a success, so to speak, it's still in popular use for birth weights, heights, milk and so forth. You will never hear someone in the UK, even those from the younger generation who were only taught metric in school, saying they are 167cm tall, they'll say 6ft2, or whatever the coverted 167cm is in imperial.Lou @ Mer de Nomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011674965620631806noreply@blogger.com