The horror! Acres would have to be resurveyed into hectres. Distance would have to be recalculated into kilometers. All those milemarkers replaced with kilometer markers. Kilograms instead of pounds, liters in place of gallons. The only thing sold in metric in America is the 2-liter bottles of pop.
Why should everyone conform to metric? Shouldn't we preserve some of our uniqueness, like our measuring system that we inherited form the English. As it is we do use metric in manufacturing (for tools & such) to facilitate trade but for everyday items I think we can get by with ounces & pounds, inches & feet.

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