Originally Posted by
Bart
Hey, I grew up an Army brat and then went into the Army. So I was already in the habit of referring to kilometers (or "clicks") rather than miles, liters rather than ounces/pints/quarts, grams rather than pounds, etc. And since you grew up in the 70's, then I'm sure you remember the poster of the bikini babe who measured 36-24-36 but it was converted into metric 91-61-91.
Well, to be completely honest, I was quite the stereotypical nerd back then ...
But you've actually provided more evidence. People can use metric just fine, if given the proper incentive. In your case, it was probably a rather large and obnoxious drill sergeant. But in any case, if we had collective leadership on an issue like this, it'd happen, despite the belly-aching.
So ... yeah. 100-1-1 for president!
