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Re:The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over a weath... by jdavis703 on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:08AM (#12641492)
Well to be honest America got these units from the British. Not every tragedy is America's fault.
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Re:The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over a weath... by Aeolun on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:11AM (#12641508)
The tragedy is that they're still used now. Not that they were once used.
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Re:The eye of hurricane Matthew passes directly over a weath... by epimetheus on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @09:17AM (#12643515)
Yet, the British still use "stone" to measure their weight, then complain about universal standards not being used by the Americans.
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