re: Do you think the US will ever fully convert to the metric system?

The metric system of measurement will dominate in the next 10 years as more precision is required.

No. The UK hasn't fully converted. No one wants to frick with moles.

The metric system was being forced on us starting back in the '70s if my memory serves me right. It was said we would be completely metric in a few years. Some companies jumped on it. Automobile comes to mind. There was such push back that the progress stopped and even backed up a bit. Ever since then we have the mixture we have now.

My prediction: You will see 100% metric when they take our guns away and the New World Order starts to control us. These 2 things will be facilitated by the millennials and whatever groups are close on their heels. Liberal teachings have these youngsters thinking we need a more socialist society.

I was in the sixth grade when they started teaching metric in school. 1979 I think. We were supposed to go full metric within 2 years. We learned what we were taught, then never was required to use it ever again.

I will say that it is easier to use the metric side of a measuring tape for no other reason then the marks are closer together.

I still remember that silliness on MLB outfield signs.

Somehow a 150 meter homer doesn't sound like such a shot, even though it would be

No because Americans are dumb

No, standard system is engraved in the culture

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No because Americans are dumb

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Mostly true. The smart ones in science have used metric for decades.

In Engineering school one of the earliest lessons I remember is converting multiple imperial units into metric and vice versa. Statics and thermodynamics in particular mandate this.

Ever think that the people who request metric the most are the ones who actually need to convert unitsm

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I don't think any of that's true

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How old are you? If you were around in the '70s, or if you were familiar with US history, you may recall the Arab Oil Embargo and the energy crisis in 1972/73. Congress passed a law on 1974 limiting the speed limit to 55 mph in an attempt to reduce fuel consumption. That law stayed in effect until the late '80s. It was then modified to allow speed limits to be increased to 65 mph in rural areas. It was eventually repealed in the mid-90s.

All true. Look it up.

There was also a law passed in 1975 to convert from the Imperial Standard to the Metric System. I assure you that highway speed limit signs all read both 55 mph and 88 kph. Not only did the Auto industry have speedometers that showed KPH, but they also stopped at 85 mph/135kph. I guess the thinking was if the maximum speed limit 55mph no ody would dare drive over 85mph.

All true. Look it up.

There were a couple of "test" parishes in Louisiana that had street signs in KPH, one of which was Lafourche. I remember driving through the Nicholls State campus with my father and him laughing at the signs, saying "Half the people in Thibodaux just learned English, now we expect them to learn the metric system?"