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<blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 4163759" data-attributes="member: 15651">We do?&nbsp; So when I drove 16 miles at the posted speed limit of 65 miles per hour, stopped to puchase 12 gallons of gas, then stopped at the deli to and picked up a foot long sub and a 12 ounce cup of coffee while I was there because the temperature outside was 35 degree Fahrenheit, I was using the metric system the whole time?&nbsp; In all seriousness, I would prefer to see the metric system in much greater use here in the United States, but I don't care what system my RPGs use.&nbsp; I deal in metric every day at work, so quick and dirty conversion from one to the other isn't a problem for me.Oh, and I refused to vote because France doesn't rock and the Queen is a representative of that regime we broke away from a couple of hundred years ago. [threadjack] I recall hearing about a teacher who told her students that the U.S. was converting to metric time - 100 seconds per minute, 100 minutes per hour, 10 hours per day, 10 days per week etc.&nbsp; The reason was she wanted her students to use their own logic and challenge authority figures when they think something is wrong.&nbsp; The exercise completely failed and the school was flooded with calls from parents wanting to know when metric time was supposed to begin.&nbsp; [threadjack]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thornir Alekeg, post: 4163759, member: 15651"] We do? So when I drove 16 miles at the posted speed limit of 65 miles per hour, stopped to puchase 12 gallons of gas, then stopped at the deli to and picked up a foot long sub and a 12 ounce cup of coffee while I was there because the temperature outside was 35 degree Fahrenheit, I was using the metric system the whole time? In all seriousness, I would prefer to see the metric system in much greater use here in the United States, but I don't care what system my RPGs use. I deal in metric every day at work, so quick and dirty conversion from one to the other isn't a problem for me. Oh, and I refused to vote because France doesn't rock and the Queen is a representative of that regime we broke away from a couple of hundred years ago. [threadjack] I recall hearing about a teacher who told her students that the U.S. was converting to metric time - 100 seconds per minute, 100 minutes per hour, 10 hours per day, 10 days per week etc. The reason was she wanted her students to use their own logic and challenge authority figures when they think something is wrong. The exercise completely failed and the school was flooded with calls from parents wanting to know when metric time was supposed to begin. [threadjack] [/QUOTE]

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