But not before they made my life at school (6th grade at the time) a living HELL trying to shove it down our throats. I don't know how many years this full-court press endured, but I was glad when it was over!it was determined that it would disrupt too many things to which folks had become accustomed.
Some years ago my husband and three friends took the golf trip of their dreams in the UK and Scotland. My husband shot the best round of his life at the old course at Saint Andrews. The one little glitch in the trip was that they thought they were getting distances in kilometers but they were in miles. That left they with a lot of white knuckle driving.I still want to know the MPG for my car despite buying the petrol/diesel priced in litres.
But not before they made my life at school (6th grade at the time) a living HELL trying to shove it down our throats. I don't know how many years this full-court press endured, but I was glad when it was over!
Some years ago my husband and three friends took the golf trip of their dreams in the UK and Scotland. My husband shot the best round of his life at the old course at Saint Andrews. The one little glitch in the trip was that they thought they were getting distances in kilometers but they were in miles. That left they with a lot of white knuckle driving.
If America is the most technological country and the third biggest (by population), why is it that America is one of three countries who adopt the imperial system? The other 2 are Myanmar and Liberia.
During a port visit in Souda Bay, Greece, we were on a bus taking us from fleet landing into town. Behind me sat a young man who had never been out of the US before.
While passing a Q8 petrol station, he noticed the prices which were , if I recollect accurately, .76 - at the time 1 US gallon was about $1. He made a remark:
"Wow, gas is CHEAP over here!" Before I could reply, somebody else said "That is per liter, not gallon..."
There was a slight delay while he took this in and then he said "Oh yeah, they DO that over here don't they?" Still cracks me up to this day...