> Give it up, it's a US thing. They like them old obsolete terms, same with
> yards, inches, feet and the like.
> You'll never talk sense into them, it's a matter of pride.
BTW, do you know what the standard (definition) for an inch is?
believe it or not: it's 0.0254 meter! so, at last, the US 'IS' metric, although
a very crazy one... go figure!
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