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From: Larry Gusaas <larry.gusaas@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Calc] Feature request: Change default cell width from 2,27cm
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Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:32:47 -0600
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On 2012-06-03 5:48 PM  John Hart wrote:
> On 6/3/2012 11:31 AM, James Knott wrote:
>> Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>>> So it seems like we
>>> used the metric system for about 120 years by now, so I guess the inc=
h
>>> guys are a somewhat behind=E2=80=A6 =E2=98=BA
>>
>> The U.S. is grouped with a couple of 3rd world countries with that.  Y=
ou can thank Reagan=20
>> for the U.S. being stuck in the past.  Carter had plans for the switch=
, which Reagan then=20
>> canceled.  However, IIRC, the metric system is the official U.S. stand=
ard and has been for a=20
>> very long time.  It's just because of the "stick in the mud types", li=
ke Reagan, that the=20
>> U.S. didn't switch to metric for every day use.  However, it is creepi=
ng in, in=20
>> manufacturing, science and elsewhere.  It's mainly the general public =
that hasn't clued in=20
>> yet.  It's really amazing what a little ignorance can do.
>
> Why has this technical discussion degraded into a political bashing?
>
> The Metric system is just as idiotic as the English. Metric measurement=
 is good for people=20
> limited to thinking terms of ten, but it's hard for the eye to divide a=
nd a millstone around=20
> the neck of carpenters not using CNC.  So What!  Please keep the left w=
ing political rants=20
> off the list!

What rant?
Reagan cancelled the switch to the metric system. That is a fact, not a "=
left wing political rant".

--=20
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Larry I. Gusaas
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada
Website: http://larry-gusaas.com
"An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind thei=
rs." - Edgard Varese


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