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When I was 6 in 1980, they told us we would be switching in a year or two.
I'd heard of that before so after a quick google America passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975 then in 1982 the Metric Board was abolished by President Ronald Reagan...
So like the harbinger of doom for American progress he was Regan killed it...
Any day now
Just like daylight savings time...
We actually got rid of that in Denmark recently, but in a pretty foolish way: our time is now locked in on daylight savings time rather than the original unmodified time.
Probably gonna mean some dark mornings when the times come and we don't switch back, which'll suck for those of us who have a hard time getting out of bed before the sun's up..
That was pulled back because the way that was passed in the Senate would have set a bad precedent.
Yes and then they realized all the replacement parts for everything already built would still need to be imperial measures as a replacement fastner needs to be the same size. So we didn't switch.