> Don't tread on our rights. Oppose mandatory Metric.
>
> -eric "My children will be trained to be Imperial" sleator
> Tue 4 Apr A.D. 2000

I agree. I have been using inches, feet, yards, and miles for 25 years, and I've never had any problems. As a graphic designer by profession, it would cause me oodles of trouble to be forced to use metrics. I never use metrics when creating a design-- I use good old fashioned inches. The units of typography, points and picas, are based on the Imperial system...there are 12 points in each pica, and six picas to each inch. 72 points in an inch. I'd need a calculator if I had to convert to metrics. So I say...

"Metrics? Bah, Humbug!"

Gri"What would we call an inchworm under the metric system?"shny