Re: [OM] hike w/ pup

[Ken Norton]

>Feet and / or meters for land elevations ................. helps to
>accommodate those few who have difficulty with a base 10 measuring system.
>
>Does the US keep exclusively with miles, yards, feet and inches because
>too many people have trouble grasping base 10 :-)

No. Blame it on the French. The USA was excluded by the French from
participating in the Metric System.


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