Well, with your expanded explanation we agree more, but I do disagree that the Dems get anything done. They surely pretend to, then it silently goes away or gets completely dismantled because it’s unreasonable.

You really don’t understand politics at all, do you? None of what you said is true in the slightest.

You don’t need to refer to it as a mile, you only need to know how many meters are in it, which you don’t, thus proving knowing how many feet are in a mile really isn’t necessary in most applications.

A mile is an arbitrary distance we agreed to call a mile. It’s the exact same distance no matter what method of measurement you are using. So, if you use metric to measure that distance, it doesn’t help you at all. In day to day life being able to convert within a system really doesn’t matter, and even more so today when you can do it on your phone in seconds or via Alexa or the like.

No. The original question is how many feet are in a mile. The equivalent would be how many meters in a mile. You can’t change the distance so make your argument sound right, leave the distance the same and try to support your argument. The argument fails.

You failed to grasp that. You were close though.

No country strictly uses metric. Each has their own quirks, and nobody really agrees on one absolute system. It’s all arbitrary, so it doesn’t really matter.

It’s not hard because it’s hard to understand, it’s hard because it’s expensive and has no real value in changing.

Your failure to miss the point is no example of my intelligence.

Your failure to see the relevance is your own and the reason you can’t grasp such a simple concept is why you don’t understand why things have no real reason to change.

The President has no real say on the matter. It takes a literal act of Congress, and there’s no reason for it so don’t expect them to work on it.

Daylight savings though, which also requires congress to act, should be rectified immediately.

Sure there are some reasons to switch. The US military uses metric since they operate where most of the prod uses it, and things like Subs use British pipe threads because it’s much easier to get parts overseas. A world standard would make that easier, but nobody really agrees on an absolute standard. Each area has its own perks.

When do you need to know when water boils? Turn heat on high and wait. The temp water freezes is much more useful information and everyone knows that.

The rest are very equal comparisons.

That’s not really equivalent. A kilometer isn’t equivalent to a mile. The equivalent would be how many feet in 1000ft. Surly you can answer that. Imperial is just as easy when you use the equivalent ratios. It really doesn’t matter which system you use in every day life.

In situations where you need to convert back and forth mentally a lot it’s easier, but that’s such a small portion of the time it’s negligible.

Answer these questions without looking them up:

1. How many Kilometers in a mile?
2. what temp in Celsius does mercury boil?
3. How many milligrams in 15lbs?
4. How many square meters in a 3.75 acre plot?

No reason to switch. It works great and doesn’t need to change.

Asking questions that are only relevant in a specific circumstance means nothing.

The President shouldn’t.

Instead of saying it worked, you then ask “have they arrived yet?” Implying aliens are about to make contact.

That is just unbelievably stupid. Yes they can.

Voluntary is voluntary. They sign up for it. It’s not punishment, it’s an opportunity.

It’s actually extremely common in rodeos and it’s not prisoners, it’s just other cowboys.

Ahhh. See. That’s what I wanted to know. That’s awesome. You can get the reproductions all day, but to have one from the era is sweet.

Multiple flags had 13 stars.

I agree, but just curious why the 48. The Betsy Ross or one of the lessor known flags would seem more appropriate. Even the Gasden Flag would be a great flag with much more history than the 48.

Yes. Girls will save a guys pic and send it to all their friends. They say it’s perfectly normal. If you save her pic so you remember what she looks like, it’s creepy and weird and a red flag. That’s how society is now.

I want to know too. I get he’s a history teacher, but why the 48?

Wild Turkey is much better than domestic. Having eaten a lot of it, I don’t even see a comparison. It’s very white meat also. Has nothing to do with domestication, it’s how the blood circulates.

Not quite. Turkeys fly, just not very well. They don’t get oxygen when moving their wings so the meat is very white. Same with chickens.

So is dove, and every other bird that gets oxygen while flapping its wings in flight.