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Re: Come on, this is getting ridiculous. (Community)
Re: Come on, this is getting ridiculous. // Community
Jun 17, 2004, 10:50pm
Yeah I was going to say the first thing we need to do before any of this is
create an international standard of currency...
[View Quote]"xelag" <xelag at digitalspace.com> wrote in message
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> It is possible to change units, but the decision to do so lies by the
> governing entities, not by people. People will usually strongly
> oppose changes in these areas. Changes can be carefully planned so as
> to minimise the trauma. A few examples:
>
> The United Kingdom has has a few changes in the past:
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> from pounds, shillings and pence to a metrical system, where 20
> shillings to the pound was abolished. and a penny now called pee (LOL)
> is 1/100th of a pound.
>
> from imperial weights to international metrical ones.
>
> from Farenheit degrees to international Celsius degrees... and so on
>
> European countries changed their currencies to Euros, a big traumatic
> change (I'm one of those that can not still adapt but try).
>
> In my opinion, we should try to standardise units that are used
> internationally. It takes time, political will, and effort from people
> to adapt. Some countries are more willing than others to join an
> internationally accepted standard, or recognise internationally
> accepted institutions...
>
> It takes time :)
>
> Alex
>
>
> On 17 Jun 2004 17:51:52 -0400, "rossyboy" <rossyboy at vwtv.org> wrote:
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