(December 28, 2013 at 10:03 pm)Faith No More Wrote: In a perfect world, yes, but I work in manufacturing, and it would be an absolute pain in the ass. Sure, the conversion factors I have to use can be a bitch, but it's far simpler than switching over the whole process to metric.
Chas pointed out that Canada switched with little trouble, but Canada doesn't have the manufacturing that we do.
It could be a gradual thing. You'd probably want to acclimate people to it a bit at a time before you start changing road signs and stuff.
