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Presidential Candidate Lincoln Chaffee Proposes That US Go Metric

Posted by timothy on from the speak-for-yourself dept.

New submitter Applehu Akbar writes: The good news is that for the first time in years, a candidate in the next presidential cycle has proposed completing our transition to the metric system. Though unfortunately it's Lincoln Chaffee, let's all hope that this long-standing nerd issue gets into the 2016 debate because of this. Warning: Lame CNN autoplaying video.

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  1. Re:Meh by PopeRatzo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just like most of the inhabitants of Europe don't understand that the USA is mind-boggingly huge and is only bordered by two countries.

    And that football is played with helmets.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.