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As a 10-year-old in 1976, I should have better internalized the degree to which half of Americans will refuse short-term inconvenience for long-term gain when the attempt to switch to the Metric system was thwarted.
The maybe throughout my life it wouldn't continue to surprise me so much.
(We were pretty close to switching. Just think, by now, everyone under 45 would have only known metric. But no.)
This thread brought you by my just having to halve a 1-2/3 cup measurement when making a half-batch of cookies. (Process: 5/3, ok 2.5/3, so I'll measure out 2/3 and another half a third.)
