People shot the signs with guns and what not. When you try to take something that isn't "American" and shove it into our country, people (read; rednecks) get mad. They find it "unpatriotic". These people also still fly rebel flags and say "You won the battle, not the war." while paying taxes to the winners of the war and living under their government, eating their food, and reaping their benefits.

 

 

 

These people should be the new signs, is what I'm saying. :thumbsup:

People shot the signs with guns and what not. When you try to take something that isn't "American" and shove it into our country, people (read; rednecks) get mad. They find it "unpatriotic". These people also still fly rebel flags and say "You won the battle, not the war." while paying taxes to the winners of the war and living under their government, eating their food, and reaping their benefits.

 

 

 

These people should be the new signs, is what I'm saying. :thumbsup:

 

 

 

One of the reasons I'm getting out of this country as soon as I graduate college maybe even sooner. I'd like to move to Denmark, it would be nice, but taxes are high. :(

and the year is more important than the day of month anways.

 

Makes sense to me.

 

 

 

Ah, good ol' Rick sees it all into the bigger perspective. I live from day to day, so I use dd/mm/yyyy

I think fahrenheit is just a dumbed down version of celsius, a 0-100 scale instead of 0-32. And maybe switch our dates to day/month/year.

 

 

 

These are things the rest of the world has, and America is just weird not using them.

 

 

 

Well actually, farenheit was around first, so celsius is more a smarted-up version of farenheit than farenheit is a dumbed-down version of celsius.

 

 

 

At this point we can't really switch ... people are too ingrained in their ways. As a matter of fact, there was a big airplane tragedy because of trying to switch o metrics. The engineers converted gallons to liters incorrectly and the airplane ran out of fuel less than halfway to its destination. It was a commercial airliner too, not even a government plane, so lots of innocent people died. :mrgreen:

I think fahrenheit is just a dumbed down version of celsius, a 0-100 scale instead of 0-32. And maybe switch our dates to day/month/year.

 

 

 

These are things the rest of the world has, and America is just weird not using them.

 

 

 

Well actually, farenheit was around first, so celsius is more a smarted-up version of farenheit than farenheit is a dumbed-down version of celsius.

 

 

 

 

Since Farenheit is actually more precise than Celsius, wouldn't Celsius be a dumbed down version of Farenheit?

I TOTALLY agree, I absolutely hate this type of system. Theres so many formulas, equations, and facts to know. Metrics is so basic and works the same, plus I use it in physical science and algebra so I dont see why the whole country just doesn't convert :roll:

If you claim that the United States is the best country in the world you are a complete [wagon]. The US may be the best country at picking fights with other countries several times smaller than itself... But claiming the USA is the best all round country is like claiming you are a complete racist idiot. And by the way, America already has its own continent, two infact. North America and South America. :wink:

If you claim that the United States is the best country in the world you are a complete swell person. The US may be the best country at picking fights with other countries several times smaller than itself... But claiming the USA is the best all round country is like claiming you are a complete racist idiot. And by the way, America already has its own continent, two infact. North America and South America. :wink:

 

 

 

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :lol: :lol: =D> =D>

 

 

 

True.

 

 

 

To my pruple crayong or wahtever: You are arrogant (unless you were trying to make a joke which I did not get)

 

 

 

METRIC>the system in America!

If you claim that the United States is the best country in the world you are a complete swell person. The US may be the best country at picking fights with other countries several times smaller than itself... But claiming the USA is the best all round country is like claiming you are a complete racist idiot. And by the way, America already has its own continent, two infact. North America and South America. :wink:

 

 

 

If you look up the definition of "Best country EVAR." you will probably see this:

 

 

 

"America; The only country to use a completely stupid, inferior system of measurements and despite criticism, made everyone else in the world sit down, shut up, and convert it."

 

 

 

We won't even go into the rest of the stuff people do just so they can communicate better with us. How many countries learn English in schools along with their native language...All of them? Seems almost everyone can speak english, no matter the country.

 

 

 

Perhaps we are not the best, but whatever. Close enough. I'll take it.

Decimeter, anyone?

 

I'd like to see you spread out your fingers and measure me a decimeter. I can certainly do it with an inch and a foot, but not with a decimeter. No one uses it.

 

 

 

I can do decimeter, its pretty important. One decimeter^3 is one liter, pretty good stuff. Helps when you imagine what one mole of gas occupies at standard temperture and pressure; 22.4 decimeters cubed.

Go metric!

 

 

 

It realy wont take very long to switch to the metric system and it wont increase costs too much. The first step would to be to introduce children to metric at younger ages and to start replacing signs with both metric and imperial. After about 10 years nearly everything using the old system would have been replaced with a combonation system and we would be able to remove imperial from new products. By the end of 30 years the US would have switched with nearly no cost to the taxpayers.

 

 

 

If we realy wanted to speed things up we could alway skip going to war once a while and stop playing the Global Police by getting into other's busness. I am sure the money used in just 1 war could pay people to repaint every sign in America.

 

lmao i just had this vision of some really hardnut soldier with massive gun slung over his shoulder wandering around america repainting signs

If you claim that the United States is the best country in the world you are a complete swell person. The US may be the best country at picking fights with other countries several times smaller than itself... But claiming the USA is the best all round country is like claiming you are a complete racist idiot. And by the way, America already has its own continent, two infact. North America and South America. :wink:

 

 

 

If you look up the definition of "Best country EVAR." you will probably see this:

 

 

 

"America; The only country to use a completely stupid, inferior system of measurements and despite criticism, made everyone else in the world sit down, shut up, and convert it."

 

 

 

We won't even go into the rest of the stuff people do just so they can communicate better with us. How many countries learn English in schools along with their native language...All of them? Seems almost everyone can speak english, no matter the country.

 

 

 

Perhaps we are not the best, but whatever. Close enough. I'll take it.

 

 

 

They learn english because it is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, its a lot easier to communicate with other people if there is a common language that people learn, its not just so they can communicate with america :\

 

 

 

Anyway they should convert, it is a better system and most of the world uses it, Britain managed to convert quite easily. Maybe if you stopped trying to rule the world and declaring war on countries then you would have enough money to educate and change the signs.

What!? Nah! I don't know what's hot in Celcius. I know that like 40 degrees is hot, but I don't know what feels really hot. Like I know that 70-80 degrees farenheight is very comfortable. I know how far a foot is (like I can measure it with my hands). Come on, are you guys really american? You can't remember this stuff? I'm 13 and i know all about pints and all that and I'm fine with it. You guys gotta be joking. Standard FTW!

 

 

 

P.S. If I lived with Metric, I would have said Metric FTW!

America is the best country ever.

 

 

 

I never said it wasn't.

 

 

 

Yeah I know, I'm just saying.

 

We should pretty much be our own continent.

 

 

 

=;

 

 

 

Now that's going to far. America isn't that great.

 

 

 

I don't get why Brits and Europeans hate us so much.

 

 

 

Mislead Thoughts

 

 

 

Fat: America really, not all that fat. Some of the best bodybuilders in the world and trust me, about 95% of the people you meet have considered or do belong to a gym. Most of the fat people have jobs where you drive, A LOT. Truckers and so forth. Doesn't Europe have truck drivers?

 

 

 

Politics: Yes, we do have George Bush, but Kerry would have been just like him, trust me, nobody will ever again be like Abraham Lincoln, it just won't happen.

 

 

 

Cocky: No, we're patriotic. Trust me, anywhere you may go in the USA and ask people, aside from what's going on now with the war on terrorism and Bush and all that, this is the best country in the world. As for being our own continent and taking over Canada and Mexico, i think they deserve to be in this. Canada is another great country, Mexico, ehhh, but Canada is fine as it is.

 

 

 

I don't see why all Europeans and Asians hate us so much, we saved your butts in World War II if it wasn't for the USA. We pwned the UK in the Revolutionary War.

 

 

 

You'd realize, if any of you guys ever came to the USA from Europe, in which you'd most likely go to New York City, or Philidelphia, you'd see it's a great country. I've been to Europe and it's awesome, I don't hate other countries, and I don't see why you guys should hate the USA for being, The USA

Also, Eastern Europe hasn't switched because most of it is communist or barely getting over communism's effects.

 

 

 

Do they still teach things like that in American schools? Show me a country from Eastern Europe that has been under communism in last 10 years and I'll show you Elton John's girlfriend.

 

 

 

Most of the Eastern Europe has wanted to join EU and get euro as soon as possible, but there's been few reasons why they haven't gotten them yet or got only few years ago; there's actually some reqs to get in. Many of these countries have started building their society from almost nothing and haven't met the reqs earlier. I've witnessed the building progress with my own eyes. 5-7 years ago our dear brother Estonia was still pretty messed up. Now it's a lot better place and getting euro really soon.

True, we need to switch. So, in like 1980 we tried but... businesses just couldn't make the change. With even more people and businesses in the US, it will be even harder, aka impossible.

Also, Eastern Europe hasn't switched because most of it is communist or barely getting over communism's effects.

 

 

 

Do they still teach things like that in American schools? Show me a country from Eastern Europe that has been under communism in last 10 years and I'll show you Elton John's girlfriend.

 

 

 

Most of the Eastern Europe has wanted to join EU and get euro as soon as possible, but there's been few reasons why they haven't gotten them yet or got only few years ago; there's actually some reqs to get in. Many of these countries have started building their society from almost nothing and haven't met the reqs earlier. I've witnessed the building progress with my own eyes. 5-7 years ago our dear brother Estonia was still pretty messed up. Now it's a lot better place and getting euro really soon.

 

 

 

Yes, I know many people from Eastern Europe. The only country still in despair is Bosnia-Hersgovnia, and reconstruction is happening there.

America is a hopeless cause; those idiots have to be special in everything they do, like not using the WAY better metric system, and what the hells with switching up "football" and "soccer"? And for god sakes, those morons were so desperate to be special and cool that they resorted to declaring themselves the only original thing they could think of, the Fat nation!

 

 

 

Oh, and ya, I'm an American :P .

What do you expect?! GEORGE BUSH IS IN CHARGE #-o . I use the metric system and celsius, so much easier i have to say.

Ftw, I am American, and getting out of here asap (9 more years )

 

I use metric and it really bugs people.

 

"How much do you weigh?"

 

"about 50"

 

"?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?"

 

I once switched a road sign with one I made.

 

It was switched back the next morning \ .

America is the best country ever.

 

 

 

HA, sorry, Britain for the win! we aren't in as much debt as you \

 

 

 

but for 1# country its gotta be China, they're slowly gaining complete control over the globe, including Amarica.

 

 

 

The US are in debt to China by about 140,000 billion. anyway America cheated all its money, they made it the law that you could only buy and sell oil in dollars, so everybody had to buy the dollars, hence america's growing fortune, which is now ironicly America's growing debt.

America is a hopeless cause; those idiots have to be special in everything they do, like not using the WAY better metric system, and what the hells with switching up "football" and "soccer"? And for god sakes, those morons were so desperate to be special and cool that they resorted to declaring themselves the only original thing they could think of, the Fat nation!

 

 

 

Oh, and ya, I'm an American :P .

 

 

 

Don't forget, America claimed to have invented the internet. But we all know CERN from Switzerland did that. :P

 

 

 

Ftw, I am American, and getting out of here asap (9 more years )

 

I use metric and it really bugs people.

 

"How much do you weigh?"

 

"about 50"

 

"?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?"

 

I once switched a road sign with one I made.

 

It was switched back the next morning Dancing.

 

 

 

\ Oh yeah! You totally took the words out of my mouth!! I've got to either live in Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, or any Scandinvian country, actually anywhere in Europe. But for what I want to go into, the countries I listed above would be the best.

 

and the year is more important than the day of month anways.

 

Makes sense to me.

 

 

 

Makes sense to theW3C too.

 

 

 

However i still write my dates the oppostie to that, as i was taught and how everyone else i know presents it. Today being 04-09-06.

America is a hopeless cause; those idiots have to be special in everything they do, like not using the WAY better metric system, and what the hells with switching up "football" and "soccer"? And for god sakes, those morons were so desperate to be special and cool that they resorted to declaring themselves the only original thing they could think of, the Fat nation!

 

 

 

Oh, and ya, I'm an American :P .

 

 

 

Don't forget, America claimed to have invented the internet. But we all know CERN from Switzerland did that. :P

 

 

 

Ftw, I am American, and getting out of here asap (9 more years )

 

I use metric and it really bugs people.

 

"How much do you weigh?"

 

"about 50"

 

"?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?"

 

I once switched a road sign with one I made.

 

It was switched back the next morning.

 

 

 

\ Oh yeah! You totally took the words out of my mouth!! I've got to either live in Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, or any Scandinvian country, actually anywhere in Europe. But for what I want to go into, the countries I listed above would be the best.

 

 

 

How bout Belgium? I guess Belgium's identity is'nt spectacular enough to stand out above the others. We're a mixture of English, Dutch, French and Germand influences throughout the entire country, so it's hard to describe the true identity of an average Belgian. Apart from of course stunning, witty, intelligent, funny, artistic, helpful and sympathetic. Did I add sarcastic already?

 

 

 

Oh, the internet wasn't just invented by one organisation or nation, it evolved from a series of experiments on the communication technology face.

 

First, there was the technology used by NASA and the Russian counterpart . Then there was the evolution from CERN to the internet's most known appliance, the WWW. Not by the Swiss people, but by the Brit Tim-Berners Lee and the Belgian Robert Calliau. They wanted to create a way that allowed users of the web to access HT (hypertexts) and developped their ideas into what ultimately became this, our own cuddly web :

America is a hopeless cause; those idiots have to be special in everything they do, like not using the WAY better metric system, and what the hells with switching up "football" and "soccer"? And for god sakes, those morons were so desperate to be special and cool that they resorted to declaring themselves the only original thing they could think of, the Fat nation!

 

 

 

Oh, and ya, I'm an American :P .

 

 

 

Don't forget, America claimed to have invented the internet. But we all know CERN from Switzerland did that. :P

 

 

 

Ftw, I am American, and getting out of here asap (9 more years )

 

I use metric and it really bugs people.

 

"How much do you weigh?"

 

"about 50"

 

"?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?"

 

I once switched a road sign with one I made.

 

It was switched back the next morning.

 

 

 

\ Oh yeah! You totally took the words out of my mouth!! I've got to either live in Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, or any Scandinvian country, actually anywhere in Europe. But for what I want to go into, the countries I listed above would be the best.

 

 

 

How bout Belgium? I guess Belgium's identity is'nt spectacular enough to stand out above the others. We're a mixture of English, Dutch, French and Germand influences throughout the entire country, so it's hard to describe the true identity of an average Belgian. Apart from of course stunning, witty, intelligent, funny, artistic, helpful and sympathetic. Did I add sarcastic already?

 

 

 

Oh, the internet wasn't just invented by one organisation or nation, it evolved from a series of experiments on the communication technology face.

 

First, there was the technology used by NASA and the Russian counterpart . Then there was the evolution from CERN to the internet's most known appliance, the WWW. Not by the Swiss people, but by the Brit Tim-Berners Lee and the Belgian Robert Calliau. They wanted to create a way that allowed users of the web to access HT (hypertexts) and developped their ideas into what ultimately became this, our own cuddly web :

 

 

 

 

 

Well I'm not so sure how many ports Belgium has (Naval Architecture), but they have a bloody good school system. If I were old enough, and if I ever adopted kids, I'd love them to go to school in Belgium.