Forgot your password?   Comment: Re:US Metric System (Score 1)
1387  (...continued; I accidentally hit post while previewing to
check the formatting.)  The question is does it really suck for
the average housewife? So what if 10 times something is uncommon
for a housewife? The only way other differences (such as 2 or 4
times) can be accommodated any better is by using a different
base for counting altogether.  When you go to the grocery store,
is everything packaged in even Liter increments?  That depends
what you're buying. For example, large drinks bottles are 2
litres, while the smaller ones are 500 mL (or 1/2 litre if you
prefer) and small cans are 330 mL (close as makes no difference
to 1/3 litre), and 250 mL cars are also available (although not
common).  Most dry things of sufficient size are sold in
multiples of 1 kg, while smaller ones are usually multiples of
100g or 50g. Smaller than that and things are usually in
multiples of 5g.  Really, the only exceptions to this are
alcohol, and occasionally m