A little trivia

[Fonz]

Originally posted by Jim
How many years has the metric system been the official standard of measurement of the US? And yes...it is the official standard of measurement.

From THIS page:

"In 1959, the US set its own standards based on the metric system. A yard is officially 0.9144 meters exactly, and an inch is 2.54 centimeters exactly. Congress also passed a law in 1975 to work toward making the metric system the standard system in America. This was amended in 1988 when it was decided that the Government itself must be metric before it can start asking the private sector to follow suit. Since 1991, all government agencies must file an annual report on their efforts to go metric (sounds like more bureaucratic paperwork to me)."