https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d why not to be afraid of the metric system en-us 2017-08-16 14:58:19 UTC 2017-08-17 14:51:00 UTC hello@padlet.com jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181272719 2017-08-16 15:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181272719 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181272797 When Lincoln Chafee jump into the race he said during a speech "Why don't we go metric?" and so people laughed and said "You will have to pry my ruler from my cold dead hands."]]> 2017-08-16 15:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181272797 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181273361 2017-08-16 15:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181273361 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181273453 For most people they remember the metric system using this method KHDUDCM "King Henry Doesn't Usually Drink Chocolate Milk."]]> 2017-08-16 15:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181273453 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181274627 2017-08-16 15:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181274627 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181274738 2017-08-16 15:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181274738 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181274816 What most people dont know is that it took france a while to get their stuff together to use metric there were a lot of conflicts.]]> 2017-08-16 15:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181274816 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181275046 Funny thing is the metric system is slowly taking over since our rulers not have inches and centimeters just wait a couple more decades and there we have it we will have only metric or more metric.]]> 2017-08-16 15:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181275046 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181275543 2017-08-16 15:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181275543 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181275713 2017-08-16 15:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181275713 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181275875 2017-08-16 15:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181275875 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181275903 Most Americans are still accustomed to our system so what would we say "NO THANKS."]]> 2017-08-16 15:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181275903 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181276370 2017-08-16 15:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181276370 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181276558 2017-08-16 15:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181276558 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181276738 When coming up with our system it helped mechanics since they have certain types of screw that are INCHES.]]> 2017-08-16 15:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181276738 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181276804 2017-08-16 15:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181276804 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181277032 2017-08-16 15:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181277032 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181277171 2017-08-16 15:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181277171 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181451547 even though most Americans are good with what they have but the metric system is already creeping through our rulers whats next?]]> 2017-08-17 14:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181451547 jjustin11 https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181451931 the decimal measuring system based on the meter, liter, and gram as units of length, capacity, and weight or mass. The system was first proposed by the French astronomer and mathematician Gabriel Mouton (1618–94) in 1670 and was standardized in France under the Republican government in the 1790s.]]> 2017-08-17 14:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jjustin11/kocsfjl0m21d/wish/181451931