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DAVID CUTLER publisher

Here at home, metric proponents continue to attempt to answer the inevitable questions. Yes, the feds are really serious about fre changeover. No, it won't cct mor€ in the en4 due o savings with a more efficient system. Yes, mce foreip prodrrcs will come inlo the U. S., but we can also export more of our products since they'll now be in metric sizes. No, we won't give up the 2x4. It's not 2"x4" anyway. We can still call ita2x4 if. we like; its dimensions will be in a metric equivalent, rather than inch equivalent. Yes, metric can be used on repair, remodeling and rehab. Feople who have used it say it's no different from using footpound units. Workmen still must install new products in old spaces. Isn't this wbat shins were invented for? And metric has proven to have a big advantage: field measurements can be done faster with fewer errors. The system is simply easier to use once it's learned.

A world witbout balf pints vs. quarts and fractions like 25B2nds and 7/l6ths of a mile somds pretty gmd o us. Try it, you'll like it!

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