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Metric measures

Texas, as far as I know, has managed to avoid this so far: the imposition of the metric system in Florida health care without regard for patients discovered by the seablogger at Fresh Bilge:

"In Florida clinics I’ve visited recently, weight was measured in kilograms, temperature in celsius. The staff couldn’t even provide translation, and the only vital sign I understood was blood pressure."

He sees it as a manifestion of pushy, European-style globalism. Also unAmerican, if you ask me.