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Originally Posted by BigChiefTablet:
We converted in 1980. They made a huge deal about it and everything. The end result was we got the 2-liter bottle.
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
If I remember right, the metric conversion in the U.S. was halted due to large numbers of deaths eating meter-long hot dogs.
Originally Posted by BigChiefTablet:
We converted in 1980. They made a huge deal about it and everything. The end result was we got the 2-liter bottle.
:-) I remember when my school started the big push to make it happen, then one day it just kinda stopped... [Reply]