I may be wrong about this, but the way I remember it President Carter did not "abandon" metrification willingly. He was all for it, but others were not - but don't ask me which othersBoogity said:
Whether it was congress, or big business, or both, or neither, I don't know, and am too lazy to look it up 
Well, because....because I'm used to the way it is, that's why.ORChick said:Why not?aggieterpkatie said:I don't want to go metric.<----tantrum
It is so much easier, once one gets the hang of it. And it is just a tad ridiculous that the U.S. is the only developed country that doesn't do metric.
Oh, well then, of course ... makes perfect senseaggieterpkatie said:Well, because....because I'm used to the way it is, that's why.ORChick said:Why not?aggieterpkatie said:I don't want to go metric.
It is so much easier, once one gets the hang of it. And it is just a tad ridiculous that the U.S. is the only developed country that doesn't do metric.
I laugh at myself now, every time I think about it 
I felt like such a ditz when i realized i could just push a button. Last time I was in hospital one of the nurses wanted me to use the toilet on his schedule (3:00 in the early morning). When I told him it wasn't yet necessary, and please go away and let me sleep, he responded that it had to be now, because he had to measure output. I told him that I could do that. But ... but ... it's metric!Bettacreek said:
So I told him that I wasn't an idiot, and could manage that too. And then I went back to sleep. No bigs, I got my answer and I bought a digital kitchen scale.
big brown horse said:No bigs, I got my answer and I bought a digital kitchen scale.
However just for yucks, does anyone know what they used before electricity? (I've seen scales and weight sets in my mom's antique shop, but did everyone have one?)
Actually, I have something of a small collection of scales. My grandmother's is a spring type, with a dial on the bottom, and a flat surface above, that moves up and down on a spring. Put your article to be weighed on the platform, and the dial swings around to the correct weight, in pounds and ounces. And I have another that DH found for me in an antique store, a balance scale - put article to be weighed on one side, and add assorted already measured weights to the other until the thing balances; it had a couple of weights with it when he bought it, but I found a set of weights, from 200grams down to 1 gram, when I was in Europe some years ago, and brought it home with me. I have another of the balance types that has a scoop like container on one side, and the weights go on the other. Unfortunately it isn't accurate, something is off on the balance, but I like the way it looks anyway. I could probably fix it if I needed to. I have a digital scale as well, which is handy when I have several different things to weigh; as mentioned, there is a Tare button to bring it back to zero - but for single things I really like the oldies.
SHHH. Don't tell anyone ... I use a big old antique kitchen scale for all of my soap making measurements.big brown horse said:No bigs, I got my answer and I bought a digital kitchen scale.
However just for yucks, does anyone know what they used before electricity? (I've seen scales and weight sets in my mom's antique shop, but did everyone have one?)
It is a dial faced scale and did I mention 
old? This baby is still darned accurate, so why oh why do I need a new one. My only problem is I would love a really accurate scale that didn't need a battery- you know, just in case 
Every time I see a scale I look at it to see if I can read the dial (my eyes aren't what they used to be, even with readers) and if the bowl can be removed/replaced with my own containers (my digital has a nice flat surface that I can set any bowl on and tare it.)
