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danny_galaga:

while i was looking up 'nickel' in wiki i noticed this passage:

"Nickels have always had a value of one cent per gram (even when special nickel-free versions were issued temporarily during World War II). They were designed as 5 grams in the metric units when they were introduced in 1866, shortly before the Act of July 28, 1866 declared the metric system to be legal for use in the United States."

Malenko:
what about a wooden nickel?

Level42:
Shame that it about stopped there.....

hypernova:
God I wish we'd go metric.  And standardize dates like the rest of the world.  I hate filling out customs paperwork.   I remember to invert days and months, but when we're talking the first 12 days of any month, it can confuse some people.  (i.e. Is that March 4th, or April 3rd?)

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: hypernova on June 03, 2009, 06:41:18 pm ---God I wish we'd go metric.  And standardize dates like the rest of the world.  I hate filling out customs paperwork.   I remember to invert days and months, but when we're talking the first 12 days of any month, it can confuse some people.  (i.e. Is that March 4th, or April 3rd?)

--- End quote ---

Ha! i forgot you guys mix your dates up too. I think it's interesting that the US were the first country to adopt some form of metric (currency, the denominations, not the fact a nickel is measured in grams). I prefer metric, but i can think inches and feet too thanks to voraciously reading aeromodelling magazines from the UK and US when i was a kid. And even now, i know that your average car tyre will be happy with about 35 psi, but i can't think what that is in kPa...

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