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    How pirates stole the metric system from America - photos-mirrorpoll-30th-sep-2014.jpg

    Source: Poll in "The Mirror" as of Sep 30th, 2014.

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    Imperial threads on a Metric lathe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DIYSwede View Post
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    Source: Poll in "The Mirror" as of Sep 30th, 2014.

    Aid for "Linguistically Challenged":
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    Suggested further reading:
    Imperial threads on a Metric lathe.

    The Mirror is some kind of authority?

    I took a poll too, only yesterday. The response I got was 112% in favor of the Imperial system and -14% opposed (that's NEGATIVE 14%). That's about the same percentages as registered voters who voted in Chicago recently.

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