Back in the 70's there was a push to convert to metric and once again they blew it. We should have just bit the bullet, sucked up the pains for a few years and done it.
Yes, I remember this well. The thing is, at the time, I really thought we were going to do it! (Of course, I was a naive youth at the time.) Alas... But hey! We have Liberia and Myanmar, too!