The US is the only country to use OLD standard measurement?

Totally. It is absolutely the truth that the United States is the only country that expects others to learn its system while refusing to teach their citizens metric in the schools. My cousin works in the education field down in New Mexico and I've seen data on how poorly American kids do in school with regards to math, compared to other so-called techno countries. They are among the bottom 3. One of the biggest failing points is a lack of understanding of measurement.

In the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, the United States government designated the metric system of measurement as "the preferred system of weights and measures for U.S. trade and commerce". The legislation states that the Federal Government has a responsibility to assist industry, especially small business, as it voluntarily converts to the metric system of measurement. This process of legislation and conversion is known as metrication, and in the U.S. is most evident in labeling requirements on food products, where SI units are almost always presented alongside customary units. However, metrication in the United States has been less forcefully imposed than in other countries, and has encountered more resistance from industrial and consumer market forces, so customary units are still widely used on consumer products and in industrial manufacturing; only in military, medical, and scientific contexts are SI units generally the norm. Since everyday weights and measures are mostly non-SI, children in U.S. public schools are generally taught customary units before SI, although many schools are now attempting to teach SI units at an earlier age. There are anecdotal objections to the use of metric units in carpentry and the building trades, on the basis that it is easier to remember an integer number of inches plus a fraction than a measurement in millimeters, or that inch measurements are more suitable when distances are frequently divided by two.

The system of measurement the US uses is originally British, and the British colonized the US and were the first immigrants to America. The metric system is widely used in the UK but old systems of measurements are still used... such as using "stones" for weight.

It would take a lot of money for the US to convert everything into the metric system, and to exclusively use the metric system for everything. It's not because they're trying to **** you off because you seem to believe that America "forces" people to do things, even use their system of measurement. You should know that almost everything you see in the US, on products, has both "standard" measurements and also metric measurements.

Get a life, and you'll notice these things. ;)

Your right the US needs to start implementing the metric system. It can be alot to learn when not used for years especially in science and medicine.

I believe Urugay and I forget where else dosen't use metric either.

Sorry to antagonize you but we "yanks" really hate change, especially we do-it-yourselfer's over 50. We would rather the world follow the inches-feet, miles-per-hour, etc, form of measurement so we can remain in the dark ages. Besides, it wasn't our idea to change in the first place.

hi we still use them here we have a choice, now here in the uk