Americans are used to feet
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Walter:There's no reason to covert from one system to the other. Either work entirely in Imperial or entirely in metric. Your problem is solved. Why does anyone care what system someone else uses?
The Mushroom King:As a diver, just make sure you, your equipment and your buddy are all using the same language.
The Mushroom King:(back in '99 NASA lost a satellite because someone used imperial and someone else used metric)
Randolphscott:I guess what it comes down to for me is this; who cares about feet or meters or whatever distance measure for depth. Isn't the real issue pressures and ratios? So it makes sense (to me) for the depth gauge to indicate "3.3 ATM".
CMAN:Some of the "seasoned" divers on this board may remember when Jimmy Carter tried converting the U.S. to metric during his presidency. He started by converting the interstate highway signs to read in kilometers and miles. Well that was too confusing for most Americans so when Ronald Reagan became president he ended the program.
HEY!!! No picking on Ronnie!!!:noECR:Maybe it was just too confusing for Reagan He wasn't exactly a mental giant.
Sorry-y-y-y-y. Now back to your regularly scheduled original topic.
--ECR