Comments on: Date Format Differences http://brentdanley.com/2007/01/06/date-format-differences/ Science, technology, humor and wisdom. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:29:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Paul Carter http://brentdanley.com/2007/01/06/date-format-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Paul Carter Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:05:37 +0000 http://therhetoric.net/2007/01/06/date-format-differences/#comment-15 Haven't you noticed the way Detroit is making cars now?? They use neither Metric or Standard. They are making up tools to use so they don't have to be held to either system. Also here's a ditty I learned in the 7th grade from my English teacher...'those who have a fifth on the fourth, shall not come forth on the fifth'....It's one of those things that rolls around the brain forever to get jogged to the top once a year...!! Haven’t you noticed the way Detroit is making cars now?? They use neither Metric or Standard. They are making up tools to use so they don’t have to be held to either system.

Also here’s a ditty I learned in the 7th grade from my English teacher…’those who have a fifth on the fourth, shall not come forth on the fifth’….It’s one of those things that rolls around the brain forever to get jogged to the top once a year…!!

]]> By: Brent Danley http://brentdanley.com/2007/01/06/date-format-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Brent Danley Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:28:49 +0000 http://therhetoric.net/2007/01/06/date-format-differences/#comment-6 Thanks for the comment Sweetie. We couldn't have just used the metric system because the country was born before the metric system was invented. The metric system is superior in nearly every way to the disparate measurement systems in use throughout the world. The reason we don't use it here in the United States probably has more to do with our natural resistance to change; it could also be that it was developed by the French. Thanks for the comment Sweetie.
We couldn’t have just used the metric system because the country was born before the metric system was invented. The metric system is superior in nearly every way to the disparate measurement systems in use throughout the world. The reason we don’t use it here in the United States probably has more to do with our natural resistance to change; it could also be that it was developed by the French.

]]> By: Kirsten Uhler http://brentdanley.com/2007/01/06/date-format-differences/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Kirsten Uhler Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:18:35 +0000 http://therhetoric.net/2007/01/06/date-format-differences/#comment-5 Ha ha ha! That's an interesting observation Brent. Yes, the United States certainly does seem backward. Look at our unit of measurement. Why couldn't we have just used the metric system??? Ha ha ha! That’s an interesting observation Brent. Yes, the United States certainly does seem backward. Look at our unit of measurement. Why couldn’t we have just used the metric system???

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