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BumRushDaShow

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7. I expect that since most of the world uses metric measurements

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #5)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 12:08 PM

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and the U.S. doesn't (except maybe in analytical labs and some engineering outfits), that would be a problem.

We have refused to fund training for the trades and many of the voc-tech schools (high school and above) closed over the past couple decades. Trying to get apprenticeships in construction has often come in fits and starts, and in some cases, were "closed shop" (and other excuses to exclude minorities). The aftermath of that is being felt right now.

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