Not really just different measuring systems. There is nothing to wonder about. If we adopted the metric years ago we wouldn't have this problem.Very clever HX, but the second one makes one wonder doesn't it!!
Even the English no longer use it though!! The entire world has gone metric except for the USA!! The reason is actually quite simple- doing so would destroy American Football; how could you gain 10 yards if yards don't exist?!!
Didn't you know everyone is for sale nowadays Corwin. It is the American way especially the politicians.It's also taking a poke at the American habit of having everything sponsored by advertising. I laugh, for example, whenever I'm watching a hockey game and a team gets a penalty. The ensuing power play is always 'sponsored'!!
Cool trick from God to get rid of her. Didn't know He was that clever...Michele Bachmann is(or was?) a politician who ran for the Republican nomination for President because God told her she would win. She lost however and I think that ever since then her career has been going downhill.