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I majored in Physics in college. Virtually all problems in Physics are done in metric. We only learned how to solve them that way (either MKS - Meter,Kilogram,Seconds or CGS - Centimeter,Gram,Seconds). The few times we were given a problem in English units, we had no clue what to do with it, other than to just convert everything to MKS or CGS, solve the problem, and then convert the result back to English units again.
The US only carries on with English units because it has been so dominant recently. When we lose our empire we will finally have to bite the bullet and go all the rest of the way into metric. It's a tremendous competitive disadvantage to keep English...
Some things are going to look funny though. There is a standard for card edge connectors that is every tenth of an inch for a contact. It will stay the same, but just be called the 2.54mm standard. That standard may already be superceded though.
One thing that annoys me about metric is the wrenches. Some countries use 10, 12, 14mm..., others use 11, 13, 15. or some combination. It's too bad the world did not standardize on bolt head sizes, one way or another, long ago. It means your tool box has to have wrench sizes for every millimeter, twice as many as should be.
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