[originaltext]M: I agree with your proposal at the meeting this morning, it was

M: I agree with your proposal at the meeting this morning, it was a good one.
W: You should have backed me up then, when I needed it.
Q: What did the woman mean?

W: Whereas European nations have traditionally employed metric units such as meters and grams, the US has employed  English units such as feet and pounds.
M: Both systems are now in use in the US, though.
Q: What are the two people talking about?