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[Misc] Should we scrap imperial units and go fully metric?
- Thread starter Mustafa II
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Not at all. Metrication in the UK was driven as a result of the Hodgson Report in 1949 which recommened the metric system and decimal currency - that was before the EEC/EU was set up, let alone before we joined it. The government took its first steps in metrication in 1968 when it set up the metrication board, again that was five years before we joined the EEC. Brussels had nothing to do it, it was driven mainly by British industry.
chip
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All units are arbitrary, a calorie is the ammount of energy to raise 1g of water by 1C which is ~4.2J. Insulin has an even better one, 1 IU/ml reduces blood sugar in a fasting rabbit by 2.5mmol/l so is bioefficacy based while the SI unit is mass based, there are two commonly used concersion factors! You have to be careful reading the literature as SI units, which I think is what the OP meant, typically under report concentration by ~15%. So I think stick with dimensions that people understand and are appropriate for the quantity considered.
All those worrying about losing imperial measurements - relax, it might happen but it'll take ages.
As you all know we switched to a decimal currency in 1971 ..... and it took 130 years to get there! In 1841 the Decimal Association was established to look at the possibility of having a decimal currency. Eight years later in 1849 the first UK decimal coin was introduced: the florin. This had the value of two shillings, which was a tenth of a pound. Still survives today as the 10p piece. Took a while for the rest of it to come in though!
As you all know we switched to a decimal currency in 1971 ..... and it took 130 years to get there! In 1841 the Decimal Association was established to look at the possibility of having a decimal currency. Eight years later in 1849 the first UK decimal coin was introduced: the florin. This had the value of two shillings, which was a tenth of a pound. Still survives today as the 10p piece. Took a while for the rest of it to come in though!
dejavuatbtn
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But I’ll now have to say “who half centimetred my ruler”. Nah, it’s not right.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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no. get out.
schmunk
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@MODS this deserves a thread ban.
The only down side is the “why my isn’t my cock 12 inches long” gag will die out. One less joke in my arsenal.
GT49er
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Oh well, it was still Napoleon that first made it compulsory!
Rdodge30
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- Dec 30, 2022
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To be honest metrication in this country has been a failure really, so many things have just never been changed, laws or no laws
It’s been 60years and we still have a pint and a 12oz steak at the pub a couple of miles down the road.
I mean if you can’t take over in 60years you have to think you never will ?
It’s been 60years and we still have a pint and a 12oz steak at the pub a couple of miles down the road.
I mean if you can’t take over in 60years you have to think you never will ?
Rdodge30
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- Dec 30, 2022
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Indeed. if you have a look at the timeline in the link below it's amazing how much pressing was done in the 19th century for us to 'go metric'. (I've already mentioned the florin)
Timeline
1668-04-13 John Wilkins proposes a universal decimal system of measurement, which includes the core elements of the future metric system. In “An Essay Towards a Real Character, And a Philoso…
metrication.uk
seagullsovergrimsby
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I thought the whole idea of going metric was full implementation by 1980.
Still peddling lies I see!
This whole thread is doubly ridiculous because US imperial units aren't even the same as British imperial units anyway.
An American pint is 473ml, nearly 100ml less than a British one, for example.
An American pint is 473ml, nearly 100ml less than a British one, for example.
Mustafa II
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This whole thread is doubly ridiculous because US imperial units aren't even the same as British imperial units anyway.
An American pint is 473ml, nearly 100ml less than a British one, for example.
Therefore, scrap imperial, because it's all f***ing ridiculous?
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
As long as I can have a kilo of beer and a pint of crisps.
- Jul 10, 2003
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Sorrel
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We are mostly metric anyway and I'm happy to keep what we use - I much prefer miles to kilometres for driving and walking.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
I purchased a £50 Milwaukee tape measure in a sale for £11.99 great bit of kit and although it’s an American. Company it has imperial & metric measurements like most tape measures.