IMHO, metric for weights makes 100% sense
Would never give up on pints, but I do detest the American “cups”
Would never give up on pints, but I do detest the American “cups”
Yep - I'd be all for that so that when we're 75% through the day the time is 75:00 whereas currently it's 6 o'clock in a 24 hr day!I remember a certain person proposing the day be divided into 100 centidays instead of 24 hours. Each centiday would be 14 minutes 24 seconds. A deciday would be 2 hours 24 minutes. 6:00 a.m. would be 25:00. 12:00 noon would be 50:00. 6:00 p.m. would be 75:00 & 12:00 midnight would be 100:00.
Yep - I'd be all for that so that when we're 75% through the day the time is 75:00 whereas currently it's 6 o'clock in a 24 hr day!
Not so much clued up on metric, but much more clueless on arithmetic!Society on a whole will presumably be split on the use of imperial or metric based on their schooling. I believe after decimilisation, schools switched to teaching metric measurements. Therefore oldies like me understand imperial much better whereas youngster whose education started in the1970's will be clued up on metric.
That if it's not all based on multiples of ten. they haven't a clue. I know we (and especially they!) all have computers of one sort or another, but if they're devoid of mathematical skills, that's something else the human race has lost.What’s the point? Or should that be pint?
Don't get me started on time zones around the world - oops too late! Completely unnecessary these days. We could have the same time all around the world. That would be so much simpler.The time of your post is 01:25 GMT. In the US Central time zone it was 79:17
Most of us might find that a bit odd, but my ex would regularly go to work one day and get home early the next day, because she worked nights. Thousands/millions of workers in the UK do that.
When I worked at Rolls Royce a good while back there was an afterwork aeronautical society meet where two old boys who had worked on Merlins moons ago came in to give a talk. They spoke of bore and stroke in inches yet displacement in cubic centimetres (cc).Actually I think we should do the opposite: drop all the metric stuff and do everything in imperial. Petrolheads might have a problem adapting though. When asked how big the car engine is rather than saying "Three litres", they'll have to say "Five and a quarter pints".
Their numbers were very strange. X L V I M C etcOne could argue that the imperial units, with their origin being ancient Rome, were probably also forced on you...
But that's the fundamental basis of metric. I litre of water weighs exactly one kilogram.IMHO, metric for weights makes 100% sense
Would never give up on pints, but I do detest the American “cups”
So I'm guessing 22 yardsMy favourite imperial trivia question:
How long is a chain?
Cricketers may know this.
Only plumbers and plumbing could end up using both at the same time!Pipe sizes are metric but thread sizes are in inches, not sure this will ever change in plumbing fittings
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So only retired people will know what they’re doing!I don’t do metric measurements. We were using feet and inches a long time before the Yanks were.
when I come across metres and litres I have to do a mental arithmetic exercise to get an approximate imperial measurement, then I can visualise it . Let’s return to British imperial measurements and stuff the Continent!
A pendant writes: that's technically tube, not pipe.Pipe sizes are metric but thread sizes are in inches, not sure this will ever change in plumbing fittings
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I would imagine few people younger than 60 do this though? i.e. 25% of the population.