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So I?ve been reading the news on the Beeb?s tinterwebsite and apparently the EU has given up on trying to convert Britain to the Metric System.


What are people?s thoughts on the benefits of having a universal system of measurement that is used worldwide?


Growing up in a country that had made the change from Imperial to Metric shortly before I was born Metric was used officially but people still seemed to use Imperial in everyday life. It has led to a situation where many people now seem to use Imperial for certain measurement and Metric for others. I for instance measure height in Imperial but weight in Metric. Which gets confusing when I?m filling out the forms at the doctors.

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Brendan Wrote:

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> What are people?s thoughts on the benefits of

> having a universal system of measurement that is

> used worldwide?


Obviously a standard system makes life so much easier, but being of that age where inches were taught before the centimilliltres were drempt up it's hard to convert to the metric system for stuff.


If I have to estimate something in metric, I have to do it in inches, then convert to centimeters mentally. Daft I know!


One thing that does make me smile is our ability to swap between Centigrade and farenheight (Sp?)One minute we're talking about it being freezing, then the following week (This is England) we're talking about it being in the hundreds, like both are on the same scale!

Although I measure heat in farenheit (i.e. 100 equals hot) I measure cold in centigrade (i.e. 0 equals freezing). Weird non?


Height - ft and inches

Weight - kilos except at the butchers/greengrocers when I revert to lbs (and I'm under 30!)

Distance - metres then miles (?!)

Fluids (no laughing at the back) - pints then litres for higher figures

Area - acres (I was once told it is roughly one football pitch and is therefore easy to visualise)


God, no wonder the English are seen as eccentric.

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