I'm completely fed up with this stupidity.
 
Sick to the back teeth in fact.
 
I am not a happy Straummy.
 
Can we now return to some semblance of common sense, where:

• The height of mountains is measured in feet, not metres
• Rainfall is measured in inches, not millipedes
• The distance between two points on the earth is measured in miles, not kilometres
• A person's weight is disclosed in stones and pounds (or just pounds if you're from the US), not kilograms
• Rugby Union has a 25 yard line, not a 22 metre line
• A repeat is called a 'repeat', not 'another chance to see'

 
Thank you.
 
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We'll never be able to fathom anything be furlong.

I can sea four miles.

What if it was raining millipedes? the HORROR of it...

She said she needed at least 0.2 meters...
(I wasn't willing to cut anything off though.)

SteveStrummerUK

•  Rainfall is measured in inches, not millipedes

 

Is it ok to use centipedes in tropical rain forest areas? 
 
 

I have some friends back in the UK who delight in making smug comments about how "behind the times" the US is compared to the infinitely enlightened Europe, which of course exists on a higher plane of awareness that the Yanks aren't even aware of. They seem to go through phases of attacking the US over different things. A while ago there seemed to be a meme going around that America's refusal to adopt metric measurements was symptomatic of their refusal to adapt to the rest of the world. But I really don't know what's wrong with the Imperial system. When I got into it with them, one of their arguments is that the metric system makes more sense because of its units of 10. Does that mean that computers are inferior because they think in binary? Or that programmers are "behind the times" when they use hexadecimal? Surely kids benefit from being raised in the Imperial system because their minds are more attuned to the idea of different number bases? And I kind of like Imperial measurements. Because of their reference to real world things, they make it easier to eyeball things roughly. A foot is, well, roughly the length of a foot. Yes I know there are different sized feet, but again we're talking about eyeballing things here. An inch is roughly the distance from the thumb joint to the tip of the thumb.  A cup is, well, a cup. These measurements have evolved primarily because of their relation to real world things. 
 
And when you have units that are base 12 or 16, you can half them easily a number of times before having to bring decimals into it. I like that. 

I avoid getting into discussions promoting one or the other (Imperial or Metric that is).  I think they both have their pros and cons, and that both should be taught in school so people know how to apply whichever is more suitable for a task.  I don't expect everyone to memorize the conversions like 1/4" = 6.35 mm (that's millimeters Steve!  ), but it's usually not that much extra effort to include both values on things like tools (or a conversion sheet).
 
The same applies to other areas like weight as well (to me, being 18.5 stones is ridiculous - double entendre intended!).

I don't know how many stones I am.
 
And I don't know how to drive in metric either.

drewfx1
I don't know how many stones I am.
 
And I don't know how to drive in metric either.

That should be enough for you to qualify for disability payments from the government though.