I don't think the Mods would be too pleased with that mate, no politics on here. Which is a good thing, some very good forums have been ruined lately and some good friends lost.It would be better to become completely metric IMO.
We would soon get used to it and wonder at the bad old days when we had to remember 16 ounces to a pound, 14 pounds to a stone etc. Just like we do now when we think of farthings, halfpennies, sixpences, shillings, pounds and guineas.
Maybe we will come to our senses and rejoin. Discuss.
I just cannot see anyone asking for 568.261 ml of reds at a tackle shop
I just cannot see anyone asking for 568.261 ml of reds at a tackle shop
Which is a good thing, some very good forums have been ruined lately and some good friends lost.
Although i lived in France for over 6 years, the only way i could make sense what i was buying was to convert it back to pounds, shilling and pence.
Do you speak French Iain?
I was in Paris for nearly 7 years and found after about 18 months learning French I was not converting back to Imperial at all.
After about 2 years I wasn't translating back into English either and from then onward it seemed just natural to think in French and in metric units.
An English friend of mine in Oslo used to say that you are not fluent in a new language until you have dreamed in it . . . .
I am sure the Gnomes of Zurich, accustomed to dealing in £billions, weren't too interested in how many farthings there were in a florin,
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