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stevemac:
--- Quote ---I can't think of an English speaking country that uses the metric system.
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Australia and New Zealand both use the metric system
Having an independent setting would be great
thanks,
Steve
astromo:
--- Quote from: Mr ChriZ on August 04, 2014, 02:58:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: Mr ChriZ on August 04, 2014, 02:58:26 pm ---England (and the rest of the UK) does for the most part....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_Kingdom
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England (and the rest of the UK) does for the most part....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_Kingdom
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... and the rest of the World:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system
--- Quote ---The metric system has been officially sanctioned for use in the United States since 1866, but it remains the only industrialised country that has not adopted the metric system as its official system of measurement.
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... but fortunately in the UK you can still get beer in a pub by the pint:
--- Quote ---Although the United Kingdom uses the metric system for most official purposes, the use of the imperial system of measure, particularly among the public, is widespread, and is legally mandated in various cases.
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Oh, and that's a man sized pint. The UK version is about 20% bigger than the US specimen.
However, if it's an issue of feet vs metres then the conversion is not that difficult.
csimon:
It's a complete mixture in the UK. Road signs are still in miles. Petrol (gas) is sold in litres. Official temperatures are measured in Celsius. In terms of feet/metres, I think most people are like me - we chop and change and work with whatever we're most comfortable with in the context, and most people can work in Fahrenheit for temperature too. For example, I'm more likely to think of someone's height in feet and inches and I wouldn't have a clue what it is in metres. Within the hgome, I'm more likely to think that I'm 6 feet away from the speakers as opposed to 2 metres. But probably relate more to 100 metres rather than 300 feet. But in terms of roller coasters, 200 feet and 400 feet mean more to me than...however much it may be in metres. Oh well.
Mr ChriZ:
I was educated the metric way... but growing up in the uk like Astronomo suggests am used to things being a little hit and miss.
What got me the other day though was this. I went to replace the seat belt in my car and needed a 14mm socket which I didn't have.
I got down to the store and 14mm sockets were sold in three sizes - 1/2" 1/4" and 1/8". So the wrench end is imperial and the socket end metric...
Seriously who decided that was a good idea?!
mlefebvre:
--- Quote from: JimH on August 04, 2014, 02:56:53 pm ---Where do you live? I can't think of an English speaking country that uses the metric system.
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Hello Jim,
Long time no see...
Canada has gone metric a long time ago (some time in the seventies I think). I must admit, this old timer still thinks in Imperial measures, but the younger folks here think in metric.
Michel
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