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Bungle · 21st November 2006, 14:22

I was bought up with the metric system at school, but to the most part have learned and prefer the imperial system. Mony not included, I am completely cluless with old money!

I worked for a few years in a builder's merchant, and the total mess of systems is really obvious there. People would ask for wood with the dimensions in inches, and the length in metres. Or with the dimensions in mm, and the lenght in feet! Ply was similar, people asking for a sheet of 8X4 (feet) 12mm in thickness. It is just madness.

What a confused state we are in, fuel is sold by the litre, yet we work out economy by miles to the gallon. Most people don't even know how many litres there are to the gallon.

Weight is always measured in kilos or tons. Never ounces, pounds or tonnes. Unless I am talking about a person's weight. Then its stones.

I cannot visualise how far metres of kilometres are, 200km means nothing to me, unless I try to work it out. I know 60ish mph is 100kph, so I can work out that 200km is about 120 miles, or just over. The funny thing is I prefer inches to cm!

I have a headache now!

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Bungle Rocketship door handle Join Date: 3rd July 2006 Location: SE London/Kent Posts: 1,220 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I was bought up with the metric system at school, but to the most part have learned and prefer the imperial system. Mony not included, I am completely cluless with old money! I worked for a few years in a builder's merchant, and the total mess of systems is really obvious there. People would ask for wood with the dimensions in inches, and the length in metres. Or with the dimensions in mm, and the lenght in feet! Ply was similar, people asking for a sheet of 8X4 (feet) 12mm in thickness. It is just madness. What a confused state we are in, fuel is sold by the litre, yet we work out economy by miles to the gallon. Most people don't even know how many litres there are to the gallon. Weight is always measured in kilos or tons. Never ounces, pounds or tonnes. Unless I am talking about a person's weight. Then its stones. I cannot visualise how far metres of kilometres are, 200km means nothing to me, unless I try to work it out. I know 60ish mph is 100kph, so I can work out that 200km is about 120 miles, or just over. The funny thing is I prefer inches to cm! I have a headache now!