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Imperial or Metric


Bigsmak

Imperial or Metric  

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  1. 1. Should we return to imperial measurements, keep what we have or go fully metric?

    • Keep what we have
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    • Go Imperial
      4
    • Fully Metric
      26
    • Other / St. Johnstone / I don't understand the question
      6


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6 hours ago, trotter said:

A mate of mine - an old school mechanical fitter - once told me that imperial units still exist because 'you can't see metric'. He sort of has a point. If I saw you in the street and I asked you how tall I was you would likely say 'about 6 feet' rather than 'about 1.8 m'. 

Double edged. I’d agree if I was asked someone’s height. But in work if someone asked me a distance or a height  I’d use metres. 

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Maybe if it was pints at the pumps, we wouldn't be losing our shit. That'd be a right con job if they pulled that.

 

Oh look, it's only 99p a pint at the pump, long live Boris. 

 

Yes I think people are that thick.

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15 hours ago, trotter said:

A mate of mine - an old school mechanical fitter - once told me that imperial units still exist because 'you can't see metric'. He sort of has a point. If I saw you in the street and I asked you how tall I was you would likely say 'about 6 feet' rather than 'about 1.8 m'. 

Now that is a very good point

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