Metric or what?
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Hard question to answer simply.
Metric is taught in schools (and has been for 30+ years), but all road signs are still in miles.
UK engineering companies all work and design in metric. The fun starts with US clients.
Most of us are kinda bilingual. Though I'm an engineer by training I would in conversation still say that something is around 3 feet long etc.
I don't really understand gallons any more except for mpg. All fuel is sold and priced in litres. Except beer.
Metric is taught in schools (and has been for 30+ years), but all road signs are still in miles.
UK engineering companies all work and design in metric. The fun starts with US clients.
Most of us are kinda bilingual. Though I'm an engineer by training I would in conversation still say that something is around 3 feet long etc.
I don't really understand gallons any more except for mpg. All fuel is sold and priced in litres. Except beer.
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hamster":143j7m4m said:
And quite often using old Cincinnati machines calibrated in imperial too. :roll:
All you have to remember is 25.4
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basically we're supposed to be fully metric, just like we're supposed to be european, but none of us want to be, so imperial hangs around by force of public opinion.
there was alot of trouble recently with it being made compulsary for fruit and veg weights and whatnot to be labled in metric cos of the eu charter, but poloticians never miss a chance to be popularist so it got chucked out. same with road signs, all in miles.
for anything that matters, nuts and bolts, tools, anything that needs to be exact, its all metric these days. anything else you can take your pick. pretty much the same in usa no?
there was alot of trouble recently with it being made compulsary for fruit and veg weights and whatnot to be labled in metric cos of the eu charter, but poloticians never miss a chance to be popularist so it got chucked out. same with road signs, all in miles.
for anything that matters, nuts and bolts, tools, anything that needs to be exact, its all metric these days. anything else you can take your pick. pretty much the same in usa no?
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