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On 10/02/2026 00:31, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

On 2026/2/9 8:58:13, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 08/02/2026 14:25, Ottavio Caruso wrote:

Am 08.02.26 um 12:23 schrieb JMB99:

Surely less chance of errors with '10 ft x 20 ft' than '3.048 m x
0.6096 m'?

Seeing as most of the population was taught almost entirely in Metric
10ft x 20ft is likely to confuse the heck out a good proportion.

and as most other countries use metric what you call 10' x 20' is more
likely to be 3M x 6M or 9ft 10 7/64inch x 9ft 8 7/32inch (to the nearest 1/64th of an inch)

Surely for the uneducated Brexitards who can't compute?

Wrong way round. It is the Europhiles who have trouble with
comprehension, preferring to substitute Blind Belief for critical
examination.

What has being a Europhiles has that got to do with Metric? The whole
world, apart from the USA uses metric. Even those places such as Canada
and New Zealand which the ardent Brexiteer assured us were willing to
take the Lamb and Sea Food we were exporting to the EU are almost
entirely metric.

To me it appears they are more metric than us, as they have both
replaced all their road signs with speeds with the metric equivalent.

Mind you I was served beer in a 20 Ounce glass as apparently Americans
can't believe our pints are bigger than theirs.

Anyone on either side who cannot handle the existence of the other
system is short-sighted (or worse).

FWIW, British industry (and more of the public than are willing to
admit) had accepted the existence of the metric system decades before
Brexit was thought of (though in some cases hadn't grasped the concept
of prefixes, and thus did everything in millimetres, rather than using
metres where those would be more appropriate).

From a Brexiteer, who happily uses both systems. (I was in favour of
leaving - though it was close - on grounds that had nothing to do with measurement systems, and not economic either [I _expected_ it would cost
us in the short to medium term].)

I am starting to struggle with some imperial, also temps in "F" but
generally either is ok.

Dave


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