how about we (uk) dump the the europe metric measurements and for once thay convert to our feet and inches
2006-07-19 08:18:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
You will have to go through the European Union for matters lik yours or see you local MEP, he/she will be in Brussels most problably. Good luck
2006-07-19 08:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by jc 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think we will ever have a measurement that is worldwide and I sometimes wish we never changed to metric in the UK. I find the fact an American pound in weight is different from a UK one so is a pint. In Leeds they were making an Olympic sized swimming pool only problem was the architect had done his measurements in one and they built it to the other so the pool was too short when it finished. So it got called the international pool. I don't know if this is true or not but I can imagine during the 70's it is possible.
2006-07-19 08:32:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably for the same reason we(US) don't dump feet and inches to convert to metric. Feet and inches have been the rule of thumb as long as I can remember - almost 60 years. When they talked going metric it was too confusing. They may have C on the themometers but it will always be F to me.
2006-07-19 17:48:56 · answer #3 · answered by sally_little03 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Can someone tell me when we ever went metric? I can't buy timber in 2-metre lengths but I can get it in 1.8m and 2.4m lengths. Why? because these are the old 6-feet and 8-feet sizes. Similarly, I can't buy a 50mm wast pipe but I can get one in 44mm because that's the old 1.75" size. We never went metric: we just replaced one nomenclature with another without the advantages of either.
2006-07-19 09:12:08 · answer #4 · answered by Jellicoe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Metric is so much easier for children to learn as everything is based on the power of 10.
2006-07-19 08:26:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Metric is the way forward so we have to do it. It's the same with the €, the UK will have to change eventually to keep up with the EU.
2006-07-19 08:22:56 · answer #6 · answered by comostreet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i must admit i get confused between the two and can't easily convert in my head although i was taught metric most people still talk in imperial measurements. for example when i get my baby weighed they always tell me both and i tell my family in imperial.
i'm just glad we still use sterling not euro's
2006-07-19 08:23:46 · answer #7 · answered by Kirsty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
england decide to be a member of the eu.now you have to folow the rules or go out of the game.every member is just a player,cant make or change the rules acording to what he likes.anyway i think eu will be better without uk.
uk at the moment is th usa's spy and player in the eu.uk is better to apply to be the 51st state of usa.
2006-07-19 08:26:19 · answer #8 · answered by yiannis the greek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We couldn't sell them 12 pennys in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound either!
By heck lad! Them were days, Y'ad alf a dollar in yer poke, and ye were king fer t' evening!
2006-07-19 08:24:16 · answer #9 · answered by The Lone Gunman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lets have miles, furlongs feet and inches; tons, hundredweight, pounds and ounces; Fahrenheit and pounds shillings and (old) pence.
Now just before we do, I'll corner the market in calculators and ready reckoners.
2006-07-19 08:30:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋