I get the feeling that the original aim for the UK was to get everyone using Km instead of miles as they do in many euro countries. In school we learnt about cm instead of inches and grams instead of lbs unlike the older generations, but we still use mph for speeds, stones and pounds for weighing ourselves and feet and inches for personal height. Because of this mess up I use metric for small distance measurements and imperial for long measurements. I guess people never fully took to it and felt a bit forced. I cant imagine people down the pub being too happy ordering 568ml instead of a pint!
2006-08-04 06:32:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Yes, give'em an inch, and they'll take a metre.
I often use both systems for weight & length measurements, I just can't stand KMPH - MPH just seem faster to me...
2006-08-04 06:36:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is 'messed up'. We never should have left the old imperial measurements.
I admit I grew up in the days of Pounds, Shillings and Pence and the new measurments were supposed to make everything easier for everyone.
The reality was when they did it to the money to start with, everything went up by a couple of pence. People did not fully understand the new coinage then.
You can believe that if they changed the miles to kilometers etc, some enterprising person would find a way of ripping off the public. This is not to mention how much it would cost to change all the signage.
2006-08-04 06:40:57 · answer #2 · answered by peewit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very Simple less product more money, example one gallon of gas in Canada $6.00 in metric that's $1.20 a litre, It works out to one thing "GREED" and all your alternative fuels will become the same as demands warrant it, all oil companies are in the business to become filthy rich they do not care whether you can get to work or drive your kids to school, so all the metric system has done for us is less product and more cost, there are those that will say we are running out well tell that to Ralf Cline in Alberta, no we are not going to run out we simply have to pay more for less.
2006-08-04 07:16:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
America got to the moon using feet and inches. Using base 12 exercises the mind and makes children think more creatively. It's high time we finished w. the metric fad.
2006-08-04 06:43:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are right but it is equally rampant in USA where no uniform standard is followed and it confuses the consumers more than anyone as products are marked in different measurements. And, it is a pity that America and UK should lag behind in this regard.
2006-08-04 06:42:36 · answer #5 · answered by Sami V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, completely. Most things are metric yet all of our roadsigns display imperial distances. And they have the cheek to take marketstall holders to court for not adhering to EU rules of weights and measures being displayed in the correct units....
2006-08-04 06:37:47 · answer #6 · answered by Northstar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i cant imagin asking for so many mls of lager myself , i also cant use kg , i just cant see how much it weighs in my mind , i use inchs and centimetres, i only use miles , not that it means much to me
2006-08-04 06:38:24 · answer #7 · answered by whispernikki 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes I use both without even knowing which one is which
2006-08-04 06:36:43 · answer #8 · answered by Bondyzzzz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course,,,and Dido for the US
2006-08-04 06:39:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋