I was just thinking about this after talking about 'old' money on another thread. Having grown up being taught decimal but living with a generation still talking pre-decimal, do you now have a mixed approach when dealing with weights and measures?
I tend to measure floors etc in metres and centimetres, but heights mean nothing to me unless we're talking feet and inches, and on the road it has to be miles. Food is measured in g and kg and ml, but I still hanker for a quarter of sweets and when I'm assessing the damage those sweets have made, I'll tot it up in stones and pounds.
And another thing...why does Europe embrace the centilitre while the UK doesn't?
It's all very confusing.
I tend to measure floors etc in metres and centimetres, but heights mean nothing to me unless we're talking feet and inches, and on the road it has to be miles. Food is measured in g and kg and ml, but I still hanker for a quarter of sweets and when I'm assessing the damage those sweets have made, I'll tot it up in stones and pounds.
And another thing...why does Europe embrace the centilitre while the UK doesn't?
It's all very confusing.
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