Are you metric or not? Why?

[scooby]

We call it Metric and Imperial and even though I was only ever taught metric at school I use a mixture.

Temperature - metric - 'C

weight - metric

length - both - depending on the most appropriate measurement!

In fact it drives my wife batty when I mix measurements! - 'it is 20mm by 4 and a half inches'

[tonyc1]

Another anomaly is, that we always used Stones and Pounds when talking about our weight while you on the North American continent, just use pounds when describing a persons weight. I always weighed 11 stones seven pound, which was eleven and a half stones. Another anomaly is that since we weigh people in kilos, I am heavier, which makes me hate metrics more!!!

Tony.

[Ian]

All a matter of what you're used to, just like speaking your native language. Personaly, I hate trying to read all those tiny marks on metric rulers. They'll have to pry my inches from my cold dead fingers. And, I'd much rather buy leather by 2/3 oz than .078/1.19mm I have to look it up every time.

Edited December 12, 2008 by Ian

[Tina]

but I can't think of someone as 80kg as opposed to 176lbs.

Scott

...but think how nice to weigh 80 instead of 176

[todddarling1]

I've had to use Imperial, Metric and the Pica and Points, Systems. The hard part is keeping it all straight. I don't mind knowing different systems if they work to make whatever I'm doing easier. I guess I mostly use Imperial, but can jump in use whatever I need to at the time.

I measure some things strictly in metric, but tell my wife it's in inches.

[8thsinner]

I use maily old fashoined measuring when I can, If I do need to be precise I use metric usually.

Metric measurements are a great thing, science is considerably easier to calculate in almost every equation.

We should however keep imperial and still teach it. It's a part of our history, humanities history.

We should not abondon it simply for convenience, for it's not convenient at all it's pure laziness.

just my opinion.

[Dags3777]

i LOVE metric, we have been totally metric for as long as i can remember... i cant get my head around pounds and oz, feet and inches..all the measurements are different....if i cant divide something by 10, 100 or 1000 if doesnt make sense to me. However for a whole country as big as yours to change now would be such a huge undertaking, but on the other hand, have different countries on different systems seems a little crazy too.

I'm with you leatheroo, best thing we did in OZ, only need 1 set of spanners, unless you drive a dinosaur or british / yank tank. (Sry)

Metric I find easy to use and I'm an oldie, because of it's 10's characteristics. But depending were you live this question will last forever. Darryl

[Vikti]

Metric is the devils' toy!!!

I honestly prefer points & picas. Spent most of my life measuring with them, 16 years in the printing industry. But I guess that the standard system works for me at work. But what other unit of measure will allow a pound of feathers to weigh more than a pound of gold. (Does anyone know why?)

Damon

[CitizenKate]

But what other unit of measure will allow a pound of feathers to weigh more than a pound of gold. (Does anyone know why?)

I didn't know before I read your post, but here's what I found from a Google search: Wiki Answers: Which weighs more, a pound of feathers, or a pound of gold?

Kate

[ferret]

Personaly I'm sticking with cubits. I can just about handle this new fangled imperial stuff, but life's too short to start learning new measurements every couple of millenia.