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Seeker
18-10-21, 07:55 AM
Apparently not:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-must-pound-table-return-145847119.html

I thought it was madness to allow the mainland to resume selling products in Imperial units, but since we don't want the UK to be split, the madness has to spread.

Increasingly, it is obvious that age and term limits are necessary for our MPs but now I'm thinking we need mental evaluations, too.

Exhibit A: Our culture secretary thinks the height of culture is to eat ostrich anus on national tv (and she thinks the BBC doesn't represent the people). I rest my case.
Bibio
18-10-21, 08:50 AM
the older generation of this country need to take a long hard look at themselves. there is no Great in Britain any more. we have had decimalisation since 1971, yup 50 years ago... get a furkin grip.

unlike my generation who can mostly work in both imperial/metric weights and measures our younger generation cant.. i actually said the word imperial referring to measurements to someone at 27 years old the other day and they said 'whats that'..

is it a ploy to get us more in line with the USA so we can trade with them more???? i hope not..
chris8886
18-10-21, 05:44 PM
is it a ploy to get us more in line with the USA so we can trade with them more???? i hope not..



I hope not, as their imperial units are slightly different to ours!
johnnyrod
18-10-21, 05:52 PM
Utter tosh, do even tories believe this nonsense? Well actually there is a pretty good chance of that.
Bibio
19-10-21, 09:01 AM
I hope not, as their imperial units are slightly different to ours!

i think its only their imperial liquid measurements that are different... imperial weights and measures are the same. i could be wrong though.
daktulos
19-10-21, 07:58 PM
i think its only their imperial liquid measurements that are different... imperial weights and measures are the same. i could be wrong though.

What upsets me about Americans is their lack of distinction between weights and volumes, they call everything an ounce! Argh!
embee
20-10-21, 10:06 PM
The USA doesn't seem to have any common use of anything bigger than a pound (weight), trucks are 80,000 pounds for example. Ironic when you consider the average American build ...........