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Originally Posted by TonyFromWestOz
But a litre or liter is tha same size everywhere, just like a metre, a gramme or a degree C.
Apart from us "old farts" not being able to learn the new measurements, why does UK and USA continue to use these antiquated measurements which are different even from each other's measurements? The conversion cost is small due to the planned obsolescence of all items madethese days.
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Tony you should try living over here...bloody nightmare when it comes to using imperial and metric.
Since the mid 70's all school kids, me included, have been taught in metric which I naturally much prefer.
However, the UK still persists in using imperial for all manner of things, so we end up with people always quoting temperatures in Fahrenheit which means nothing to me, working in Pounds and Ounces....never ever understood this at all
....Kg's and gramms are way simpler.
Distances in terms of metres and Cm's much easier than inches, however, when it comes to bigger distances I'm still a Miles person...same when it comes to speed, although KM's are pretty easy to convert to.
I still like gallons when its comes to working out MPG and have to convert from Litres to gallons, however, when it comes to buying a quantity of fluid I prefer to work in Litres .....confused, you should be
I would rather they just bit the bullet once and for all and converted over to Metric, seeing as every school kid has been taught it for almost the last 30 years!
As for driving on the right, well there's a whole new subject
