Metric or Imperial

mikemac

Been raised in one or two other forums but not here, that I could see anyway

Metric for me anyway.
I know my height as 1.77 metres but not a notion what's that in feet & inches.

I understand weight in kg or stones or the American way of just pounds.
Though I remember getting a quizzical look from the local butcher after asking for 200gm of mince. Had to explain that was close to half a pound and sure look at your scales, it can measure grams.
"Aye young lad, but nobody ever asks for that"
A butcher who doesn't know weights?, I'll take my business elsewhere from now on.....

Don't drive often but I switched to metric system easily

What about you?

Give imperialists an inch and they'll take a mile!

MrCreosote

Imperial, I'm old skool!

Has to be metric. Anybody notice how much longer it takes to get places on the motorways in England compared to the continent. That's because they use miles.

Linku

Imperial, I'm old skool!

Metric for everything except the height of people.

I never got the hang of Imperial when in the US, and Fahrenheit is unbelievably confusing

edit: I realised I used Imperial for other things like clothing sizes, but that's because you have to. I saw there's some unbelievably confusing European dress sizes in the works...

Xavi6

The whole lot

Height - Feet
Weight - Stone
Distance - Kilometres
Football - Yards
Exaggeration - Miles ('He was 'kilometres' off ref' just doesn't sound right)
Waist size - Inches

robinph

Bit of both, and there is really no logic as to when I'd use one or the other.

Black Swan

Both

Mr.Lizard

Depends on the time of year. April to February I'm metrics otherwise I'm Imperial March.

Genghiz Cohen

Imperial, I'm old skool!

"The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it."

Distance and speed when driving has to be miles and my height and weight will be in feet and stone, I wouldnt know either in metric of the top of my head.

I use metric a lot in other situations though as working in physics dictates it.

Turd Ferguson

I use hand gestures for every measurement, for example I would stretch my arms out wide in a Jesus on the cross pose and say "He was this heavy!" or "I'll be done in this ammount of time"

BaconZombie

http://xkcd.com/526/

BaconZombie

That because a English mile is different from an Irish or any other mile.

MrCreosote wrote: »

Has to be metric. Anybody notice how much longer it takes to get places on the motorways in England compared to the continent. That's because they use miles.

chakotha

Didn't realise but I'm using mostly Imperial.

Old TV ad: "Can you show me a metre"

I know how to convert between both easily enough but a half a pound is easier to picture than 227 grams.

Well I would use Centigrade not so much Fahrenheit.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

A bit of both, I will never use kilometers. Talking to my girlfriend and her family (belgians) I have to convert miles to kilometers for them.

Measuring something I will use inches, my brother uses cm's. Weight is in stone, don't have a clue about the other weights, it's all bad anyway :P

Krieg

Imperial, I'm old skool!

Both, but id prefer to use metric

d6

Mix & Match, I use both

imperial all the way!

EdgarAllenPoo

Suppose since I don't drive it's not much of an issue but I was always a mile man instead of km.

Mal-Adjusted

Imperial, I'm old skool!

Metric all the way baby! Imperialists are living in the past!

NADA

Imperial, I'm old skool!

Metric exept I say 10 inches when asked about my willy.

walshb

I mix and match and I'm fairly proficient in both, however, I do think that when using certain 'metrics' for certain purposes, then one or the other should
be used.

Example: I am sick hearing on the radio or tv about a missing person, and when the media describes the person they describe him/her in the metric form. It should be in the imperial form to
appeal to the majority of the people!

Now, I know the metric form is used, but the vast majority of people will
automatically be able to picture a person who is 6 feet and 12 stone or
5 feet 7 inches and 10 stone as opposed to " The person is 1.84 metres and weighs 81 kg."

Most hearing this simply switch off and considering the smallest of details is so important with such a serious issue, you would expect the media to at least give the majority of the listeners a chance to
digest and understand the details!

Mr.Lizard

NADA wrote: »

Metric exept I say 10 inches when asked about my willy.

You should probably switch to metric for that too so that we can finally get an accurate measurement.