Posted on 09/16/2021 1:30:54 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
how many cups would that be?...
Well that’s why there’s seven dimes in a quarter.😆
Not ounces.
There are three stone in a furlong.
Twelve or fourteen?
125 grammer?
yep...
One of my most used measurement units; the skoshe.
And what about all the other non binary English measurements?
Australia went metric back in the 1960’s (before I was born). That said, while everything is metric, Imperial units are still understood and used in informal measurements, certain industries, and in common language.
Examples:
- It isn’t uncommon for new parents letting everyone know how big their baby was at birth will use both pounds/ounces and grams to describe weight.
- Men know that 6 inches is good, 9 inches gets attention, and 12 inches gets you a new potential career oppertunity.
- The aviation, maritime and Defence industries all use Imperial and Metric. As an ex Navy officer, I am comfortable with inches, feet, yards, cables, nautical miles, fathoms, and pounds.
- TV screen sizes are all advertised in inches and beer in pubs is sold in glasses based on imperial (ask for a pint of beer, you’ll get 20 fl oz of beer).
- Land sold in hectares will usually also list the size in acres as well.
Absolutely. 6 sets of 355.
https://www.ft.com/content/23569cd6-edc1-475e-956a-53ffe5ac5f1c
The metric system was always overhyped. There were many civilizations that didn't use a base-10 numbering system because they had found something else more practical. Which is why there's 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour. So there's no foundation for the claim that base-10 is universally superior.
Can you imagine the stupidity of trying to convince the crew of an old whaling ship to stop calling it "a fathom" (which was the breadth of an average man's outstretched arms) and start calling it "182 centimeters" instead?
Waist, for instance.
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