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I've got a headache. So many figures that I have long forgotten. We went metric many years ago, although many make it harder for themselves by trying to maintain both systems. You work out what you want in metric and it's converted to imperial at the counter.
We do have two public railway gauges: Standard 1430mm (4' 8 and 1/2") and Broad 1600mm (5' 3"). Much of that is being converted to 1430mm. There are a number of private narrow gauges as well.
Centimetres were not part of our metric adoption but it is used everywhere. Everything is shortened these days, possibly due to people trying to fit it into SMS texting with their busy lives. We can now buy so many kilos (thousands multiplier) of sausages, so many mils (engineering term for thousandths of an inch) of milk and the list goes on.
What's the go in Britain, part metric and part imperial? Don't they still use miles? There must be a rational reason for it.
We do have two public railway gauges: Standard 1430mm (4' 8 and 1/2") and Broad 1600mm (5' 3"). Much of that is being converted to 1430mm. There are a number of private narrow gauges as well.
Centimetres were not part of our metric adoption but it is used everywhere. Everything is shortened these days, possibly due to people trying to fit it into SMS texting with their busy lives. We can now buy so many kilos (thousands multiplier) of sausages, so many mils (engineering term for thousandths of an inch) of milk and the list goes on.
What's the go in Britain, part metric and part imperial? Don't they still use miles? There must be a rational reason for it.