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Old 10-31-2014, 04:59 AM  
blinki bill
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Originally Posted by Manfap View Post
In the UK though we really like confusing people.
We still use miles for roadsigns, but measure shit in metric.

Anyone over the age of about 50 doesn't do metric, younger than 30 can't do imperial.

When its hot we go fahrenheit, when cold we switch to celsius. (not sure where the switch point is though.)

Peoples weight is measures in stones and height in feet.
so true, UK is a wired mix between the two systems, sometimes it can be confusing.
Imagine, you know that the speed limit on a motorway is 90mph and the distance to your destination is 100km, now go calculate how long is it going to take.
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