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Originally Posted by baddog
Just an FYI, no one says, "oh, it is 1,000 yards down the road." Mile, half mile, quarter mile. And since I am watching the BBC version of Planet Earth why are some things meters and others miles when you are talking about width/breadth?
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UK has a mix n match method for all that.
All metric apart from roadsigns, they're in miles.
When it's hot we go imperial, cold metric.
Human weight is measured in stones.
The over 60's only know imperial,
30-60 know both,
Under 30's are metric.