The Americans still use imperial and they don't seem to have a problem with it.
Good news for the Imperialists
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Only when it suits them.
Like most people who grew up with imperial but adopted metric, I find myself switching between measurements to suit. Door sizes will always be tattooed into my head in imperial and will never change.
However, when it comes to doing math's (especially multiplying) imperial is a waste of time. Working out area, volume, window sizes, beam sizes etc is all metric as are all the people we deal with in the industry.
Can anyone apart from JBR multiply or divide large fractions?
No, once we get past small ones no hope.
I can use mixed too, but all the measurements for plastering work are metric apart from
8 foot beads (but next sizes up are metric like 2.6, 3m)
And work in kilos but still tell the young lads we used to carry two hundredweight bags when I was their age 😄🙇
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A woodwork teacher taught us that an inch was 24mm so half inch was 12mm and a quarter was 6mm. He thought it would make it easier to understand. Which it did - until I had to actually start measuring things for real. Damaged me for life and I'm thinking of putting in a claim for compensation.
Personally I'm quite happy with a mixture. It retains a bit of quirky interest while using metric for the important stuff. And, as a bonus, it ****es the French off.
Personally I'm quite happy with a mixture. It retains a bit of quirky interest while using metric for the important stuff. And, as a bonus, it ****es the French off.
When decimilisation happened all the prices went up, it would be great if undecimilisation 
happened and they all went back down.
Some chance.
happened and they all went back down.Some chance.
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Not as much as the variety of sizes of some things like PB (2.0, 2.4, 2.5 metres) and Spanish slates, etc. (no slate and a half available)
And the discrepancy of copper pipe (UK: 10,15,22,28mm - French: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 22, 28mm)
I much prefer to drive in France, apart from other reasons, the distances always seem to reduce quicker than in UK.
I did say 'vulgar' (= common) fractions. For example, 1/2 x 1/4 = 1/8
Like you, I find myself using both imperial and decimal measurements, whichever is the most convenient or applicable at the time.
I much prefer to drive in France, apart from other reasons, the distances always seem to reduce quicker than in UK.
I don't often quote you, DC, so my apologies.
The reason why distances in France appear less than in Britain is simple: they don't do traffic jams, road works and ubiquitous cones.
I much prefer to drive in France, apart from other reasons, the distances always seem to reduce quicker than in UK.
I don't often quote you, DC, so my apologies.
The reason why distances in France appear less than in Britain is simple: they don't do traffic jams, road works and ubiquitous cones.
Bet there a bloody big queue behind RNjohndeere's tractor.
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Then you're not a successful gambler, obviously. Or vastly over-estimated the amount of traffic in France.I much prefer to drive in France, apart from other reasons, the distances always seem to reduce quicker than in UK.
I don't often quote you, DC, so my apologies.
The reason why distances in France appear less than in Britain is simple: they don't do traffic jams, road works and ubiquitous cones.
Bet there a bloody big queue behind RNjohndeere's tractor.
I much prefer to drive in France, apart from other reasons, the distances always seem to reduce quicker than in UK.
I don't often quote you, DC, so my apologies.
The reason why distances in France appear less than in Britain is simple: they don't do traffic jams, road works and ubiquitous cones.
Bet there a bloody big queue behind RNjohndeere's tractor.
Assuming he's finally fixed it.
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It's extremely well, thanks, better than it's been for a good while.I much prefer to drive in France, apart from other reasons, the distances always seem to reduce quicker than in UK.
I don't often quote you, DC, so my apologies.
The reason why distances in France appear less than in Britain is simple: they don't do traffic jams, road works and ubiquitous cones.
Bet there a bloody big queue behind RNjohndeere's tractor.
Assuming he's finally fixed it.
The right fiddle brake has been seized now for a long time, 'cos I rarely use 'em. But they're both free now.
And although it was struggling to start in the cold weather before, it's now starting at -5 without any problem. So I'm well chuffed.
Still got some work to do on the trailer though, new jack seals, (and clevis pins 'cos I fchuked the originals taking the jack off), one rear side light and brakes to adjust.
It'll keep me busy.
Will there be any stopping him now with a free fiddle brake?
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