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Metric vs. Imperial

View Poll Results: Which of the following do you use?

ounces, pounds, stones

56.25%

ounces, pounds, stones
	9	56.25%

grams, kilograms

56.25%

grams, kilograms
	9	56.25%

inches, feet, miles

50.00%

inches, feet, miles
	8	50.00%

cm, m, km

81.25%

cm, m, km
	13	81.25%

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20-03-2011, 01:28 PM

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Claymores

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Claymores

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When I was a wee kiddie, the UK decimalised the monetary system (1971 was it?!). For a 6 year old who had only just got a grasp of the value of money, that was a bit of a shocker to have to learn again.

I had imagined that most younger people would be almost totally metric - hence know their height/weight in cms/kgs rather than feet n inches/stones n pounds.

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