2026-09-27 08:47 UTC
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@SteveClough@metalhead.club 2026-09-27 12:03
@John_Loader@ohai.social @alexf24@mstdn.social @nobrainnopain@social.tchncs.de @kibcol1049@mstdn.social @tiggy@mastodonapp.uk @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot In fairness, we are very inconsistent. We sell milk in 4 pint bottles, but also in 2L bottles, which is similar in size, but a little but smaller. I think we will become metric in most things in time. But distances, almost certainly we will retain miles and yards, because most people who drive understand these, and it would cause a whole lot of problems to change. I can see in 30 years time, we would be putting up signs in both, and slowly changing over.
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@pthane@toot.wales 2026-09-27 18:09
@John_Loader@ohai.social @alexf24@mstdn.social @nobrainnopain@social.tchncs.de @kibcol1049@mstdn.social @tiggy@mastodonapp.uk @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot I keep debating this with people younger than me (74). I did O Level engineering in '68 using imperial. Then A Level in '70 in metric. We were all being prepared to switch totally by the mid 70s but then the anti EU types conflated metric with 'Brussels' (and decimal currency in 71) and the govt started to abandon the switch over.