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    Chewie's Avatar Chew E. Bakke
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    I tend to use both system, having been brought up with them.
    The trouble with imperial measurements is that there's no consistency with them...
    16 ounces = 1 pound
    14 pounds = 1 stone
    8 stones = 1 cwt
    20 cwt = 1 ton (I think)

    12 inches to a foot
    3 feet in a yard
    2 yards in a fathom
    1760 yards in a mile? who the hell came up with that one?
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    It was 1000 paces for a Roman Soldier.

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    I use whichever is convenient. Metric for bits smaller than an inch, then imperial for bigger stuff. I also use imperial in cooking.

    Oddly, I have also used grammes expressed as fractions of ounces. But it seems to work ok

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    Quote Originally Posted by sArA
    I use whichever is convenient. Metric for bits smaller than an inch, then imperial for bigger stuff. I also use imperial in cooking.

    Oddly, I have also used grammes expressed as fractions of ounces. But it seems to work ok
    I used to work with a fella who used both. He would regularly give measurements like 2 metres 4 inches.

    He did it with no hint of irony.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPaul
    Quote Originally Posted by sArA
    I use whichever is convenient. Metric for bits smaller than an inch, then imperial for bigger stuff. I also use imperial in cooking.

    Oddly, I have also used grammes expressed as fractions of ounces. But it seems to work ok
    I used to work with a fella who used both. He would regularly give measurements like 2 metres 4 inches.

    He did it with no hint of irony.
    Yeah, but it makes sense tho....

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    Quote Originally Posted by sArA
    Quote Originally Posted by JPaul
    I used to work with a fella who used both. He would regularly give measurements like 2 metres 4 inches.

    He did it with no hint of irony.
    Yeah, but it makes sense tho....
    Are you wee Boaby, from Banknock, at all.

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