JP didn't break any rules

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?

It was 1000 paces for a Roman Soldier.

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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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

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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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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

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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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Yeah, but it makes sense tho....

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Originally Posted by sArA

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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.

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Yeah, but it makes sense tho....

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Are you wee Boaby, from Banknock, at all.