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] Date Posted: 16:29:38 01/13/05 Thu In reply to: Ed Harris (London) 's message, "Oh dear." on 16:21:14 01/07/05 Fri 'many people - and not just older people - can't work in centius. I can't, and I left school only four or five years ago' I left school 15 years ago and I 'learnt' both metric and imperial, which in practice means I am totally confused and don't really understand Imperial once we get beyond simple every day measurements, but tend to talk and think in Imperial much of the time. What I have done quite unconsciously though, I suppose, is to choose the aspects of both systems that best work for me. I therefore count in the following measures: Distance: mm, cm, feet, yards/metres, miles Weight: lbs, stones, kgs Temperature: Centigrade (in winter), Fahrenheit (in summer). (my temperature scale thus jumps about 40 degrees between cold and warm weather!) Volume: pints, litres Say I'm barmy if you like, but it sort of works for me, and I'm not willing to be told by anyone what I must or mustn't use. Particularly not the EU! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |