Kilometres and kg

[Freakbro]

I use both imperial or metric, probably interchangeably and inconsistently, so no I dont care in the slightest.

 

[Sinbad2000]

As someone who grew up in a metric country, and is slllooowwwwwlllly starting to adjust to not going "WTF!?" when seeing a sign for a motorway exit in 1 metre, I don't understand why the adherence to old confusing standards, just for the sake of it...?
Metric measurements make so much more sense - why still use MPG when fuel is sold by the litre? Way too many mental arithmetics needed to get sense out of the info!

/edit yeah I do understand that it would be a massive, costly exercise to actually execute a change from miles to km ...

 

[Kreeeee]

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[NotAGolf]

I'm 35 android have always used kg for weight.

I used imperial for distance until I started running which meant I switched to metric. I even switched my bike computer to metric which has taken some getting used to and I still occasionally convert to imperial, but that's getting less common.

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

No one uses KM in their car so why when running or biking? Do people want to make it out like they went further.

I think it is because it is easier when you need to work with fractional/shorter distance measurements when doing some sort interval training. For example 4x400M intervals. What would that be in imperial? Also sports are in metric. The track is 400m long not what ever it would be in imperial.

When driving long distances I understand miles better than Km's (though i have been slowly fixing that), but i have no clue how far a yard is.

 

[peterwalkley]

I think this went unnoticed, are you a politician .

I'm married with two teenage daughters - flying under the radar is a useful skill

 

[Freakbro]

but i have no clue how far a yard is.

3ft

(0.914 metres)

 

[Semple]

No one uses KM in their car so why when running or biking? Do people want to make it out like they went further.

I suspect that's because all our signage is in mph, and info signs with distance to town etc are also in miles. Fuel efficiency is measured in mpg. It would need an expensive overhaul just to bring everything in line with the metric system.

 

[Hagar]

Only old people or northerners still use stone to measure body weight. It hasn’t been used for generations now.

Yeah, my gran (Nottinghamshire) bought flour and potatoes by the stone, coal by the cwt (hundredweight) =112lbs or one twentieth of a tonne. Eight stones is a hundredweight. For people of that generation they needed their mental flexibility and good primary school arithmetic to get by. No calculators either.

 

[Hades]

I'm 52 and have always used a mix of imperial and metric:

Weighing myself: stones and pounds
Weighing anything else: kilogrammes and grammes

Measuring my height: feet and inches
Measuring long distance in a car: miles
Measuring short distance in a car: meters
Measuring any other distance: meters, centimeters and millimeters

Measuring temperature today: celcius
Measuring temperature when I was a teenager: centigrade
Measuring temperature as a kid: fahrenheit

Measuring beer and milk: pints
Measuing any other liquid: litres and millilitres


It really is time to just get rid of imperial measurements and move over to metric fully.

 

[robj20]

I've only recently swapped to metric for body weight and distance mostly because of my Garmin watch it just seems easier than lbs and miles.

For work I have to know US imperial as well.

 

[marcg868]

Not bothered understand both and use both.

 

[Deleted User 298457]

Re-post:

In summary, get over it boomer.

 

[LeoK]

Like many, it doesn't bother me. I just approx. estimate / convert when needed. I have to work with others internationally. There's little point in using imperial measurements with them. Some have never even heard of stones. Therefore, I keep it simple; elephants and Nelson Columns.

 

[englishpremier]

does anyone here measure fuel consumption in l/100km?

Yes. Normally getting around 4.9l/100km less in short city travels.

I'm pretty sure that in school we only learned metric. I don't recall ever being taught inches/feet etc.. and I have no idea how much in metric an ounce or a stone might be, or a fluid ounce in ml.

Did you imperial lot go to school in the 60s or something?

 

[Deleted User 298457]

4.9l/100km

 

[Freakbro]

My previous Mazda 6 displayed fuel efficiency in L/100km

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

3ft

(0.914 metres)

Ah yes now I can do my 4x365.6 Yard intervals.

Someone once told me that a Yard is approximately a metre. Yeah, for the first metre after that good luck.

At least the Americans made their minds up to be consistently primitive.

 

[Surveyor]

Yes. Normally getting around 4.9l/100km less in short city travels.

Your getting 57.6mpg, your consumption is 4.9L/100km.

 

[haaammit]

[Abe] My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it. [/Abe]

Like most on here I use both and don't have an issue with it. Always amused me at the lumber yard ordering 4.2 meters of 4"x2"

 

[LeoK]

[Abe] My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it. [/Abe]

When reading the OP, that's exactly what I was thinking too. It's funny as I believe it's a genuine unit of measurement ! (at least wiki says so)