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Originally posted by SilentTrigger*MFA*
Welcome to the good side, the metric system that is 
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Although we may now measure certain things using the metric system, the old imperial measures are alive and well and surprisingly at least locally, being used more and more by younger people.
I think those imperial measures are part of what makes us who we are as a nation and they have a very strong hold on our national indentity.
We have always here in Britain moved between using both imperial and metric measurements and I see no reasonin future for us not to continue to do so.
Trying to get us all to think and in this case, measure things the same as everyone else in Europe has quite recently received a well aimed kick in the pants, witness the rejection of the European "constittution" and besides aren't our differences the source of much joy that makes travelling between say Sweden and the U.K., much more interesting
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Warm Regards