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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
More testiculation*from Boris…. Imperial measurements never really went away.
*from testiculate, to wave one’s arms around whilst talking bo***cks
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but they didn't did they?
For engineering (calculations etc), they definitely went away, but in everyday life........
I still weigh myself in Stones & Pounds
I measure my height in Feet and Inches
I drink pints
I recently bought some land was that measured in acres
My speedo reads mph, signs gives distances in miles.
I measure cold temperatures in Celsius and hot ones in Fahrenheit.
We as a nation are nominally bi-lingual between metric and imperial and happily use both depending on the scenario.