Originally Posted by THR (Post 7681875)

I understand, saying something like 5'2" sounds taller than saying 170cm.

Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede (Post 7681649)

Yes. Why would anyone introduce metric and keep using Imperial? That makes no sense whatsoever.





Correct.



Yes, the reality is exactly like that.



Metric. You will occasionally encounter people who were educated in the pre-metric era, who often use a mixture of metric and Imperial. But they'll all be dead in a few decades, so it's not a big problem.



We have no such problem. Our neighbours all use metric as well.

Originally Posted by wanderingwombat (Post 7681695)

You mean like a country that sells milk by the pint, petrol by the litre and measures distance in miles?????? :D

WW

Originally Posted by Hebe (Post 7682116)

Because pints, miles, fathoms and hectares are excluded from metrication.

Originally Posted by MartinLuther (Post 7682129)

hectares are part of the metric system.

But it does raise the point that acres are used a lot in Aus for things like house plots and small farms whereas hectares are used for large areas like the size of a forest.

Originally Posted by MartinLuther (Post 7682129)

Another unusual one is that houses are sold in squares (10' by 10') which is not a measure I've seen elsewhere.

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 7682322)

1 hectare = 10,000 sq metres?

I suppose it is about choosing a number which then doesn't get too big. 6ft more meaningful than 182cm.

100 Hectares of land burnt is easier to manage than 250 acres, especially when that number is getting bigger and equal to an area the size of Greater London. Saying that my workbench is 3 feet across is easier than giving that in cm although some tradies would smart...



But of course, being the all-round top bloke you are, this does not faze you, or want to make you think about the Barratt houses of Olde England...

Originally Posted by THR (Post 7681815)

Your answer is interesting as the case in England is that everyone still uses the imperial for both height and weight but no one measures any liquid, be it lemonade or petrol, in gallons any more, it is all litres.

Originally Posted by MartinLuther (Post 7682092)

Here's one of my favourite UK signs :D

http://kalafudra.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/bunker.jpg

Originally Posted by MartinLuther (Post 7681833)

I'm sure you can sill buy pints in the UK :D

Originally Posted by THR (Post 7681875)

I understand, saying something like 5'2" sounds taller than saying 170cm.

Originally Posted by MartinLuther (Post 7682475)

It's usually about context. A common one is using kms for distance. Saying Brisbane is 1.7 megametres from Melbourne doesn't conjure up the image as 1700 kms.

Originally Posted by Alfresco (Post 7682990)

Not anymore (for milk that is), it's all in litres - BUT we buy our milk in 2.272 litre plastic bottles from most supermarkets here in the UK. :confused:

It's 4 pints I know, but whats the point of that?