Originally Posted by
xsnaggle
Well we have tons and Tonnes, and long tons and short tons, and in my local pints and half pints. I buy my meat in lb values and my car tells me how many miles to the gallon its doing.
In a timber yard one can buy wood as 2x6 by 4.8 or 4x2x 6m or whatever you want. (See what I did there TBG)
I buy my milk in Tesco in 4 pint containers.
But if you say we use the metric system, who am I to argue with you.