On Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:05:23 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote:

> Not used here, except by scientists, until forced by the EEC. A vast
> improvement over the geriatric FPS system, which should have died at
> least a century before it did. $DEITY knows why the Yanks still persist
> in using it.

for the same reason that you still measure distances in miles & prefer to
by your beer in pints
(& I suspect you know you're height in Feet & Inches & your weight in
stone)
imperial measurements are based on natural body measurements & therefore
more comfortable for some purposes. The scale is also more convenient

12 inches in much nicer than 0.3m or even 300mm (30cm is not to bad if
you want to use a non iso subdivision)





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