On 03/04/17 15:56, rickman wrote:
> On 4/3/2017 8:30 AM, alister wrote:
>> 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)
>
> Yes, inches are so much better...  Like 12 5/8 inches which is how many
> feet?
>
> There is nothing good about Imperial measures.
>
> One thing that metric has not dealt with is the ton.  There is a metric
> ton, but there are also many, many other types of tons which may or may
> not be defined in metric, but vary from the defined 1000 kg.
>
The metric ton is a tonne. 1000kg Slightly different from an Imperial Ton.

Those are the only two tons I am aware of.

The EU is responsible for neither.



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