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Old 16th February 2021, 18:50   #21
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Can anyone answer my question? What system of measurement do we use in the UK?
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Old 16th February 2021, 18:56   #22
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Can anyone answer my question? What system of measurement do we use in the UK?
We use both imperial and metric

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Old 16th February 2021, 21:40   #23
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A disgrace if the food on your table is dependent on how bent the bananas are that you might have unwittingly bought. Get a proper job ... you know who/what you are.
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Old 16th February 2021, 22:01   #24
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Ok, on the one hand there is the imperial system on the other there is the metric system. Can anyone tell me which system the UK uses?
Both.---Having been in the building industry for many years I can clearly remembering ordering some timber. 2" by 4" and 3.3 metres long.

I still use both sorts of measurements all of the time.

I've found, very conveniently, that my feet are exactly one foot long.
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My feet are, in the main, too big for the shoes that are on offer for sale in the UK. The beds and the bedding are also a bit on the short side for my length, not sure why as I was never much over 181cm tall. Many these days are taller. To those responsible, don't give up your day job. Enjoy it while it lasts.

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Old 17th February 2021, 08:47   #26
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I did suggest many years ago that clocks were going decimal which would give us ten seconds in each minute, of which there were ten in one hour, of which there were ten in each day: there were ten days in each week with ten of those in each month therefore ten months in one year.
Only thing was we had two weeks left over each year!
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Old 17th February 2021, 17:41   #27
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I believe computerisation was the main reason for metric system (being binary) plus easier engineering.

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Old 17th February 2021, 20:37   #28
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houses, perhaps older houses and those that are large and may be in the country and not towns, are still sold in acres as the plot size.
The uk still uses miles per hour to measure speed.

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Builders get a dozen+ houses to the acre now.
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Old 18th February 2021, 08:29   #29
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Builders get a dozen+ houses to the acre now.
Or maybe even a BAKERS DOZEN!
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Draught beer and cider can only be sold in Imperial pints.

However, people have to be careful with the trick question which is
"Do you want bottled or draught?"
Bottled beer, cider or whatever does not have to be supplied in imperial and can be any size that it wants to be.
Normally, you will be supplied 500ml or if you are unlucky 330ml.
This should be given to you in a uncalibrated glass.

Draft beer or cider should be served in a certified glass which were marked with a Crown from 1699 until 2006.
As the EU no longer authorised the use of the Crown, it was replaced by only CE markings from 2006 declaring that it is a British Imperial pint.

Don't anyone start me off about the Gill measure.
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