reminded of this today
https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/pr4dsi/how_to_measure_things_like_a_brit/
It's very funny - but vastly oversimplified.
The craziest things is motoring where road signs are by law in yards and miles
Fuel efficiency is in miles per gallon
But we buy fuel in litres
and before you ask "how do we figure out ...?"
We don't - we are always confused - and have been since we started going metric around 50 years ago - and then just never finished the transition.
#metric #uk
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