Quote from: nobbynobbynoob on June 09, 2013, 01:51:05 PM

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Quote from: drakahn on June 08, 2013, 07:10:26 AM

Most people probably don't need to adapt, the metric system has been around for a while

True, I'm one of those Americans who never had to learn the metric system, so I and us fellow Americans are probably more confused than the rest of the world would be.

When I went with my father to England and visited a friend who owned a few race horses I had a real headacke with 5 furlongs , 7 furlongs , 5 furlong and 16 yards , 5 furlong and 182 yards.
At that time I wondered why can't they just go with 1000m , 1200m , 1300m.

But I bet a brit would be confused by the metric system as I am by theirs.

Britain has used and educated peeps in metric since ~ 1975. Horse racing, road signs and cricket are the exception.

I still make fairly frequent use of non-metric stuff mainly for the benefit of [some of] my American friends.

Hmm , I spent to little time there, so you might be right but I can clearly remember that the first two houses we checked to buy near the Kempton racecourse had their surface advertised in sq feet.