Reintroducing Imperial measures…..

Don't all hospitals do that?
Clearly they didn't all do it. My two were told me in imperial. 1979 & 1981. S. Yorks.

Zoejory

I read about this. Is it not just allowing shops to use Imperial measurements if they want? Not sure.

I have to admit to still asking for a quarter of whatever at the butchers. Or a half. Pint of milk etc etc .

And why did we never embrace metric when it came to weighing babies?

When my children were born their weight was recorded in metric and they are in their 30s and 40s. Don't all hospitals do that?

Perusal of my 1959 GCE O Level Maths. papers reveals only one reference to metric measurement: instructions for a trigonometry-related graph in Additional Mathematics II allowed the scales to be in either inches or centimetres (but not a mix of the two!).

Not surprisingly, therefore, I think mostly in Imperial, but switch happily between the two if I have to. What is complicated is converting metric fuel consumption figures to mpg. And what is g (gravity: 32ft/sec squared) in metric?

Trumpeting the reappearance of the crown stamp on the pint pot is just silly, but then we have a very silly PM.

growstuff

Mollygo

I probably happily coexist with some Leavers as I never discuss politics. It’s amazing how much blame was cast on older people for the referendum result, but none of them were on GN.

Are you joking?

Loads of them were (and probably still are) members of GN.

I detected a certain amount of irony in Mollygo's statement...

Just before the referendum Gnet ran a poll for members on Leave or Remain. Leave won very comfortably.

62Granny

It is all about being "British" again another stupid money wasting idea from the blonde haired nutter running this country.

The UK decided to adopt metric systems in 1965. It joined the Common Market in 1973. Does that mean that the country decided against being British in 1965?

Mollygo

I probably happily coexist with some Leavers as I never discuss politics. It’s amazing how much blame was cast on older people for the referendum result, but none of them were on GN.

Are you joking?

Loads of them were (and probably still are) members of GN.

I know people who voted leave but they never were people I would count as 'friends'. All my friends voted remain. Apart from one who only voted leave 'for a laugh' (his words). He never thought leave would win and regrets it now.

I have yet to see any evidence that there were any benefits and there are considerable downsides, this stupid proposal being one among many.

We are where we are.
Let's look forward.
The future is bright, it's in our hands
The people have spoken.

Etc, etc.

Nope, not convinced.

I have many friends who vote differently to me. Tory, Labour, Lib Dem, Green. Not one of them (except the one who's changed her mind) deluded enough to think that leaving the EU was a good idea.

Indeed. Heartily agree. Need to look forward not back. What’s done is done. Am a big fan of creating a good future. ….. no idea how though except don’t vote Tory ?‍♀️?

I know, and manage to remain, very happy with friends and family who vote differently to me.

I also believe that many Brexit voters are a bit like the shy Tories. They are well aware of the comments they're likely to get!

Excellent article in the Guardian touching on this subject. I believe it's dangerous to keep ridiculing those who vote Conservative or Brexit. What does it achieve?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/12/polls-shy-tories-left-conservatives

Also to all the people who regret their vote ... what a shame. But there's nothing to be done.

I probably happily coexist with some Leavers as I never discuss politics. It’s amazing how much blame was cast on older people for the referendum result, but none of them were on GN.

Alegrias1

^Since it is a plan (not a policy) and provides another option rather than forcing compliance, I cannot get too worked up one way or another. I will still be ordering a pint, measuring in inches while buying food in grams and, hopefully, still running (jogging) 10K charity races.^

Well presumably you were doing that already?

So why are they pretending that this is such a big thing, and what is the point, exactly?

For the record, I don't co-exist happily with any Leavers. I only know one and she's changed her mind.

Me too. … leavers that is. Everyone I know voted remain except for two friends who now bitterly regret it. Oh and a very elderly mum who voted leave because somebody on tv said so and has no idea why. ?‍♀️

I imagine they are doing it because they said they would. Like so many things politicians do, I don't see the point of it either.

We all live in our own worlds but sensibly discussing things with people who do not share my view helps me understand the other side of the argument and avoid making stereotypes of any large group of people, least of all half the population.

Since it is a plan (not a policy) and provides another option rather than forcing compliance, I cannot get too worked up one way or another. I will still be ordering a pint, measuring in inches while buying food in grams and, hopefully, still running (jogging) 10K charity races.

Well presumably you were doing that already?

So why are they pretending that this is such a big thing, and what is the point, exactly?

For the record, I don't co-exist happily with any Leavers. I only know one and she's changed her mind.

Since it is a plan (not a policy) and provides another option rather than forcing compliance, I cannot get too worked up one way or another. I will still be ordering a pint, measuring in inches while buying food in grams and, hopefully, still running (jogging) 10K charity races.

For me, it is a bit sad that it has given the usual suspects the opportunity to drag out those tired old stereotypes of the Leaver again. For the record, in the real world, many Leavers and Remainers have many values in common and exist happily with one another. Thankfully, I have almost as many friends and family who are Remainers as Leavers so it's quite difficult to have a stereotype of a Remainer.

It is all about being "British" again another stupid money wasting idea from the blonde haired nutter running this country.

They won’t bring imperial back. Some children have enough trouble working out how many centimetres in 5 kilometres. Imagine going back to working out
5 x 63,360 to find out how many inches in 5 miles. ( I never understood who would need to know that anyway.)

I don't think kilometres are relevant when you have mph, speed limits and road signs in miles.
Interestingly here in France I can still ask for une livre (a pound) of potatoes and get 500g more or less. Livres (pounds in money and weight), pieds and pouces (feet and inches) went out about 250 years ago. Land is obviously measured in hectares, but old people still talk about "mes acres".
Fifty years after decimalisation is nothing really.
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Exactly lemongrove.

Unfortunately the rhetoric plays into the hands of "Little Englanders"

I think most older people use a mixture and aren’t fussed either way.
Even younger people say ‘miles’ and ‘acres’.

I just hope the grocery items I buy are still at least labelled with the kilo/gram price too (as they were when metric measurements first came in) or comparative shopping will be a nightmare

Imperial measurements explained:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDUt-Kbxqsg

The fact that British women seem to think of their boobs in Imperial measurements is proof, if any were ever needed, that the EU didn't impose metric measurements on everything.

I still can't believe that anybody would be bothered about changing back to an antiquated system.

I guess it trying to appease leave voters as the economic reality of Brexit is a disaster.

We weren’t fully metric anyway and we won’t be fully imperial now anyway. So
Why the fuss. I bet if asked anyone under 40 how many inches in a foot or pounds in a stone most wouldn’t have a scooby do.