Some of dis and some of dat

[packman]

[DeeNice]

1. That burger thing...

We should've gone metric decades ago but the same stupid people that can't figure this out rejected/refused to learn an even easier system.

[TheRealNorth]

3. It's an easier system...

But a lot of people don't have a working knowledge of how a liter of something compares to a gallon, how a kilogram of beef compares to a pound, etc. Some people would have to unlearn a lifetime of experience.

[IronLionZion]

5. I recently encountered that at a German beer garden

where my date tried ordering 2 flights of beer for us which would be a total of 4 liters. She had no idea how much a liter was and I was like everyone has seen 2 liter bottles of soda. It's not reasonable to drink that much.

[TheRealNorth]

7. Imagine the RW hysteria...

If they had to order their steak in kilograms instead of ounces.

[IronLionZion]

8. I would have trouble with kilograms too

100 grams is about the size of a deck of playing cards. A 1 kilo steak is 35 ounces which is a quite a lot of steak.

[IronLionZion]

6. If you really want to be confused, check out the British system

where they have stones for weight, miles for distance, imperial pints for beer which are different from US pints, fathoms for sea depth, and metric for lots of other things. I need a dram of scotch whisky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Don't forget hundredweights ...

1 cwt = 112 lbs = 8 stone

Traditionally, "London-style" anvils were embossed with three numbers, giving the weight in cwt, quarter-cwt, and pounds. So ... 1 1 10 would be 112+28+10 = 150 lbs.

Why anyone would choose to say "quarter hundredweight" in place of "two stone" is beyond me.

[tblue37]

2. K&R and thanks. nt

[Grokenstein]

4. But for kids six and above? Go for it!