What cheeses me off

[Lynda2475]

Well Mum taught primary school and they taught metric ever since the dollar came in which was in the 60s and my friend who is here for dinner is 55 started school in 1974 and only ever learnt metric.

 

[JohnK]

I float between the two, even combining sometimes. When I moved to UK to study in the early 70s I had to make the transition to SI units. It wasn't difficult and now I am, fluid.

I hit a 240 metre drive and followed that up with a 7 iron to 6 feet but left the putt an inch short.

 

[prozac]

Given imperial measurements havent been taught in Aussie schools for over 55 years, the majority of the population only know metric.

Still teaching it in 1973. I started on SI Units in UK in 74.

 

[n7of9]

What kind of psycho measures things in 2.54cm increments?

 

[RooFlyer]

I’m still in imperial for personal height and tyre pressure, but SI units for just about everything else.

But wait, there's more!

Using a screen & resolution - dots per inch
Buying a screen (TV or other) - screen size in inches
Aviation - height in feet

 

[drron]

What kind of psycho measures things in 2.54cm increments?

People who like the old 3 Stooges. Slowly I turned and step by step, inch by inch……..

Google it.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Maybe then
Given I went to med school almost 50 years ago and metric was taught then it stuck

Tincture of Iodine?

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I use imperial for length.

Rumours have it it’s bigger in millimetres!

 

[Lynda2475]

UK still uses some imperial measurements like miles and many people talk about weight in stones.

Mum was definitely teaching 3rd and 5th graders metric in 1970. Now of course if you were already at uni by the 70s you may have been learning metric as an adult, but kids who started school in 1970 definitely did not learn imperial in Australia, may have been different elsewhere.

 

[MARTINE]

Tincture of Iodine

Leeches in my day

 

[Pushka]

Well Mum taught primary school and they taught metric ever since the dollar came in which was in the 60s and my friend who is here for dinner is 55 started school in 1974 and only ever learnt metric.

Started school in 1974?. I'd matriculated by then and started Uni. So there's 12 years difference right there. 1972 seems to be when it was started being taught in schools. I was in year 11 which means my education was based on imperial. Not Sure how teachers were teaching it in 1966 as it wasn't accepted as part of the curriculum yet.

Metrication in Australia

took place between 1970 and 1988. Before then, Australia mostly used the imperial system for measurement, which the Australian colonies had inherited from the United Kingdom. Between 1970 and 1988, imperial units were withdrawn from general legal

en-academic.com

 

[drron]

And I started school in 1952. Definitely imperial for me.
Plus you forget a lot of youngsters watch essentially USA TV and film so get to know imperial measurements.

 

[tgh]

Measuring stuff was a major part of my life, I am (or was…) ambidextrous .
Imperial and metric were juxtaposed somewhat indiscriminately across the industry for a long time ; even today lots of Imperial in the mix.. Drill sizes, Thread measurements, the list goes on

 

[RooFlyer]

1973 was when metric system was taught in schools alone. But of course kids for years after that had parents who were 'imperial', so would have been 'bi-systemic' . You probably have to go to people born in the 1990s for them to have been able to avoid the imperial system at home or in school.

My gym trainer is 24 and states his height in feet/inches and knows what I mean when I talk about my (excessive) pounds.

 

[JessicaTam]

Started school in 1974?. I'd matriculated by then and started Uni. So there's 12 years difference right there. 1972 seems to be when it was started being taught in schools. I was in year 11 which means my education was based on imperial. Not Sure how teachers were teaching it in 1966 as it wasn't accepted as part of the curriculum yet.

Metrication in Australia

took place between 1970 and 1988. Before then, Australia mostly used the imperial system for measurement, which the Australian colonies had inherited from the United Kingdom. Between 1970 and 1988, imperial units were withdrawn from general legal

en-academic.com

Yep. I started school in '72 and it was metric then.

 

[Lynda2475]

And I started school in 1952. Definitely imperial for me.
Plus you forget a lot of youngsters watch essentially USA TV and film so get to know imperial measurements.

I don't forget that, I'm sure I've watched more American TV than the average person but knowing the imperial names doesn't mean you can picture or approximate the measure.

I only learnt metric at school, have always given my height in cms, feet and inches mean nothing to me. I know a mile is longer than a kilometre but wouldn't have a clue how to convert I've never had needed to, when I travel google maps gives me distances in meters and kilometres even if the locals use outdated system.

I only needed to learn a kg is 2.2 pounds when I started flying in the US as a adult in late 90s and had to understand the luggage allowance on the old printed tickets. I'll never understand stones.

Somone said baby weights are still given in imperial, not my experience.

Mum says metric much easier to teach too.

 

[serfty]

'63 for me, so I'm a cusper. Was taught both and can work with both

5280, 1768, 16 etc.

6' ... 183cm

In 1992, when youngest daughter was born and weighed, the midwife read out 4.6kg ... I immediately said a bit over ten pounds, she looked shocked.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Leeches in my day

A pint of leeches please with the Guinness.

And fuel is sold in litres but fuel efficiency is in MPG.

a quote I saw “Because the UK is going metric, inch by inch.”

 

[Flyfrequently]

Maybe then
Given I went to med school almost 50 years ago and metric was taught then it stuck

Alfred Hospital Melbourne 1973, we were given a cheat sheet for Imperial to Metric and told that is what we had to use and learn. I found cheat sheet 10 years ago when moving house and donated it to The Nursing Archives.

Interestingly, Flyfrequently offspring born in 1980 was 6 lb 8 oz and 51 inches long

 

[anat0l]

Using a screen & resolution - dots per inch
Buying a screen (TV or other) - screen size in inches

Americans have the world by the balls in quite a few arenas of technology.

That's why if you want your red text to appear in the middle of the screen - web page or GUI - you'll be forced to write  color and  center.

(Yes, the original WCMO post has now taken a new turn off....)

 

[prozac]

Interestingly, Flyfrequently offspring born in 1980 was 6 lb 8 oz and 51 inches long

Same in 1990