harry k wrote:

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On Apr 27, 12:40 pm, Roger Blake wrote:

The metric system sucks ass. We don't want it, and furthermore we don't
give a rat's ass what bunch of effete Eurotrash may have to say about it.

For some values of "we". I, on the other hand, wish we would convert
to metric for the same reasons that many other posters have cited.

And, on a more frivolous note:
What woman wouldn't prefer to suddenly weigh what looks like half
what she did previously?

Brings up a question. Do the British still measure weight in
'stones'?

Not really except traditionally by older people. kg mostly.

Graham