Robatoy wrote:

On Sep 8, 8:34*am, dpb wrote:
Robatoy wrote:

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But what seems to be the reason for the US hold-out to stay with an
archaic system?

Comfort...it's what people grew up with so it's what's natural.

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Interfacing easily with almost all other nations on earth would also
bring comfort, no?

feet and inches are often far easier to remember than metric measurements as the
numbers get larger , you also have the problem that different trades in different
countries use different protocols , some use metres some centimetres others
millimetres but they dont always identify which , leads to fun and games sometimes .

The other issue is that in the us as well as the uk most homes were built to
imperial standard dimensions so you use 8 by 4 sheets of ply or plasterboard , in
europe most plasterboard sheet material is now metric 1200 by 2400 , 1800 by 900
which creates problems in refit works specs etc

6 feet /72 inches is often easier to remember than 1828mm