"Nick Finnigan" wrote in message
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"IMM" wrote:

"Simon Gardner" [dot]co[dot]uk wrote in message
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In article ,
(James Kemp) wrote:

Only 5 countries (other than Britain) do not use the metric
system.

Britain of course, is not one of them. Britain *does* use the metric
system
- with a few exceptions.

Britain half uses the metric system and stopped full implementation,
because
it became a tool of political idiots who equated the old Imperial
system
with patriotism. How dumb!

I'm not going to argue with your second statement (which is bleeding
obvious), but I certainly do with the first. With the odd exception
(like
road distances, road speeds and pub drinks and the odd recalcitrant,
luddite market stall holder), Britain is now metric.

And wallboards. Do other counries have 2.5m ceilings, or even 3m?

You find many items are in metric but in round old imperial sizes.


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