Originally Posted by
Curious Pax
Showing your age a bit? I’m 54, and was only taught in metric (though we knew what feet and inches were). Not sure what percentage of the population are my age or under, but as you say you can add in over 54s with a scientific background, so a big chunk of the population in total.
Actually I am one of those odd people in the UK (certainly, but not exclusively of my generation - fast approaching the scrap heap!!) who knows and measures his height in metres (1.78) and weight in kg, I don't actually know my weight in stones - but I could work convert it if I really needed to. People simply don't understand, or at least don't want to understand metric measurements in daily life. I told someone, quite honestly as it happens, that I've lost 6 kg over the last 6 months. She said "what's that?". And as for telling people the weight of newborn babies in kg, don't even go there!!