• Chris@feddit.uk
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        16 hours ago

        Something like this:

        (I’ve probably missed something, and also I don’t think that lbs for weight is correct, should be stone)

        • waz@feddit.uk
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          15 hours ago

          Yeah, weight still talked about in stone and lbs. But now the kids talk about theirs in kg, so there’s a need for a decision about age for metric/st’lbs”

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            15 hours ago

            I’m very much not a kid but I don’t understand stones at all, so my weight, which I rarely bother to measure anyway, I do in kgs.

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              13 hours ago

              I do mine in lbs just to be awkward. Things at work are in kilos, people in conversations are stones. I track my weight in lbs. That’s just the way it is.

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              14 hours ago

              I’m very much not a kid

              This implies young people in general. But even so, imperial is still used within times - its just that both systems are used interchangeably.

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                12 hours ago

                Even “young person” is stretching the definition of “young” 😂

                But, yes, I grew up with metric, and I don’t particularly remember learning anything about imperial measurements in school. Other than things like miles and mph (and why do we still measure fuel efficiency in mpg, when fuel hasn’t been sold by the gallon for years?), which as a driver I’m obliged to use, I’m fully metric.

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          15 hours ago

          Yes, weight should be in stone.

          “Are you in a pub drinking beer or cider?” is in imperial, although I think glasses are marked at the 568ml level. Spirits are sold in multiples of 25/35 ml.

          The significant difference in recipes is that we only measure liquids by volumes (which would be metric) - using cups and spoons for ingredients like flour would get you a funny look, those would be in grams which you would measure by weight.

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        15 hours ago

        Also, not forgetting the pint is 20oz in UK imperial, so the gallon is ~4.5L Not the 16oz USpint/3.8L US gallon