Written 08/25
I think it was in the 1970s when Australia became metric, and everything became metric. There was no wishy washiness of showing the old and the new. No, this is metric, this is how it is. You learn it, and we did, because we had to. For some, no doubt they had to make mental conversions, but younger people such as I was, quickly picked up the new system.
A bad moment for me was when we were driving in England, looking for a turn off I saw a sign with the name and 200 yards ahead. I know a yard is a bit less than a metre, but my brain would not instantly calculate the distance to being not very far ahead. England is half metricated.
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Still think in inches and feet . Kilos and dollars are fine
ReplyDeleteI am ok with us Aussies being metric, but what confuses me is the UK seem to be a mixture of metric and imperial. Someone recently was talking about weight and used the term stones; I had to translate that to kilos
ReplyDeleteEven though we in Canada 🇨🇦 use the metric system, I am 69 years old and still have difficulty with it. It is not what I grew up with and I still use pounds and ounces.
ReplyDeleteDon't get me wrong, I am not totally in the dark about it, it is just easier and faster for me to stick with the old method.
Bring back the rods, poles, perches, chain, oz, lb (US or Imperial?), acres etc! Do you mean I learnt all that stuff in about year 4 or 5 at school all for nothing?
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