We're Getting Rid Of Daylight Savings Time
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You think that's bad? At least you guys have kept weight measurement fairly simple as in you would say "I weigh nnn pounds".
Here in UK we still use the pre-medieval measure of "stones" - there are 14 pounds in a stone. So it is very common to hear someone say "I weigh 14st 7lb" (st=stone, lb=libra=pound)
I had to learn the English engineering system, where the unit of mass is the "slug" (about 32 pounds, or a little over 2 stone) and the unit of force was the pound-force. Or the other English engineering system where the unit of mass is the pound-mass and the unit of force is the poundal. That, with calories and BTUs, made me a convert to SI (mks) metric fairly quickly. Even today, I convert from English units to metric, perform my calculation, and then convert back as needed.
In air and sea travel, I had to learn nautical miles (larger than statute miles) but memorized the conversion (1.852 km). It turns out there was a valid reason to define a nautical mile.
Ugh. I thought switching from metric to standard over and over was miserable
Try equating calories to British Thermal Units.
Ugh. Conversion is a good way to spaz perfectly good data. It is sneaky cuz ya think it is easy and or you just forget all together