Very dull Q. Imperial or metric and how old are you?

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I'm 47 and have never got the hang of metric even though I wasn't even born when the UK introduced the metric system (apparently in 1965)

I'm 62 and always think of height and body weight in imperial. However I use metric weights for recipes, and use metric weights and measures for work.

I always use centigrade for temperatures, never fahrenheit.

49 and both. I worked in a diy shop for a while where you could get 8ft x 4ft sheets of 6, 8 and 10mm wood. Any apprentice had to be taught imperial because not everybody understood cms and mms.

Early 40s.

Temperature - always centigrade. Cannot get Fahrenheit at all.

Adult human height/weight: imperial

My children’s height/weight: metric

Long distances: miles

Very short distances (less than 2m): either

Sewing: metric

Recipes: depends, a mix of both

Money: metric

Late 40s. Imperial for long distances and (human) heights and weights.
Metric for short distances and weighing for recipes etc.
I've never ever understood Farenheit.

53, largely imperial but metric when baking. I would though ask for a pound of apples etc so using metric doesn't carry over to food

I'm 46.

Imperial:
Height
Weight
Driving distances
Walking distances
Some recipes depending on the book they come from
Woodwork

Metric
Children's height
Children's weight
Running distances
Some recipes depending on book
Sewing

I'm a mixture same as most people I think.

My height is feet and inches but DC's is cm because that's what is in the red book.

If I follow a recipe it's usually metric unless it's American. But if I make a cake it's 6,4,4 Oz.

I’m 70 and do a mixture. Metric is great for measuring and weighing things but I can’t generally visualise in my head, apart from things like 15cm/6”

When metric was introduced (I’ve always thought it coincided roughly with decimal currency) there were a couple of doggerel verses which help me to this day

Two and a quarter pounds of jam
Make about a kilogram

And

A litre of water’s a pint and three-quarters

You’re welcome

Mid 30s - mainly metric
Miles/kilometres interchangeably
I know my height in both and can roughly imagine 5', 6', etc but prefer metric

I'm English and have spent most of my life here, but did spend a few years in a country which only uses metric and it seems to have stuck

As someone who's awful at maths, everything being in 10s is much easier

I'm early 40s

Long distance, I prefer miles although I'm a runner so anything under 10km I can understand how far it is without having to mentally convert into miles.

Very short distance (such as measuring a room), either ft or m will do.

Short distance (under a mile), I prefer metric. I'm not sure how long a yard etc is.

Heights of people: Metric for kids (under about 5ft) and ft and inches for adults

Weights for cooking: metric

Weights for people: I prefer stones and lbs. I would have a rough idea if someone is light or heavy if they gave their weight in kg though.

Both. 58.

I'm 65. I can do metric, length, capacity and weights, with no problem but temperature in Celsius as opposed to Fahrenheit totally defeats me. Is 24C hot? No idea.

37. I prefer metric but can use imperial and can convert if needed.

Temperature in summer is imperial, temperature in winter is metric.

I’m 45. I’m a mix of everything, but wound rather metric as easier. I do height in metres/centimetres. Weight in kilograms. Grams for baking. Cm for measuring.
I can work out pounds and ounces, stones.

Would rather km than miles, but, meh!

I drink in miles and drive in pints so Imperial

Metric apart from my own weight.

Mix too. 49. Even mix in same shop - pound of sausages, kilo of mince!

Im born in the 1940s and can recall the change to metric so am comfortable with both.

I sell online - mainly to Americans who use imperial. All my items are measured in imperial with metrics afterwards in brackets.

I would not object if we went back to yards and inches now we have dumped the EU.

I measure room sizes in metric but I have to change it back to feet to imagine how big something is. Same in cms and inches. Its much easier for me to estimate a inch than it is 2.5 cms. And this is why height has to be ft and inches because cms don't mean that much really.

@simitra

Im born in the 1940s and can recall the change to metric so am comfortable with both.

I sell online - mainly to Americans who use imperial. All my items are measured in imperial with metrics afterwards in brackets.

I would not object if we went back to yards and inches now we have dumped the EU.

Out if interest is American and British imperial the same? I thought I read somewhere they're different. But I don't know why they would be.

I'm 31 and can quite happily use both, it's not that much of a fuss surely?

imperial for everything, I’m 41.

Kilograms and kilometres can fuck off, I honestly have no idea what they mean. I had my third baby last year and they told me her weight in kg - meant jack shit!

And don’t tell me a room measurement in meters, I can’t visualise it. Tell me in feet and inches and i’ll know exactly what you mean.

40. Both.

Imperial for sewing and long distances, telling the hairdresser how much you want off and weighing humans.
Metric for cooking, volume, short distances.

@SallyOMalley

Imperial for my height, weight and clothing, metric for the kids' height, weight and clothing, metric when cooking, imperial for distance.

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Mad, isn't it? (I'm 50 btw).

This is me - I'm 45! Nuts!