The real meat of the matter - in ounces pints and pounds

[LurkingHusband]

SO now we have thrown of the shackles of the EU, who is looking forward to a new era of imperial measurements ?

Finally we can buy shit in pounds and ounces. Hurrah !

Let's put aside the fact that I have only ever worked in metric at school (my class were the first to go all-metric in 1971). I'm sure I'll get used to it.

I can just about remember buying petrol in gallons.

And the increased cost of replacing all that obsolete weighing and measuring kit is a price worth paying for taking back control.

I'm surprised more people aren't talking about it.

genuine LOL maidofstars

Troys - the imperial system isn't even in line with itself, it's a bizarre hodgepodge of historical measures in an odd assortment of bases instead of all nice sensible base 10.

Well now Gove's insistence on times tables becomes clearer!
Personally I still do almost all weights and measures in metric except for swimming pools. Passed my driving test doing stopping distances in yards and worked in a deli measuring a quarter by hand.
The EU rules did prevent things being sold purely in imperial measures and that was much later than the UK decision to decimalise currency.

The EU rules did prevent things being sold purely in imperial measures and that was much later than the UK decision to decimalise currency.

The UK began decimalisation at the same time I started school. I recall teachers saying we were "lucky" as the years above us all had to change, having started in imperial. (Was never a bother for me, as we were exclusively metric at home anyway). Never once used imperial at school, college, or Uni.

As a footnote, the UK had a chance to lead Europe in metrication in 1899, and in 1904 8million people signed a petition for metrication.

As a matter of practicality I know we are never going to go back to imperial because bottom line is it will cost. A lot, for no gain whatsover. However, given the level of informed debate over Brexit, I was curious how people were thinking. Bearing in mind the anti-EU sentiment whipped up by the "metric martyrs" and the (apocryphal) story of a trader somewhere selling stuff in lbs after the vote as a you to the EU.

As others have pointed out upthread, there isn't even a standard pint or gallon anyway !

Oh good grief. I meant to say I do all my weights and measures in imperial not metric. I'm not swimming in yards.
I doubt we would go back to purely imperial but I wouldn't be surprised to see some UK labels showing 454g and 1lb. They won't change bottle/jar/packet sizes but where there's a 'traditional' product like Cheddar they might sell it in quarter pounds.
There are standard UK gallons and pints. The US have different measures.
don't really understand your general gist tbh. Is it 'Oh ho! You Brexiters are going to be mightily disappointed because you can't buy a pound of Opal Fruits"?
There was a bit of a Sun Style outrage about Eurocrats 'killing' markets and trying to steal our pints but really it was 4 people in Essex and a tabloid editor whipping up a frenzy. The landlords racked up ther 18 gallon barrels We only bought petrol in litres because the cost in gallons became unpalatable. Business will do what works financially for them.