Alan B'Stard
Well-Known Forumite
Having just read an ad on the forum for an item in centimetres, it struck me (once again) how I so much prefer the imperial system of measurement, as size seems more "real" in inches. (cue Basil)
I was taught metric all throughout school and being the mathematical genius I am, achieved my Grade C GCSE as a "mature" student, obviously showing an understanding of metric.
As a young teenage boy, I worked in my parents hardware shop, selling things by both imperial and metric sizes for the younger and older customers, mostly the latter.
My parents conversed in imperial sizes and I suppose it has stuck with me.
Now, what I'd like to know is, am I alone in this?
I know what 36" or 3 foot looks like but I couldn't convert that to cm without an aid and if you quoted me the size in cm's I'd have to really think about it.
And yet it was metric I learnt at school and then restudied some years later, weird, dontcha think?
I was taught metric all throughout school and being the mathematical genius I am, achieved my Grade C GCSE as a "mature" student, obviously showing an understanding of metric.
As a young teenage boy, I worked in my parents hardware shop, selling things by both imperial and metric sizes for the younger and older customers, mostly the latter.
My parents conversed in imperial sizes and I suppose it has stuck with me.
Now, what I'd like to know is, am I alone in this?
I know what 36" or 3 foot looks like but I couldn't convert that to cm without an aid and if you quoted me the size in cm's I'd have to really think about it.
And yet it was metric I learnt at school and then restudied some years later, weird, dontcha think?