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[yesthattom]

"My first time renting a car in the UK, I was a little surprised at how long it took to get up to 100 on the motorway and was thinking disparaging remarks about this shitbox Escort. And then I realized that in the UK they still use miles."

-- Paul Tomblin

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[lovingboth]

I was born in 1962, and was taught at school as if we were just about to go metric. It still hasn't happened fully.

So.. things like bottled milk (pints), draught beer (pints) and distances on roads etc (miles) are still Imperial measurements, but most food is metric units.