Zone1 inches or cm, pounds or kg?

[Zebra]

What do you use?
Only one way, or a mixture?

And …. Fahrenheit or Celsius?

 

[TNHarley]

inches, pounds and fahrenheit. Im not a weirdo.

 

[LuckyDuck01!]

Many years ago, there was a push for Americans to accept centimeters and kilograms instead of inches/feet and pounds, we overwhelmingly rejected it, except apparently in the area of illegal drugs.

 

[Muhammed]

all of the above

 

[Zebra]

The Irish have the km now.

 

[my2¢]

I remember Jimmy Carter tried to push the metric system. Me sense to me to transition to it. The Cincinnati Reds had both unit of measures on their outfield fence.

Currently here in Arizona, I-19 running between Nogales and Tucson uses distances in kilometers.

 

[konradv]

Many years ago, there was a push for Americans to accept centimeters and kilograms instead of inches/feet and pounds, we overwhelmingly rejected it, except apparently in the area of illegal drugs.

Science always uses the metric system. The US stands with world leaders like Liberia and Myanmar in sticking to the Imperial system.

 

[konradv]

What do you use?
Only one way, or a mixture?

And …. Fahrenheit or Celsius?

In daily life the Imperial system, because I live in the US, but my professional career utilized the metric system exclusively.

 

[egp320i]

What do you use?
Only one way, or a mixture?

And …. Fahrenheit or Celsius?

MM is more exact when it comes to tools, that's why many auto companies now use MM bolts

distance miles makes more sense than KM

I guess if you grew up on it it makes more sense, KM per hour

F we know but C is odd, 0 is freezing yet F it's 32 and as temps get colder or warmer the distance does not seem to adjust as much

 

[braalian]

in healthcare we have to use Celsius for body temperature, kg for weight and cm for height

 

[petro]

American home construction is dominated by Imperial and even metric Canada produces lumber products in standard feet and inches.
A 96" sheet of plywood, that's 8 ft for those challenged can be divided into truss layouts of 12, 16, 19 1/4, and 24 inch layouts. Far more versatile than a count system of 10.

Fractions are dick simple to calculate and extending layouts is made easier with a standard tape measure that has markings at those numbers listed above. Bet most folks don't even know what those marks are. Standard will continue to be the norm for construction as all building materials here use it. This will not change.

Metric also has it's place in America with many technology, medical and science careers using it.

Automotive uses both standard and metric and any mechanic whether professional or DYI will have tools for both as many vehicles have parts from both types of measurements.

I grew up during the push in America to go metric and learned both which in my view is an advantage.
I can buy a gallon of milk in the same store that sells soda in liters.

 

[petro]

Funny thing when installing a barn door from Sweden in a new construction home.
The instructions were in metric, and after converting them to standard the numbers came up to 16" on center for the lag bolts and other numbers came out to exactly the fractions for inches.

So Sweden is building metric home products whose measurements line up with American standard measurements.

 

[evenflow1969]

What do you use?
Only one way, or a mixture?

And …. Fahrenheit or Celsius?

English standards unless dealing with gravity calculations. I just can't think in metric terms.

 

[konradv]

Funny thing when installing a barn door from Sweden in a new construction home.
The instructions were in metric, and after converting them to standard the numbers came up to 16" on center for the lag bolts and other numbers came out to exactly the fractions for inches.

So Sweden is building metric home products whose measurements line up with American standard measurements.

They have to make things easier for the backward nations.

 

[d0gbreath]

Metric being based upon 10s is supposed to be easier, but not if you learned imperial growing up. When Alexa tells me that rain is coming and gives me an estimate in milliliters, I cuss at her.

 

[leftwinger]

MM is more exact when it comes to tools, that's why many auto companies now use MM bolts

distance miles makes more sense than KM

I guess if you grew up on it it makes more sense, KM per hour

F we know but C is odd, 0 is freezing yet F it's 32 and as temps get colder or warmer the distance does not seem to adjust as much

Freezing in F is -32. (Not 32). You knew that.

Science testing qualifications are at -55C to +125C or -40C to 85C.

Rarely anything noted in F.

 

[konradv]

Metric being based upon 10s is supposed to be easier, but not if you learned imperial growing up. When Alexa tells me that rain is coming and gives me an estimate in milliliters, I cuss at her.

We learned metric growing up too. Was your school that backward or were you just not paying attention?

 

[d0gbreath]

We learned metric growing up too. Was your school that backward or were you just not paying attention?

I'm that much older than you are.
There was some milli, cent, and meter stuff. Can you tell me how much a stone is in pounds without looking it up?

 

[egp320i]

Freezing in F is -32. (Not 32). You knew that.

Science testing qualifications are at -55C to +125C or -40C to 85C.

Rarely anything noted in F.

um -32F is way below freezing, trust me I lived through -45F, it's certainly unique, your eyes get slow and if you breathe without any mask it burns like instant frostbite

 

[konradv]

Freezing in F is -32. (Not 32). You knew that.

Science testing qualifications are at -55C to +125C or -40C to 85C.

Rarely anything noted in F.

You need a refresher course!