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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1055353" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>Aged 46, I've never been taught imperial units for... anything, as far as I remember.</p><p></p><p>Common usage for me:</p><p>I can use imperial or metric for height and weight of humans, but have to stop and thing of trying to convert from one to another.</p><p>I can use imperial or metric when measuring shorter distances, but will only use metric if it's for anything other than an approximation.</p><p>I can use pints of half-litres for beer/cider, but exclusively metric in the kitchen.</p><p>I can use either to measure speeds and longer distances, but am more comfortable with imperial.</p><p></p><p>Professionally, about mid-30s seems the cut off where a notable majority give their height and weight in metric, about mid-40s where a notable majority use imperial.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ultimately, imperial distances are good for approximations of every-day measurements, and the mental arithmetic of halves, quarters and thirds.</p><p>Metric is better for any measurement that actually matters or require accuracy.</p><p>Imperial weights and volumes are worthless (and why they chose to use base-16 rather than base-12 is beyond me.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Interestingly, base-12 for distance measuring was first started local to me in the FoD.</p><p>It comes from counting based on the number of fingers you had, rather than the number of fingera the Romans had.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1055353, member: 73592"] Aged 46, I've never been taught imperial units for... anything, as far as I remember. Common usage for me: I can use imperial or metric for height and weight of humans, but have to stop and thing of trying to convert from one to another. I can use imperial or metric when measuring shorter distances, but will only use metric if it's for anything other than an approximation. I can use pints of half-litres for beer/cider, but exclusively metric in the kitchen. I can use either to measure speeds and longer distances, but am more comfortable with imperial. Professionally, about mid-30s seems the cut off where a notable majority give their height and weight in metric, about mid-40s where a notable majority use imperial. Ultimately, imperial distances are good for approximations of every-day measurements, and the mental arithmetic of halves, quarters and thirds. Metric is better for any measurement that actually matters or require accuracy. Imperial weights and volumes are worthless (and why they chose to use base-16 rather than base-12 is beyond me. Interestingly, base-12 for distance measuring was first started local to me in the FoD. It comes from counting based on the number of fingers you had, rather than the number of fingera the Romans had. [/QUOTE]
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