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Originally Posted by John Phillips
Joking aside now the metric way makes more sense than imperial and is easier to learn. The problem I have is that I went to school when it was all changing. I understand MPG, MPH, Gallons, Pints, Pounds and Ounces alot better than their metric equivalent. Feet and Inches too but I prefer to measure things out using Cm's because it's far easier to divide by 10.
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Having only ten fingers and thumbs makes metric a lot easier to deal with. For those of us with twelve the older systems are more appropriate.