Iirc a ship was carrying the metric standards to the US in like 1790 and sank and they just said fuck it
In the meantime to "take advantage of Brexit" it will be possible to sell wine by the pint... A push to go back to the imperial system was axed though. Maybe brexiters should move to the US if they like the imperial system so much.
use English as an official language for EU Brexit
At least americans dont use stone, or fucking hands, for measurement
But feet are fine?
We still use hands for exactly one measurement, the height of a horse
You will find "Hands" still being used as a specialty measurement of how tall a horse is. And I think they measure at the front shoulder. But that is, I think, the only time you might hear it.
For the curious, 1 Hand = 4"/~100mm For example - The mare stood 15 hands tall.
USA should have switched to metric just because they are pals with France.
To be fair - makes fun of them for being the only one that still uses it
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