Why do we use the outdated Emperical model for measurements instead of Metric System?

[Bjorn89 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bjorn89]

http://i.imgur.com/iDOzAa5.jpg


But seriously, why do we use a system that's harder to calculate with and not used in science?


Funny thing is a that the imperial system isn't the same everywhere. Metric system is.

England is even worse, using both systems... such a confusing mess.

[Jay1983 Senior MemberMember of the Month Apr 2014, Sept 2016 Find all posts View Profile Close Jay1983]

We use both! Well... I use both!

[closed224 Senior Member Member of the Month Dec 2014, Feb 2017 Find all posts View Profile Close closed224]

No requirement to use it. Measure how you want.

[CUSP82 Administrator Admin of the Month Dec 2014PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close CUSP82]

Because I hate the metric system, Okay next question.

[burtybasset Retired Moderator Member of the Month May 2014PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close burtybasset]

Pahahah, I like the American answer!

I tend to use both imperial and metric also. Measuring a guys height not in feet but rather in 1.5 meters or whatever just sounds weird.

[Tamora Retired Super Moderator Member of the Month Aug 2015 PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Tamora]

Us Brits don't like Euros either.

[closed224 Senior Member Member of the Month Dec 2014, Feb 2017 Find all posts View Profile Close closed224]

So there we have it. We still use empirical because we wanna.

[closed155 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close closed155]

I am old enough to remember the old system. I hated the Imperial system when I was at school, you know, all those stupid questions like how many feathers weighing x ounces would you need to pluck of how many geese if each goose has n feathers, will it take to fill a container of final weight of 2 short tons, 2 long tons.... A fucking pain in the arse. Also there were weird measures like Rods, Perches, Roods, Bushels....Troy weights it goes on and on.

I don't care for the German temperature scale Fahrenheit either. Here I just use whatever scale is closer to my size, I am actually 18 cm EL, that is a tad over 7" but a few points over is neither here nor there.

[closed224 Senior Member Member of the Month Dec 2014, Feb 2017 Find all posts View Profile Close closed224]

Um were those metric tons?

[closed155 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close closed155]

No they were tons in the Imperial system, there is more than one type of ton.

One hundred weight = 112 lbs, One Chain = 33 yards, a very obscure system. You should know American pints, quarts and fluid ounces are not the same as Imperial pints, quarts and fluid ounces. From memory 1 pint imperial is 16 fluid ounces.

[not2big Senior Super ModeratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close not2big]

I think it would be easier to use hands to measure length and stone to measure weight.

For example, my BPEL is 1.45 hands and I weigh 14 stone. Now doesn’t that make everything clear.

[Tamora Retired Super Moderator Member of the Month Aug 2015 PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Tamora]

Weigh myself in stones and pounds, not bleedin' kilos.

[closed224 Senior Member Member of the Month Dec 2014, Feb 2017 Find all posts View Profile Close closed224]

I got stoned and weighed myself also. Turns out the potato chips I ate during the munchies weighed at least a bleeding kilo.

[closed155 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close closed155]

Forgot about Stones. Americans, a Stone = 14 lbs, so 10 Stones is 140 lbs. I have no idea what Stones means in reality anymore except 16 Stones sounds like it is very heavy.

Tamora, you do know that mainland Europeans think you lot are just a bunch of horse faced savages whose major form of entertainment is Sodomy.

[Tamora Retired Super Moderator Member of the Month Aug 2015 PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close Tamora]

I've always wondered why Ozzie's call us POME's, when it's you lot that are Prisoners Of Mother England.