Welcome back pounds & ounces

[Nedge68]

When people see how much they are paying for a gallon of fuel they will need kerbside counselling

 

[LesW]

A lot of very selfish people commenting here.

Just because they get on with metrics doesn't mean everyone does.

I have several elderly neighbours who are completely baffled by metres, kilograms, litres etc, and would welcome the option of goods being sold in imperial measurements.

 

[Gromett]

Since the year 2000, traders in the UK have been legally obliged to use the metric system for the sale by weight or measure of fresh produce. However, it has still been legal to price goods in pounds and ounces as long as the price in grams and kilograms is displayed alongside.
It is not expected that metric units will be altogether scrapped but that traders will be allowed to choose which system to use following a Government study proposal led by Brexit Opportunities Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg.

So basically nothing changes, except if a shop decides not to display metric measurements anymore they won't go to prison for it. That is IT. Nothing more.

 

[Gromett]

A lot of very selfish people commenting here.

Just because they get on with metrics doesn't mean everyone does.

I have several elderly neighbours who are completely baffled by metres, kilograms, litres etc, and would welcome the option of goods being sold in imperial measurements.

Erm, shops can already sell in imperial. BUT it has to have metric more prominently.

I really don't understand why people are making a big thing out of this...

 

[monzer]

I really don't understand why people are making a big thing out of this...

Populist politics.

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[Gina M]

A lot of very selfish people commenting here.

Just because they get on with metrics doesn't mean everyone does.

I have several elderly neighbours who are completely baffled by metres, kilograms, litres etc, and would welcome the option of goods being sold in imperial measurements.

I don't think so. Most of us have admitted to using both metric and imperial, young and old. Like I have said in my previous post, I use both. I remember as a 9 year old girl deciding I wanted to learn the 24hr clock as I knew I would need to use it in the future.

 

[MisterB]

Those people across the pond seem to manage without being EU metricated AND having 100 cents in a dollar .... a country with mixed units of measurement if ever there was one? And if course it affects their ability to trade or sell throughout the world ...

 

[Gromett]

Populist politics.

I love that expression.

Popular? Liked by a large number of people.

OR

I don't see that as the insult that some people think it does. It is politicians basically doing what a big chunk of the public want. What is bad about that?

 

[Gromett]

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That is hilarious

 

[busbuddy]

I race over a 1/4 of a mile or a 1000 feet depending on class and that is the FIA standard worldwide
I built a chassis to metric sizes but to a tolerance of thou

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[monzer]

I don't see that as the insult that some people think it does. It is politicians basically doing what a big chunk of the public want. What is bad about that?

I don't mean it as an insult.

 

[Gromett]

I race over a 1/4 of a mile or a 1000 feet depending on class and that is the FIA standard worldwide
I built a chassis to metric sizes but to a tolerance of thou

I have never seen the problems with any system of measurement. My BIG, BIG problem is when people miss out the unit of measurement when stating something.

Biggest bugbear at the moment is people saying get it to a temperature of 200°. 200° what? F? C? or K? It isn't hard. Just add one bleeding letter 200°C means something 200°means nothing.

Sorry, got me back on the rant again. It is up there with people who don't indicate, and people who book an appointment/service then just don't show and don't call to let you know.

I happily mix metric and imperial sometime in the same bit of wood for example

 

[autorouter]

I happily mix metric and imperial sometime in the same bit of wood for example

Same here. I can't wait for them to scrap the over-simplistic metric units. Let's scrap the kilowatt-hour, and bring back proper British Thermal Units (BTU) that we all understand so well. I find it so much easier to understand a battery capacity of 4100 BTU rather than 100Ah. Although I'm sure some would be happier with 3.19 million foot-pounds, 1.63 Horsepower-hours, or even easier, about 1 million calories.

 

[Nanniemate]

While that's true, haven't you noticed how quickly those kilometers go down so much quicker than miles when you're going somewhere.

Depends upon your mph

 

[PhilandMena]

He is many things but a god is not one of them.

Whatever!

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[scally]

This has got to be a joke right? Can't believe anyone is nostalgic for something so utterly without benefit and which would incur a ridiculous amount of cost to business. And if the only reason is a sense of Britishness then bear in mind lb (the shorthand for pound) originates from the Roman unit of weight - libra.

I knew my star sign stood for something

 

[Mikey RV]

And Guineas

Yea I like Guinness

 

[old-mo]

That is one thing I loved in Europe. How fast the distance seemed to fall

You must have been speeding then.........

 

[dazandandrea]

Complete waste of time and potentially alot of cost to businesses.
Utter bollo x.

 

[Stretto Boy]

Yea I like Guinness

Four Guineas for a pint of Guiness.

It’s the future

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[Stretto Boy]

Complete waste of time and potentially alot of cost to businesses.
Utter bollo x.

That’s as may be but at least those bollo x will have a circumference measured in inches and a weight calculated in pounds and ounces

 

[The Wino]

I love that expression.

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I don't see that as the insult that some people think it does. It is politicians basically doing what a big chunk of the public want. What is bad about that?

I think the term is used to describe politicians who dupe people into voting for them because they're not part of the establishment rather than look at what their policies actually are. Bit like Trump last week saying the shooting showed they need more guns.......really?

 

[L' Hobo]

He is many things but a god is not one of them.

I think they meant to write COD but finger slipped?

 

[Tigger-Tim]

I've no idea how many pounds are in an ounce. Or farthings in a groat.

I'm retired and would much prefer that we adopted metric measurements across the board - including speed limits, etc.

 

[The Wino]

A lot of very selfish people commenting here.

Just because they get on with metrics doesn't mean everyone does.

I have several elderly neighbours who are completely baffled by metres, kilograms, litres etc, and would welcome the option of goods being sold in imperial measurements.

The option has always been there it just had to be in metric as well. Maybe they also wanted the price in shillings and pence or maybe groats and farthings

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[L' Hobo]

A lot of very selfish people commenting here.

Just because they get on with metrics doesn't mean everyone does.

I have several elderly neighbours who are completely baffled by metres, kilograms, litres etc, and would welcome the option of goods being sold in imperial measurements.

They have dual language signs in Wales and other places, should we not have dual costings on other products and then the motorist will realise that a penny on a litre is nearly 5 pence a gallon and a gallons true price is nearly £5

 

[dazandandrea]

Eeee it wer better int owd days.
From Tony capstick.
We din't have no tele's or shoes or bedclothes
We made us own fun in them days
Do you know when i were a lad you could get a Tram down into't town
Buy 3 new suits n an overcoat, 4 new pair of good boots
Goo n see George Formby at Palace Theatre ,
Get Blind Drunk,
Have some Steak n Chips, Bunch of bananas n 3 stone of monkey Nuts
And still have change out on a farthing..
We did lots of things in them days
They haven't got today
Rickets, Diptheria, h*****, and
By we did look well going to school with no backsides in us trousers n
All us little heads painted Purple cause we had Ringworm

They Dunt Know theyre Born Today!!!!

 

[The Wino]

They have dual language signs in Wales and other places, should we not have dual costings on other products and then the motorist will realise that a penny on a litre is nearly 5 pence a gallon and a gallons true price is nearly £5

To legally require dual costings would have a pretty big cost for retailers just what's needed with high inflation put the prices up even more. When all petrol stations clearly indicate the price in one standard unit what's it going to cost to change all displays/ roadside signs to price per gallon as well again increasing the price. By the way I think the maths is a bit out on the nearly £5 a gallon!

 

[MattR]

Welcome to the UK

They have dual language signs in Wales and other places, should we not have dual costings on other products and then the motorist will realise that a penny on a litre is nearly 5 pence a gallon and a gallons true price is nearly £5

Where can you buy a gallon of fuel for £5? 1999? In 2022 it is over £8 a gallon.

 

[DuxDeluxe]

What cost to business? As I understand it he is not telling us to revert to imperial. He is simply removing the law that forced us to go metric. Shops have a choice which to use or can use both.

So basically nothing changes, except if a shop decides not to display metric measurements anymore they won't go to prison for it. That is IT. Nothing more.

Erm, shops can already sell in imperial. BUT it has to have metric more prominently.

I really don't understand why people are making a big thing out of this...

Many, many people, in their haste to do a bit of B Bashing - no doubt aided by an hysterical media - completely and deliberately miss that point. It is a very minor, almost cosmetic change. Nothing else

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