Out of idle curiosity, what sort of goods are still sold in imperial quantities? Milk, I think, is still available by the pint or quart, though it's also available in metric quantities, and beer I suppose is an obvious one. Wines and spirits went metric yonks ago, as did merchant yard timber, screws, nails, etc. I'll bet the old half hundredweight bag of cement has long since been the metric equivalent. How about meats, fruit and vegetables?
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Originally posted by Muukalainen View PostOut of idle curiosity, what sort of goods are still sold in imperial quantities? Milk, I think, is still available by the pint or quart, though it's also available in metric quantities, and beer I suppose is an obvious one. Wines and spirits went metric yonks ago, as did merchant yard timber, screws, nails, etc. I'll bet the old half hundredweight bag of cement has long since been the metric equivalent. How about meats, fruit and vegetables?
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Fabrics, ribbons, thread etc. are sold in metres rather than yards everywhere but in the US. Although bizarrely imperial units are widely used in UK/NZ/Aus pattern instructions for small lengths (e.g. seam allowances are typically 3/8" or 5/8") so you get a weird mix of imperial and metric units
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Yeah, if the UK is antediluvian in this respect, the US dates from before the emergence of humans.
Lumber, sod, tile and other "home improvement" items are imperial.
Milk and juice are imperial (unless long life imports), fizzy drinks in bottles are metric, fizzy drinks in cans usually imperial.
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Assuming this act of weirdness is going to happen, what exactly will be repackaged? Producers aren't going to rebuild their production lines to put things in pint cartons or boxes of 1lb. So it is just market traders? In which case I think the best thing to do is to shop at markets and refuse to buy from anyone who won;t sell you a kilo of potatoes
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Originally posted by ad hoc View PostAssuming this act of weirdness is going to happen, what exactly will be repackaged? Producers aren't going to rebuild their production lines to put things in pint cartons or boxes of 1lb. So it is just market traders? In which case I think the best thing to do is to shop at markets and refuse to buy from anyone who won;t sell you a kilo of potatoes
Of course, nothing will actually change. If you asked for a pound of bacon at the butcher last year they could still give you about half a kilo. That will also happen under the new rules.
As Snake says, it's all performative bollocks with no substance.
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Given that shops in ireland have moved away from dealing in cents and two cents, and round the bill to the nearest 5 cent you could go back to pre decimal currency quite easily, just not pennies, and if you did it during a period of hyperinflation, no-one would notice the inevitable inflationary effect. .
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