I have relatives in the UK, and lived in London for several years -- the rage that the popular media was able to incite about metric (mostly through outright li

I have relatives in the UK, and lived in London for several years -- the rage that the popular media was able to incite about metric (mostly through outright lies) in the older generation there is astonishing. Even more so they've managed to maintain that for some decades. I guess this is how they ended up leaving the EU. In Australia supermarkets are obliged to have a pricing per 100gm for every packaged item on the shelves. It's slightly smaller print, of course, but it's clearly legible and allows for a wonderfully simple price comparison. EDIT: Btw, this story came out a while ago, and includes a fascinating montage clip from 1978 - a vox pop of UK citizens, obviously the most whacky people are chosen - but it's a magnificent blend of dumb (you'll use more petrol because you don't get as many kilometres to the gallon) and sad (I don't want to be part of a community). https://www.theguardian.com/politics/shortcuts/2019/feb/05/we-ruled-the-world-didnt-we-what-a-viral-1978-vox-pop-tells-us-about-brexit https://www.theguardian.com/politics/shortcuts/2019/feb/05/w...