Remember the British system is called "Imperial Units" -- these were used for a huge chunk of the world! Everywhere except Britain has switched, and Britain wa

Remember the British system is called "Imperial Units" -- these were used for a huge chunk of the world! Everywhere except Britain has switched, and Britain was in the process of changing to metric when it became one of the first media-pushed us-vs-them political issues. Close to all trade, construction, design, healthcare etc in Britain is done in metric units.