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Off-topic. >It's a great way to kick off the day, and I'm 3kg down. The OP says he is in Australia. How widely is the metric system used there (in comparison
by vitalique 13y ago
Off-topic.
>It's a great way to kick off the day, and I'm 3kg down.
The OP says he is in Australia. How widely is the metric system used there (in comparison to the imperial one)?
- akent 13y agoAustralia is almost completely metric, people only use imperial occasionally for old recipes and the like, also we often use pounds per square inch for car tire pressure, but weather related pressure is in pascals. Wikipedia has a surprisingly comprehensive article on Australia's metrication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Australia
- megablast 13y agoAlso for height, quite oddly.
- mctx 13y agoPretty much exclusively metric - the only thing I use the imperial system for in Australia is clothing (34") and height (6'4")
- a-priori 13y agoThis sounds like about the same situation as in Canada, for what it's worth: metric for everything except human measures (weight, height, clothing sizes) and some cooking.