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Ha! I actually hadn't heard the litre one before, thanks! (Or more likely, I had heard it but have long forgotten it). Yeah like you I tend to use a mixture. I'm quite happy with litres as apart from beer in pubs and the milk on my doorstep, all other liquids seem to be metric and I can relate...

I didn't. And I had to google to find out that a goal is 7.32 metres wide and 2.44 metres high. Foreigners who don't know the origins of football and/or don't know that Britain, with our miles and pints, has never adopted the metric system 100% must wonder why on earth such weird measurements...

I think it's one thing 'knowing' the metric system as a series of abstract facts (how many centimetres in a metre for example, or knowing that liquid is measured in litres) and another thing relating to it. I sympathise with Perfidious . I know roughly how long a foot is, how far a mile is and...

Modern life hasn't defeated me, I'm still dealing with it fine and still learning new things. (And to love and appreciate new things and new technologies). Also my mum is 86 and is as wedded to her mobile as any teenager, so I don't recognise the 'old people only use mobiles in emergencies'...