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You gained pounds (lemmy.world)
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[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago (32 children)

You know we use pounds as a weight measurement too, right?

Some countries use imperial measurements, others metric, but the UK enjoys both.

[–] ScampiLover@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It was actually pretty great when I worked for a company making things here in england:
"That needs to move 50cm" meant it had to move exactly 500mm
"That needs to move a foot" meant just kick it over about a foot

It was just an unspoken thing that metric meant precise and imperial was just caveman measuring

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 3 months ago

For some reason I too, subconsciously comprehend it that way.
Never worked in Civil or Mech

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