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I regard Britain as an "Imperial/Metric" country
and Ireland as "Metric/Imperial". Imperial is still too pervasive and too much
'alive and kicking' in Britain to simply regard that country as a
metric nation. Ireland is definitely further on the road.
I was in Britain again last Friday, in
Newcastle, and there had been no change compared to last year.
When I was on the way back I was invited to visit
the bridge of the ship. Apart from the nautical mile and the knot all other
meaurement data were in metric. The fathommeter, for instance, did not meaure in
fathoms or feet at all, making 'fathommeter' just name for
an instrument that measures depth at sea. It was a digital one and it
recorded a depth of about 55 m under the keel when I was on the
bridge.
There was one person on the bridge and the ship was sailing on the
automatic pilot, all on its own!
Han
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