This has to do with clothing sizes still in FFU. If people bought clothes by a metric sizing system they would need to know their body dimensions in metric units and would by now be accustom to metric in stating their heights. The interesting thing I've been told is people do use the kilogram for body mass and stones and pounds are gone.
Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ezra Steinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2004-09-18 16:24 Subject: [USMA:31131] Imperial still rules Australia (sometimes) > I just listened to a radio segment on ABC and was chagrined to hear nothing but Imperial used. Seems like SI has made very little headway Down Under when it comes to people's heights. (You'll hear this right near the end of the short broadcast.) > > Here is the link to the web page needed to listen: > > http://www.abc.net.au/perth/stories/s1202039.htm > > Click on the audio link near the bottom of the web page to listen to actually the broadcast. (The topic itself is quite interesting aside from the sad intrusion of Imperial units.) > > Ezra >
