David (and others from the UK),
Since you live in the UK, could you give us some idea as to how much the UK is metric and how much it isn't?
For example, when you go about your daily business, how much metric do you encounter?
When you shop, how much of the products you buy contain metric only labels with rounded metric amounts, metric only labels with rounded imperial amounts, imperial only, dual?
What about advertisements? Do you see them in imperial, metric, both?
How much do you hear and see metric in the media compared to imperial?
Conversations with friends, coworkers, and strangers? How often do metric terms arise compared to imperial? Have you ever asked people if they are confused by the measurement muddle? Do you ever encounter people who get angry with you if you speak or use metric in their presence? Have you ever seen anyone upset because they wanted something in one system and it was only available in the other?
What about your job? Do you use metric, imperial or both? What about the products your company produces, are they metric, imperial or both?
It would be nice if the UKMA or someone with an interest in metric could take an inventory of metric usage in the UK. I believe the USMA has done something like this for the USA. an inventory would help debunk many of the BWMA fantasies.
If we can show how wide-spread metric is in the UK it may help in finalising the completion of the conversion.
Euric
