I lived in South Africa during the conversion process - yes, they are pretty well converted. One of their techniques was to ban the sale of measuring devices that had imperial units on them, even dual unit devices.
AS for the UK - may I refer you to the document - A Very British Mess - http://ukma.org.uk/avbm-summary. From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: 06 January 2013 15:16 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52111] Re: It's Time For the US to Go Metric on Gizmodo I would agree with the poster's comment that the UK is a bit of a mess because they never fully converted. However, I have been to Brazil, Japan, France and Germany which AREN'T messes as far as measurement is concerned. Canada and Mexico are slightly messy, but not as messy as the UK. Proximity to the US is probably part of the problem. I have not been to Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa, but they seem to have converted pretty well, unlike the UK, based on published data. _____ From: Phil McKerracher <p...@mckerracher.net> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> Sent: Sun, January 6, 2013 8:31:58 AM Subject: [USMA:52110] It's Time For the US to Go Metric on Gizmodo <http://gizmodo.com/5972438/its-time-for-the-us-to-go-metric> http://gizmodo.com/5972438/its-time-for-the-us-to-go-metric Includes an interesting comment "Have you actually been to a country that's converted? I've been to the UK. It's a f*ing mess..." -- Phil McKerracher www.mckerracher.net
