>>People get used to certain ways. Personally, I have strong 'metric background', but I got used to miles/pounds so backward conversion causes me some inconvenience, though I still dislike 5'7"-like sizes.
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>I especially dislike 5/16" or 7/64" -like sizes. :)
>But what completely does not make any sense to me is the Fahrenheit scale. Though, it was invented by a German. :-)
The whole system makes no sense.
Foot = 12 inches
Yard = 3 feet
Rod = 5 1/2 yards
Chain = 22 yards
Furlong = 220 yards
Mile = 8 furlongs or 1760 yards or 5280 feet
Acre = 4 roods or 1210 sq yards
1 pint = 4 gills
1 quart = 2 pints
1 gallon = 4 quarts
1 peck = 2 gallons
1 bushel = 4 pecks
This is all complete gibberish.
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