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>>That's because it is metric, and that is it's too simple, let alone the metric system was invented by French! But don't feel alone, US has company in this - Liberia and Mianmar. ;) You can safely assume, after almost 10 years of fighting inches, feet, miles, etc.,
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>I dunno...A4 paper is 210mm x 297mm. Is that easy to remember? *grin*

As easy as 8 1/2 x 11. Of course, it is not about remembering - the metric is easy to operate (because is base 10), nothing is easy to remember ;)

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>>I'm still not sure how tall 6'7" is :)
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>3" taller than me. 6'7" is 1 or 2 inches taller than Tom Whiteley. Now you know how tall it is :)

Yes, I understand that all this is so that you are taller than me!