Bring back obsolete measures consultation

[Courier]

Choice on units of measurement: markings and sales

We are inviting views to gather information for the government review of units of measurement for consumer transactions.

www.gov.uk

How much is this farcical idea costing the taxpayer?

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

Great idea when the whole workforce up to the age of about 60 has been educated in the metric system

 

[Jimdog1]

Total waste of money. When people are terrified of how they are going to pay there household bills next winter why would they give a sh!t about which unit they are being in?

 

[Fendt516profi]

The government is committed to reviewing the current law to identify how more choice can be given to businesses and consumers over the units of measurement they use for trade
Only going to make it more difficult to compare prices if there in different units of measure

 

[Henarar]

be able to have a pint of cider again, fed up with drinking liters

 

[Fendt516profi]

be able to have a pint of cider again, fed up with drinking liters

So would you rather buy a pint @£4 or a litre @£8

 

[Barleymow]

My agronomist has a conversion chart, saves him time when he wants to work out my seed rates in stone and fertiliser in units, sometimes kg /acre for fertiliser

 

[Henarar]

So would you rather buy a pint @£4 or a litre @£8

Pint, these days if I drunk a litre I would be rough next day

 

[primmiemoo]

Choice on units of measurement: markings and sales

We are inviting views to gather information for the government review of units of measurement for consumer transactions.

www.gov.uk

How much is this farcical idea costing the taxpayer?

Quantities of Sovereigns, Florins, and Groats?

 

[Courier]

Pint, these days if I drunk a litre I would be rough next day

And you would have paid more per unit volume

 

[Hindsight]

Choice on units of measurement: markings and sales

We are inviting views to gather information for the government review of units of measurement for consumer transactions.

www.gov.uk

How much is this farcical idea costing the taxpayer?

Ah, the sunny uplands. I spied a small group of Unicorn earlier when out walking the dog. Shy creatures, quite elusive but impressive when caught up close.

 

[Highland Mule]

And you would have paid more per unit volume

Less per unit volume.

Just goes to show how stupid an idea it is though, so thank you.

 

[le bon paysan]

Oh joy, all youngsters will learn 168 lbs an acre, measure distances in chains. New spanners required 1/4 inch up to 1 and 3/8ths. Tyres back to imperial eg 18.4 x 38, not this 460 x 38 rubbish.

 

[Hindsight]

Oh joy, all youngsters will learn 168 lbs an acre, measure distances in chains. New spanners required 1/4 inch up to 1 and 3/8ths. Tyres back to imperial eg 18.4 x 38, not this 460 x 38 rubbish.

It is a concern the flat earthers in the COnKIP party might drive through that for balance imperial measurements are taught in school alongside metric. This creating confusion and inefficiency in the educational process. UK does look increasingly detached from reality. Diverging away from the mainstream caught in the dogma of leaving the EU.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Oh joy, all youngsters will learn 168 lbs an acre, measure distances in chains. New spanners required 1/4 inch up to 1 and 3/8ths. Tyres back to imperial eg 18.4 x 38, not this 460 x 38 rubbish.

Worth going back to imperial just for the saving in no more lost 10 and 13 mill spanners

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Great idea when the whole workforce up to the age of about 60 has been educated in the metric system

How many miles to the gallon does your car do ?

 

[Fendt516profi]

How many miles to the gallon does your car do ?

Kilometres to litre

 

[le bon paysan]

Still need the spanners for all the imported machinery, will be difficult to get the foreign manufacturers to change to imperial.

 

[Dry Rot]

It'll be the continued Americanisation of Britain. $ to £ almost at parity. It used to be 3 dollars to the £1 when I was a boy, or $1=6/8d old money. We might as well, everything on TV is American and they still use feet and inches over there. Can't tell whether commentators on TV are UK or US any more, all have uni-accents/mid Atlantic.

 

[Muddyroads]

It still amuses me that I’ll go into the sawmills and ask for a 2.4 length of 4 by 4 and its automatically understood.