Ha, Well they applied in LA so that is why - they got used to the American way. As an American this cracked me up. I could tell they were not American based on the "accent" in their writing

@Andreas ********

dig? now i have to analyze this usage

@Paul ******

Canadians use both too i think

@Paul ******

based on your photo i thought you were a chimp. you are much smarter than me. it must be cockney? it’s not ‘proper’ british english. i am sure i would understand it spoken. it’s a strange thing to type IMO

@Paul ******

what is “innit”? is that “ is it”?

@Paul ******

i made up this entire blog to make a “proper” debate. /proper.html

@Paul ******

i’m a skier and we use cm for the length of the ski mm for the width and measure snow in meters. who cares? people can use two systems and calculate in their heads easily.

@Paul ******

They are finally getting it. In medical schools they weigh people in stone. It is the “proper” unit

@Paul ******

every one except me. i would never make anything up. are you kidding me.

@Ryder **********

F makes sense. 0 is cold. 100 is hot. Pounds make sense. If you are 300 pounds you are getting heavy. In Kgs it’s only like 140 which is a low sounding weight. 1 mile is a nice round number 5,280 feet which is one minute drive on the freeway or a 15 minute walk. Km is too short. A km run is just a warm up. They should make a km .5 miles instead of .6 it would be easier to calculate