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abqtommy

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1. Actually, Britain has a long history of using the SAE standards for weight and distance.

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 12:44 AM

Dec 2021

(Ounces, pounds various tons, inches, feet, yards, and miles.) Here in the U.S. we adopted the British SAE standards. Nowadays many of us can think in SAE or metric and you probably did see road signs with distances in km as a sop to the Euro tourists.

Of course it's handy to have a conversion table. Here's a good one:

https://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/basic.html

Disclaimer: I am not British. I admit to having been in Southampton and London long
ago in my youth. And I have real blood cousins in Sussex. Besides, I know stuff and
wouldn't steer you wrong. And I'm also fond of British TV.

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Hi, I'm back again with another question for my British friends. I've been binge watching all [View all] sinkingfeeling Dec 2021 OP

Actually, Britain has a long history of using the SAE standards for weight and distance. abqtommy Dec 2021 #1

Hooked on British show like DCI Banks. Missed that though. Hoyt Dec 2021 #2

Because 4 exceptions were made to the 1966 Metric Act, miles, pints, carats, acres Celerity Dec 2021 #3

And yards. Road signs must say 'yards', but be positioned by metres! muriel_volestrangler Dec 2021 #8

typical lunacy, lolol Celerity Dec 2021 #9

All distances are in miles! Soph0571 Dec 2021 #4

The formula is: 'miles X 1.6 equals km'. The inverse is 'km X .6 equals miles'. Same goes for speed. abqtommy Dec 2021 #6

No idea JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #5

Basically "No" The King of Prussia Dec 2021 #7