We’re taught both metric and US customary units in school. I prefer metric for most things, to the point I have a metric-only tape measure among other things.
However, I’ll die on the hill that Fahrenheit is superior for ambient air temperature. 0 degrees to 100 degrees neatly encompasses the range of average surface temperatures seen throughout the year in the contiguous US.
Be thankful you at least stick to one system.
I’m British so we use some weird mash up of everything.
Weight - imperial when weighing people, fruit and veg (from a market), metric when weighing everything else.
Height - imperial when measuring people, metric with everything else.
Distance - imperial when walking or driving. Metric when running.
Fluids - imperial for milk and beer. Metric for wine and soft drinks. We fill our cars with litres of petrol but calculate fuel economy in miles per gallon.
This is the way.
I was raised needing a yardstick with inches on one edge and centimeters on the other, and the words “
'Merika,Great Britain fuck yeah!” scrawled along the center.(Edit: I crossed out 'Merika, so now you can borrow my yardstick.)
… wait… What about stones (as a unit of weight)? Or is this just a Scotland thing? (People were asking my weight. I had kilos, I had pounds, but they were wanting stones. … Like really?!?)
14lbs in a stone.
Should have mentioned we do people weight in stones/pounds.
Top Gear hosts have used stones