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Maybe in your rural town they do, but everywhere near and in a big city, it's in metric. I hardly saw any imperial measurements in England. I had to get used to metric, except for speed limit signs. And, I saw no gallons anywhere. My in-laws didn't know what a gallon was until they visited here for my wedding
1 kg bananas: 50c
1 subway ticket (one way) 30c
1 litre milk not sure, don't drink it
1kg salmon fish: not sure, don't eat it
Man haircut: $2-5
Woman haircut: not sure, I'm not a chick
Loaf of bread: $1
Ticket to cinema (1 seat): $2-5
One way bus ticket: 30c
Pair of levis jeans: $75 genuine, $10 knockoff
Combo meal at McDonald: $5
Cup of coffee: 75c
12 eggs: don't know, don't eat them
Meal inexpensive restaurant: 50c-$2
Ticket to swimmingpool: $5
McDonalds menu combo: $5
Book mid size: don't know
DVD film: don't know
Pizza in a restaurant (1 person): $10
Can ok Coke (0,33l): 30c
Can of beer (0,33l): 30c
VAT (%): included
Maybe in your rural town they do, but everywhere near and in a big city, it's in metric. I hardly saw any imperial measurements in England. I had to get used to metric, except for speed limit signs. And, I saw no gallons anywhere. My in-laws didn't know what a gallon was until they visited here for my wedding
Uck well we do use it.
We only changed about 30 years ago, whats on paper isn't reality. We still measurr in feet, inches, yards, square feet etc.
The industry with imperial is the food industry. We still use ounces for drinks (especially for baby milk).
I mean I don't even know what square metres my house is.
There just looked it up the gallon went out in 1995.
Yeah figured as much. I have in-laws that are teenagers and they literally had no idea what a gallon was. Same for inches and feet. The only imperial measurement I encountered was along the lines of stones and pounds. Didn't know what a stone was until I went there, and I was surprised that milk is sold by the pint there, I assumed it would be like milk in 3 liter containers, not 6 pints
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Originally Posted by Mac15
Uck well we do use it.
We only changed about 30 years ago, whats on paper isn't reality. We still measurr in feet, inches, yards, square feet etc.
The industry with imperial is the food industry. We still use ounces for drinks (especially for baby milk).
I mean I don't even know what square metres my house is.
I can definitely vouch for that. I can only speak for England, but England is still mix and match when it comes to measurements, but with the crop of kids younger than 18 these days, imperial is going to be reduced to only body measurements, speed, and distance. One thing I noticed over there, your printer paper is shorter than ours, while ours is elongated. I do think Britain will adopt metric 99% in the future; that 1% left will be the pint of lager
Originally Posted by Mac15
Let's write how much do we pay for the following items, I know prices can be different depending on the places or days but approximately, how much do you pay for...? specify city and country.
1 kg bananas: maybe £3.00
1 subway ticket (one way): I don't live in a city.
1 litre milk: £3.00
1kg salmon fish: £2.00
Man haircut: £15.00
Woman haircut: £20.00
Loaf of bread: £4.00
Ticket to cinema (1 seat): £4.50
One way bus ticket:£6.00 for a 10 mile journey
Pair of levis jeans:£100.00
Combo meal at McDonald: £3.00
Cup of coffee:£2.00
12 eggs:£4.00
Meal inexpensive restaurant:£12.00
Ticket to swimmingpool:£4.00
Book mid size: £8.00
DVD film: £6.00
Pizza in a restaurant (1 person):£5.00
Can ok Coke (0,33l): £1.50
Can of beer (0,33l): ?
VAT (%): 20%
Where those prices come from?? They don't make much sense: (post #2)
1 kg bananas: £3.00?
1L milk: £3.00??
1kg salmon fish: £2.00 ?? <<<???
Loaf of bread: £4.00 ??
12 eggs: £4.00
1 Can of Coke (0,33l): £1.50 <<<???
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