From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Rink  wrote:   
   > Op 11-10-2025 om 21:06 schreef Stan Brown:   
   >> On 11 Oct 2025 17:20:39 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >>> So we probably should have a poll on whether there is *any* country   
   >>> *other* than the US, which calls the ground floor the first floor.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Reminds me of a 1981 Isaac Asimov essay, where in a footnote he said   
   >> that the two most powerful countries not on the metric system were   
   >> the United States and Liberia. And I believe Liberia has gone metric   
   >> since then.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > O ?   
   >   
   > Since when has the UK gone metric?   
   > Miles, inches, Pints, Ounches, etc, all gone?   
      
   Officially everything in the UK is metric except pints of beer, road speed   
   and distance. Pints of milk might still be a thing, but are labelled as 568   
   ml.   
      
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