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Old 14-04-2008, 11:04 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Default USA, non-metric, Commonwealth nations, trading partner, UK
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Originally Posted by Freebird View Post
....why don't we all use metric......?
Because we don't want to.

Our largest trading partner, the USA, uses non-metric measurements and so do we. Many Commonwealth nations - also key trading partners of the UK - also use non-metric.
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