I grow up with the old weights and measures and I've never adapted. I know roughly how much a foot is, but I haven't a clue about a metre- and so on and so forth. It's the same with temperature; I know what 80 degrees farenheit feels like, but the centigrade system is just numbers to me.
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Date: 2008-11-13 07:35 pm (UTC)I grow up with the old weights and measures and I've never adapted. I know roughly how much a foot is, but I haven't a clue about a metre- and so on and so forth. It's the same with temperature; I know what 80 degrees farenheit feels like, but the centigrade system is just numbers to me.