cm0002@europe.pub to Lifehacks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoYou can use Fibonacci numbers to approximately convert miles to kmeurope.pubimagemessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1512arrow-down116
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minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·3 months agoI’m never going to visit the US or UK anyway.
minus-squareRouthinatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·3 months agoUS and Israel are the only places that still use Imperial. While older generations in Canada and UK will speak about weight in Imperial, the official unit system is Metric.
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThe UK still uses miles for vehicle speed and road signs
minus-squareRouthinatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s strange. I would have thought with proximity to the EU the UK would have all metric signs like Canada.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months ago US and Israel are the only places that still use Imperial. But the US has a global business empire. So you’ll see the Imperial/Metric conversions all over the planet.
I’m never going to visit the US or UK anyway.
US and Israel are the only places that still use Imperial. While older generations in Canada and UK will speak about weight in Imperial, the official unit system is Metric.
The UK still uses miles for vehicle speed and road signs
That’s strange. I would have thought with proximity to the EU the UK would have all metric signs like Canada.
But the US has a global business empire. So you’ll see the Imperial/Metric conversions all over the planet.