Some mistake, surely?

[stuart little]

I went to work one day about 30 years ago and someone shouted he's here! I said what's the problem? How many fluid ounces are there in a litre? No one in the kitchen knew, and I was a cellarman. Shortly before they'd had an argument as to whether there two or three feet in a yard.
I found one of my school exercise books from about '64 (I was 10) with sums in pounds, shillings, pence and farthings - miles, furlongs, chains, rods, yards, feet and inches - and even gallons, pecks and bushels. Metric is rather simpler.

Late '80's my nephew did some work experience with me in my workshop, I asked him, one day, to get me a 1/2" spanner; "What's that?", he asked. DUH!!

 

[trvlr]

There was no problem with the good olde feet and inches, and pounds, shillings, and pence...

Worked for yonks and everyone leaving skool - having bin properly tort and so on... cud understand it (lyke wot I did and still duz). Almost everyone in those daze could simple sums in their head - no need of calcuators; and shop assitants didn't rely on the till to tell them what change they have to return to customer (when appropriate).

 

[Amplidyne]

Late '80's my nephew did some work experience with me in my workshop, I asked him, one day, to get me a 1/2" spanner; "What's that?", he asked. DUH!!

The correct question back from him was "Whitworth or AF?"

 

[Cozzer]

The correct question back from him was "Whitworth or AF?"

Think I've a whole socket set in Whitworth somewhere in the attic....

 

[Stuart Moffat]

Think I've a whole socket set in Whitworth somewhere in the attic....

We have miles, and miles per hour. My car tells me my average miles per gallon. But we don’t buy gallons of petrol any more. Hmmm.