Comments by "John Burns" (@johnburns4017) on "1978: Do the BRITISH PUBLIC want KILOMETRES? | Nationwide | Voice of the People | BBC Archive" video.

  1. We need to go all metric ASAP.
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  2. The first woman on that was so stupid. Her car would do less mpg when in France. My God!
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  3.  @stephenspence1192  We DO. It is easier and matches the rest of the world. We have a mixture of both which is ludicrous. Staying Imperial is working our way into the third world.
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  4.  @Markcain268  We even have kitchens in metric, 500mm, 600mm, 1,000mm etc. It has not been inches for 50 years. Electric cables are 1.00mm, 1,5mm, 2.5mm, etc. We need to ditch miles and mpg. Cars are rated miles per gallon, but buy petrol by the litre. Madness!
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  5.  @Markcain268  I can't do Imperial now. Imperial is an appalling illogical system. We should not be going backward to suit ignorant bigoted pensioners.
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  6.  @Carl1234  Pints in pubs.
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  7.  @Carl1234  Initially have miles and km. Then after 5 years or so replacements only in km.
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  8.  @Markcain268  0.5 litres is approx 0.9 pints. Just sell half litres and call it a pub pint, As people like the word pint. Sorted.
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  9.  @Markcain268  Having imperial is silly. If people want a retro name give them one, but have measurements in metric.
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  10.  @Markcain268  It tastes better in metric. Everyone knows that Continental largers taste better.
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  11.  @stephenspence1192  Let these negative people use what they like. But the official system MUST be metric. We must not be impeded by Luddites.
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  12.  @stephenspence1192  We must not be impeded by Luddites.
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