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You also use "stone" and "furlong" in certain contexts and drive on the left side of the road. I think it's awesome and makes the UK unique in some regards. It's what culture and customs are all about.

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Yeah, I mentioned stone! My loose experience is that a good percentage of people who do something relating to fitness end up talking about their bodyweight in kilos (the scales in the gym are usually in kg, for instance). But most people when talking about bodyweight would say "I'm X stone X."

In the 40+ years I've lived here I've only ever heard furlong used in the context of horse racing and the actor that played John Conner in Terminator 2...

Re the driving - about 35% of the world are on the left!

I agree, now reintroduce the archaic old currency system to replace the metric pound division you have now. That would really add a certain quirky touch to your financial institutions, foreign trade and tourists will surely love it!

There is more than one way to lead your country back into the late neolithic, just go on.

Driving on the left is not unique. About one third of the world does that.

About 1/3 of the countries drive on the left but if you look at population, it is a lot less than 1/3 and likely less than 1/4.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic

The civilized world drives on the right so as to not enable road rage for right handed swordsmen.

whiteworth threads :)))) totally unique to UK 55 degrees ????? WHY

sorry whitworth

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