• Wörk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    18 天前

    Don’t forget to give your weight in stones and a horses height in hands…

    • knowone@slrpnk.net
      6·
      18 天前

      And the size of your land in acres/hectares. And a lot of ingredients in cups (which has never been a set amount in the UK since its beginning). And distance sometimes in yards

        • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          18 天前

          Don’t forget to thumb your nose at the Americans for using these systems you made up in almost the same way you guys do, just a different mixture.

      • joel_feila@lemmy.world
        1·
        17 天前

        At least area in acres does avoid the issue of 10 square unit. Does that a 10 by 10 square or a square with a Total area of 10?

      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        17 天前

        If you are nobility perhaps, I only have 37 miliacres if you combine the house as well as the garden.