Why the US and UK can’t stop fighting the metric system

Re:Why the US and UK can’t stop fighting the metric system by quitit on Monday January 16, 2023 @05:31PM (#34406336)

If the UK are so inclined, they should return to the old currency measures of pounds, shillings, pennies, half pennies, farthings, thruppence, sixpence, florin, half crowns and crowns.

1 pound = 20 shillings

1 shilling = 12 pennies

1 penny = 4 farthings

3 pence* = 1 thruppence

6 pence = 1 sixpence

2 shillings = 1 florin

5 shillings = 1 crown

(so 2 shillings + 2 thruppence = 1 half crown)

Bless.

*pence = plural of penny.

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Re:Why the US and UK can’t stop fighting the metric system by musicale on Monday January 16, 2023 @06:32PM (#34407029)

1 pound = 240d divides evenly by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, etc.. And of course you have the extra factor of 4 with farthings.

And it's good for practicing arithmetic. ;-)

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Re:Why the US and UK can’t stop fighting the metric system by inkyoto on Monday January 16, 2023 @07:44PM (#34407682)

Thruppence is a somewhat inconvenient coin to pay with at a toll booth from a vehicle travelling at the 133619.661 furlongs per fortnight speed. It helps to travel prepared and dispense the required number thruppence into little cloth bags beforehand – to throw them at the cashier without having to slow down.

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