Should the UK become fully metric?

MANY anti-metric people seem unaware that only two major countries are still not fully metricated — the UK and the U.S. The sooner the UK goes fully metric, the better. Being half-metric isn’t sensible, it’s confusing and frustrating. Schoolchildren are taught the metric system and they will lead the way in the future. Let’s change now for a less confusing Britain. You don’t hear the anti-metric brigade wanting to change back to pounds, shillings and pence. I wonder why?

NEIL DUCKWORTH, Christchurch, dorset. HOW does the man who loves metric measure know how far his car goes on a litre? In Europe, the measure is litres per

100km. Does he understand that or miles per gallon? Does he measure his weight in kilograms or stone? Is he 5ft 8in or 172.7cm? All air traffic is conducted in feet and in the English language. We use miles in Great Britain, horse racing uses furlongs and we use acres not hectares (and what’s a hectare, anyway?) Plus, you get a pint in a pub. There are many more examples. Get a backbone and start supporting your country. ALAN JONES, Lowton, Cheshire.

I’VE never seen a three-litre bottle of milk like that mentioned by Jack Kershaw (Letters). Does he measure his journey to work in miles? What is the radius of his car’s wheels: 13in, 14in or 15in? Does he not ask for a pint in his local? There are seven days in a week, 28, 29, 30 or 31 days in a month, 52 weeks in a year and 365 or 366 days in a year — nothing metric there. Nature has yet to go metric, look at a honeycomb or the Giant’s Causeway, for instance. My shoe size is an eight and hat size six-and-seven-eighths. I bet that when Jack checks his tyre pressure, he’s looking at pounds per square inch. Before our coinage went metric, we could divide a pound equally between three people. Oh, and look at that rainbow, seven beautiful colours.

BOB FRANKLIN, Banbury, Oxon.