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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I suspect you prefer imperial because it's what you're used to. I am familiar with both.
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It’s easier because it’s what I’m used to, but I also think there’s an argument in favor of it. Sometimes things developed for just that reason; utility. I don’t think the argument about divisibility can be dismissed out of hand just because it’s what I know. I also don’t have a problem converting when necessary.
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Americans can't complain about ISO units going from too small to too large so long as they continue to only measure their weight in pounds. 
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Perhaps the exception proves the rule? Or we could always switch to Archie Goodwin’s preferred unit for measuring Nero Wolfe’s weight.
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£1 = 20 shillings = 240 pennies. No divisibility by seven that I can see.
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That was the point of guineas, according to Burgess. I wasn’t persuaded.