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Originally Posted by jbjb
Celsius - yes!
Metric system for science and engineering - most definitely yes!
Everyday life - it's a mix - here in the UK most things are metric, but distances are still in miles, (car) speeds in miles per hour and fuel consumption in miles per gallon. Beer is still (thank goodness*) sold in pints in pubs.
* A pint is the right amount for beer - don't ask me why, it just is.
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500ml is also OK. A 1l is too much unless you are German?
Ireland managed to change all the speed limits quickly to Km/h. Fingerboards took a little longer to change to km.
Even older card have km/h as well as mph. Many even to 15 years old have Km/h as the main speedometer.
All fuel is sold in euros per litre.
Food & drink is in a mix of metric styles and imperial styles, but has the metric labels. There are still pints and halves in bars, but 500ml cans are common and milk is 1l, 1.5l and 2l. Wine might be 750 ml bottles.
Butter is marked metric but mostly pound and half-pound packs.