[axod]

I, like many other people, still ask for food by the pound.

Asking for 100g of strawberry bon-bons, rather than "a quarter of strawberry bon-bons" just makes you sound like an idiot IMHO. Also obviously milk is by the pint.

As far as I know though the case against selling food by imperial measures was dropped by the EU.

I agree it's a mess that needs sorting out. Leave people to use what they want to use.

[gstar]

I thoroughly disagree that you should leave people to use what they want to (anarchy).

[axod]

For the majority of people, the fact you can easily divide a measurement by 1000 is absolutely useless.

Just like the fact you can happily discuss units of measurement with someone from a foreign land.

If an entire country uses a particular unit of measurement, leave them alone to continue using it in peace.