I'm from a country that feels like another country so whenever I go to another country, it feels like another country because; We have a healthy mixture of metric and imperial, we drive on our side of the road, and we use our own money. Ireland is our closest country in the world. We share region in Europe so we have the same plugs and drive on the same side of the road, but even they have the Euro and use kilometres, not my country lol, even coming home from Ireland for me, would be coming back the mile and the £. Where are you from, what is the UK to you?
Someone is really obsessing over this miles/KM thing. Feels like there has been a speeding citation involved.
No, nothing like that. I just took it for granted most my life because of UK and the US that everyone used miles because up until I was 29 I've never been anywhere else so had a rude awakening when I found out the truth one day on Wikipedia. I didn't even pay attention the first time I went to Amsterdam, or the second. Definitely by the third time though last year when I got to travel during a pandemic. I was aware and in tune with the whole kilometres thing even finding out how far stuff was locally using them and sort of estimating the distance in my head in miles because I'm a miles child. No, in order to speed, I'd need access to a vehicle, which I haven't got.
It is not unusual to hear of Americans first trips into Canada by car getting confused by the MPH/KPH thing--like my granny zipping through the Great White North at 100 mph because that is what she thought the speed limit was and she didn't want to offend Canadians by driving too slow.
Seems like, the UK to me is; Standing in Soho with British money knowing stuff by the mile Spoiler (Drinking a Coca-Cola for some reason). The steering wheel is on the right because we drive on the left and we have different plugs to anywhere I've been to (but not anywhere in the world). I guess US / Canada is same side of road driven on, same plug as each other, but different money, different unit of distance. Like UK / Ireland; same side of road driven on, same plug as each other, different money, different unit of distance. Not including any English and French and English and Irish dual languages.
UK actually sells beers in bars by the pint. I haven't actually been to any bars abroad, yet. I was too young the last time I was in the US, but I remember walking past bars on the board walk and seeing big mugs of beer, probably like the 'Big Gulp of beer compared to a UK pint, but, IDK, I was 17 at the time and only saw it, didn't get to find out - but in the UK, we buy by the pint if it's on tap, and only do 1 pint or half pint (or pitcher). I like beer by the pitcher as that's always cool and you just get a pitcher and get to fill as you please, but I'd be lying if I knew how many pints that was since it's been a while since I used to drink in bars or clubs. Maybe 4 pints, judging by the price of £6 for a pitcher and £2 a pint and it being good economics to buy 4 for £6 than 1 for £2 otherwise why not just buy 4 pints for £8 or 3 for £6 so... I guess that's like 4 pints in a pitcher based on the price for a pitcher of beer vs. the price for a pint of beer.
