: To change to decimals is easy, basically you don't have to do anything except
: use the numbers differently (easier), however a full blown change to
: metric is MUCH harder.

I has been done in Australia but there is still a mix of metric and imperial measurements, as you say, some areas love to use imperial measurements (pilots, boat people, older generations etc.) but I am old enough to have used both and I must say that I love the metric system and am glad it changed.

This-is-just-my-opinion-and-no-flame-wars-will-be-entered-into-ly y'rs -Jon