: 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.

Sounds like they're implementing it over the years. The US was going to just convert in the 1970's and there was a huge backlash.

: This-is-just-my-opinion-and-no-flame-wars-will-be-entered-into

No problem, you just asked me why so I gave you some reasons. I'm glad it's working for you.