grans talked about metric or imperial measurements

[Vicky]

I was out of the country for some months when the switch happened, in
the 70s? and still prefer pounds, feet and miles. Babies in kilos was
odd.
https://www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1334885-Six-foot-two-eyes-of-blue-kg-v-lb-cm-v-ft-ins?utm_source=brevo&utm_campaign=Gransnet%20Daily%20230424%20Tuesday&utm_medium=email

[J. P. Gilliver]

Post by Vicky
I was out of the country for some months when the switch happened, in
the 70s? and still prefer pounds, feet and miles. Babies in kilos was
odd.
https://www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1334885-Six-foot-two-eyes-of-blue-k
g-v-lb-cm-v-ft-ins?utm_source=brevo&utm_campaign=Gransnet%20Daily%202304
24%20Tuesday&utm_medium=email

"I don't know his weight,
in pounds, shillings, and ounces
but he always seemed bigger,
because of his bounces"

(recalling from memory of five-plus decades ago, so words may not be
quite correct).

A. A. Milne (on Tigger)