Quote Originally Posted by ArkhamNative View Post
Well it was all over the (UK) news at the time, and I personally witnessed butchers and customers making jokes and gripes about it.
Weird. I'd not ever heard of it so I Googled and couldn't find anything either. Sounds like it might have been typical tabloid misinformation - I actively avoid that style of 'news'!

Quote Originally Posted by ArkhamNative View Post
OK, maybe Celsius is only SI. Regardless, the US's continued use of Fahrenheit is contrary to the rest of the world and international standards, as is its use of MM/DD/YYYY. (Perhaps that date issue is more of a pet peeve of mine than anything.)
It defies logic! I wouldn't care except the US makes so much software that I use and then defaults to that layout, it peeves me too lol The spelling thing, I can deal with, but that date format? Why???