And also, unlike the weirdness of pre-decimal currency or some of our more obscu...

		notahacker on March 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Understanding British Money: What's a Quid? A Shil... And also, unlike the weirdness of pre-decimal currency or some of our more obscure weights and measures units, the miles we talk about are rough approximations that aren't supposed to be subdivided or converted into anything precise (or anything more precise than "about half a mile") so there's no particular advantage to using an SI unit

Disagree. A mile is a well-defined quantity, and furlongs are widely understood by older men.