The acre - good riddance!

Hurrah for the banning of the acre! I am 67 and have not used the absurd and antiquated rag-bag of imperial units since I was 18. I would also bet serious money that most people stopped in the street and asked to define an acre would be unable to do so; the ‘imperialists’ don’t even know their own ‘system’. I would further submit that those who mindlessly wish to retain the acre NEVER measure or calculate.
There is absolutely no need for such anachronisms. The hectare, on the other hand, is sensibly defined as an area of 10 000 square metres (imagine a field 100 m by 100 m).
It is high time that we completed the changeover to SI (metric) units and got rid of the terrible muddle we have in this country with a mixture of imperial and metric units being used daily. Over 95% of the people on this planet are metric. Why is Britain always living in the past? We owe this to our children and all future generations.
Continuing as we are is expensive, confusing, time-consuming, and even dangerous!
Those still not convinced should visit the website of the UK metric association (www.ukma.org.uk).

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