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@O'Shane
I dislike change a lot. I grew up with feet/inches for height mm/cm for work and gauge measurements for smaller stuff. E.g - for the height of a person I can imagine how tall they are in feet/inch but metric means nothing to me. In work (carpentry/signwriting) I can fairly accurately work judge up to around 600mm in 100mm increments but if someone were to as for a table with a 6'x3' top I would have to convert it to metric. Screw sizes have only recently changed so you will often find a mix of both on shelves. I know exactly what I'd use a 2"x10 screw for but I wouldn't be able to visualise a 5mmx90mm screw.
It could just be me but I found a similar thing among my friends.