Same complete muddle here in the UK - maybe worse! The UK attempted to go metric in 1965, but failed to convince the great British public! There was another 'metrification' deadline set for 2009 but that, too, proved un-enforceable. Only the currency has ever fully made it into metrication.
So now we have a mixture of miles with kilometres, metres with yards, feet and inches, kilograms with pounds and ounces, litres with gallon. Gas and diesel are sold in litres, beer in pints, sugar in kilos, butcher meat in pounds and ounces, fertilizer is bought in 50 kilo bags, but application rates are still often in cwts (112 lbs) per acre, body height is measured in feet and inches, body weight in stones and pounds (though sometimes quoted in kilos, though that is meaningless to most people), and mountain height in feet! And as for nuts and bolts size/thread/pitch - they may be Metric, AF, Whitworth, BSF, UNF, UNC etc etc.
Only metric has been taught in schools for many years, so you would think things might be geting simpler, but it does not appear to be the case! Kids just seem to pick up the 'old ways' from mum and dad!
We just muddle through, but we appreciate the nightmare for visitors to the country!
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