If only there were a system of measurements ever-so-slightly more intuitive than oz 
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1/4 lb just sounds bigger, because 4>3.
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My sister cannot understand why I continue to use the metric system after having returned to the States. I do prefer Fahrenheit to Celsius when expressing outdoor temperature extremes because to me, for example, 86°F just comes across as being warmer/hotter than 30℃ (though whether it’s expressed as 86℉ or 30℃, that’s not extreme by any measure), but personally for ANY other measurement, the metric system is superior.
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I still use and will continue to use the metric system until my last breath. It’s logical and easy.
Oz, yards, feet, miles… eh. And always, always ˚C for me over ˚F for weather — save for cooking temps. I pretty much converted to F for that purpose.
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I have to use ℉ for cooking here because that’s the system which many recipes use and how ovens are calibrated, but if I had my druthers…
And my sister doesn’t seem to “get” that when the digital scale in the bathroom shows a weight loss or gain of .20, it’s not showing 2 oz, etc but 2/10 of a pound, which is a confusing 3.2 oz. If the scale were a metric one (or at least one that had the ability to change from Imperial to Metric), we wouldn’t have this problem.
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I have one with kg and one with lbs. I don’t like what I see on either #LOLSOB
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How about furlongs per fortnight to express speed?
Sorry, just being silly!
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And unfortunately (for at least me), the metric system was barely taught in U.S. schools when I was growing up. I mean it was (science classes especially) but it was not drilled into us kids as a unit of measure we should be comfortable using on a regular basis.
So the “logical and easy” still eludes me.
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& @linguafood I was in junior high school when we were being taught the metric system in preparation for the change from Imperial to Metric. But unfortunately though there was a brief period gas pumps in the US showed the amount of gas pumped in metric/liters. it didn’t stick and they went back to Imperial. But for some reason, large bottles (but not cans!) of soda remained at 2 liters! Aargh!
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Yes, we recently had a fractional boo-boo. I made this large casserole and asked Sunshine if she wanted a 1/4 or 1/6. Without thinking she said 1/4, so I cut it into four HUGE pieces and gave her one (thinking she was just really hungry).
Once on her plate, she stated she meant 1/6th, she did the math in her head to quick.
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It’s multiples of 10. I absolutely suck at math, but that’s easy to me. I understand, of course, that it’s about as difficult for you as your system is to me, having grown up with the other 
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You’re right on topic, given the thread’s theme
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