I like inches for measuring most stuff because it's easier to remember than cms and is largely based on common sense. A foot is roughly the length of your foot, an inch is about the width of your thumb, a yard is around the height of your waist or the distance from the middle of your chest to your outstreched arm, a fathom is roughly your height or the loose width of your outstretched arms and a span is 9 inches which is the width of your outstretched hand. All these old measurements were based on the human body. So you can measure quite well without having to use a tape which saves time. For small measurements I do use cm though.
Nations That Don't Use The Metric System
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