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My mom was in Australia when they converted, and she said that it took two weeks for people to forget the old way. Canada is still a huge mess, because the U.S. promised they would convert six months after we did.
I prefer the proportions of things I design using inches, so I wish we used base 12 or 60 for our numbers. I'm also outraged by 19 mm plywood. Sure, it fits in a 3/4" slot, but 19 is an awful large prime number to deal with. 20 would divide so much neater.
I remember some shoolkid parroting that Celsius is more logical, because it matches the freezing and boiling points of water, but actually, I think that it is more sensible for 0 to be about as cold as it usually gets, and 100 as hot as it usually gets, but that comes with gradations too fine to notice.
I do enjoy leaving off the F or C when noting that it has hit -40 here, and waiting for the queries. :-)
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