I’ve been using the metric mode of explaining things in my conversations. It’s normally quite confusing for others but I feel better for doing it and when I’m talking with friends who aren’t in the United States, they understand me a lot better.

I just wish they’d switch the shoe sizes over to a more uniform system. I wear size 9.5 (US) mens shoes (11 womens) but people keep hearing what they want to hear and will keep insisting on offering me size 9.5 (US) womens shoes even though my feet are obviously a good deal larger than the shoes.