Yeah, don’t have quite the same ring to it now, does it. 
… just nodded off, I was kilometres away.
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And when Julie Andrews sang about 'A sponful of sugar ', I wonder if she used a 5 ml spoon? 
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Obviously! From Austria…
Actually, Bruce, that sign means that the national speed limit (70mph) applies. Cars sold in the UK have MPH on the outer ring of the speedo and KPH on the inner ring. In Europe and Ireland (?), it’s the opposite.
Ah, but consider this.
If the old one had blown, don’t you think it’s possible that it was the wrong amperage?
Ladies, my advice is to call in an electrician!
Actually, I’m not sure. Do the EU cars have mph on their dials anyway?
To be honest, Imperial or metric, don’t most of us simply use what we’re used to and a combination of the two.
And what do you think it would cost to get an electrician in just to change a plug fuse, JBR? I suspect it would be a lot more than a few metric coins.
It certainly would.
The best option is to read up on the matter (t’internet is free!) and learn at bit about it.
Believe me, knowing the size of fuses for various different applications is easy stuff!
Or a shilling in the meter…
On a slightly more serious note fuses don’t often blow. When they do there is often a more serious problem than just replacing the fuse.
OK. That’s my pence worth…
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Exactly this. More often than not, if an appliance becomes faulty, the circuit breaker in the consumer unit will trip first.
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I agree. That said I think residences are usually fairly reliable. But I digress. The topic is still metric units.
Erm…I think that sign generally means sixty miles per hour Percy, except on motorways and dual carriageways where it does mean 70mph.
I was working as an engineer/machinist when the metric system was partially adopted. Older machines were calibrated in imperial, and new machines were in metric. Some drawings were in metric, and some were still in imperial… 
You had to learn very fast how to convert from one to the other. Fortunately, I can now work in either. However, I prefer miles and gallons, but centigrade is a far superior method of measuring temperature. Surely zero degrees when water freezes and 100 degrees when water boils is easier to understand than 32 degrees and 215 degrees respectively. But who decided that 1760 yards should make up one mile, and 2240 pounds made one ton…
Thanks for the warning, Besoeker. 
Oooops 
I’ll have to buy a new copy of the Highway Code.
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I’ve just discussed this with V and she can only remember the speedos having KPH on our Italian registered cars and, come to think of it, I can vaguely remember putting bits of sticky paper on the speedo cover glass at the equivalent of 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 MPH for her for when we drove back to England on holiday.
I have my uses…
i can’t get to grip with this metric nonsense either