How Many Inches Is That?

Okay, stop thinking rude thoughts. This post isn't about anything naughty; it's about how annoying it is that the US and the UK use different units of measurement. More specifically, inches versus centimeters.

I'm updating my resume (CV as it's called over here) right now. It was originally written on my laptop, which is American, and when I emailed it to myself and opened it on my work laptop, which is English, I realised that all the bullets and indents were wonky! ARGH. Then I realised it was because the American MS Word uses inches and the English MS Word uses centimeters! Double argh! Damn the metric system - you should be relegated to only maths and sciences!