Selling land by the acre to be banned

[Sweetpea]

Under new EU ruling

People in Britain will lose the right to sell land in acres under a new Brussels ruling nodded through by the Government.
In a low-key meeting, a junior minister agreed last week to abolish the ancient imperial measurement and replace it with the metric equivalent 'hectare' from 2010.
The UK previously had an opt-out, technically known as a 'derogation', from the EU's use of some metric measurements, which allowed the continued use of acres for the pruposes of land registration.
But from January 1, 2010, the unit, which dates back to the 13th century, will be banned.

Selling land by the acre to be banned under new EU ruling | Mail Online

Another piece of out heritage down the pan. I really do find this terribly sad.

[poppy]

chip chip chip, I can look at land and judge the acreage, haven't a clue about hectares and am not about to start learning now.
If I buy land again in the future someone is going to have to convert it to acres or no sale.

[Churchill]

Will we be taught wtf a hectare is?

[Sweetpea]

Metric unit of area equal to 100 ares or 10,000 square metres (2.47 acres).

Trafalgar Square, London's only metric square, was laid out as one hectare.

[Haqa]

Time for the British to start putting their collective foot down. Start going into shops and DEMANDING a pound of meat etc. and refusing the metric equivalent...

Make life hard and noisy for a while...

H.

[poppy]

I should love to see some passion about something. No one protests enough about anything anymore.

[Haqa]

Originally Posted by poppy

I should love to see some passion about something. No one protests enough about anything anymore.

Isn't that the truth!!!

H.

[Jkatkin]

Hurrah for the banning of the acre! I am 67 and have not used the absurd and antiquated rag-bag of imperial units since I was 18. I would also bet serious money that most people stopped in the street and asked to define an acre would be unable to do so; the ‘imperialists’ don’t even know their own ‘system’. I would further submit that those who mindlessly wish to retain the acre NEVER measure or calculate.
There is absolutely no need for such anachronisms. The hectare, on the other hand, is sensibly defined as an area of 10 000 square metres (imagine a field 100 m by 100 m).
It is high time that we completed the changeover to SI (metric) units and got rid of the terrible muddle we have in this country with a mixture of imperial and metric units being used daily. Over 95% of the people on this planet are metric. Why is Britain always living in the past? We owe this to our children and all future generations.
Continuing as we are is expensive, confusing, time-consuming, and even dangerous!
Those still not convinced should visit the website of the UK metric association (VBM ad - UK metric association).

[Haqa]

Name one benefit of the metric system without resorting to the argument that stupid people can only think in 10's...

H.

[poppy]

Thank you JKatkin, for telling me I never measure or calculate, being a designer and and artist, working in textiles and interior design and the rag trade most of my working life and being just a few years younger than yourself I have no idea how I managed, must have had magic scissors, and tape measure that did it all for me.
For a short while I jumped off the world and the rat race and had some land, I can cast my eye over fields and quiet accurately tell you how many acres are there. I could not hazard a guess at hectares.
I work in metres and yards quite happily using both, and dont find imperial measurement a problem at all.
So thank you for joining our forum and immediately insulting my intelligence

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