Reply #83: You asked what my point was (which should have been self-evident)

[Romulox]

not for another example

At any rate, my point makes perfect sense. Since most people are less than 2 meters tall, most of the objects and structures in their environments are scaled to match this size. Which means that the meter isn't very useful in describing a good deal of the measurements people use on a daily basis.

Which is why you're more likely to hear a Canadian or a Brit tell you his height in feet and inches as in fractional meters.