The EU voted to let Britain retain their measuring systems; pints, ounces, miles, etc."Britain and Ireland officially use the metric system, but imperial measures are still often used alongside their metric equivalents....Under the European Union decision, they can retain miles on road signs, and pubs may continue to serve pints of beer. Other goods must be sold in metric quantities, but retailers can display imperial equivalents....They also feared that forcing Britain to abolish the imperial system would have damaged European Union trade with the United States, one of three countries, including Liberia and Myanmar, that have not officially adopted the metric system."
Some company we are keeping. The process of adopting the metric system is called metrication. According to the Wikipedia Myanmar uses the metric system on an everyday basis, so it is really only Libya where an American could truly feel at home in weights and measures.
I think I was metricated twice unsuccessfully in 2nd and 5th grade. The wikipedia has the history of the metric system which goes back to the 1600's.