I will fess up to why I hate imperial...

When Aussieland went metric, I gave away all my imperial measuring devices to friend... and the inaccurate ones, that caused me to cut things a tad too short, to my foes.

Then I started my tool fetish and after exhausting our local supplies, I started ordering from Yankeeland... yes, there was a time when shipping cost were quite reasonable.
To my horror I discovered that all those imported tools were bloody imperial and I had to re-buy all my imperial give aways... none of my "friends" offered to return their gifts, though I got some of the dodgy ones back from my foes.  Restocking cost me a small fortune.

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD