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2 days agoAs a Brit: the NHS. I can, and have always been able to, just call an ambulance in response to almost any medical emergency. I can walk into a minor injury unit with any minor injury and get it sorted. I can just call my GP to ask about things and book an appointment to get them seen in person. The only upfront cost I’ve ever had to worry about was the fixed price of prescriptions, and I only get charged for them if I earn enough. Earning minimum wage, the taxes that pay for it total about £150 a year.
Even with all of the attacks and defunding over the years it’s so thoroughly ingrained in the public consciousness that the government can’t actually get rid of it.
You don’t really need to remember conversions within units, because it’s all in base 10. Apart from that, 1 millilitre is 1cm³ of water, which weighs 1 gram, and requires 1 calorie of heat to increase its temperature by 1°C.