To Robert and other Metric inch-lovers
I think we should ban people who hate decimals from using them to express their ancient measurements. 7.625 inches? Nope, banned. You must stand by your principals and use 7⅝ inches. I hope for your sake you're not a software developer. Or maybe you could just bring yourself forward to the 19th century and go with 19.3675cm.
The point abut foreign measurements is also irrational. Unless you're Roman or French then you have no rational choice but to use a foreign system.