Re: Do you think we'll ever switch to Metric?
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 4:55 pm
rain_maker wrote: Just like everyone knows what a liter is once Coke & Pepsi changed.
HTFU!
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rain_maker wrote: Just like everyone knows what a liter is once Coke & Pepsi changed.
And 384,400 km is a long waySafetystop wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:44 pmThere's two types of countries in the world:
1. Those that use the metric system and..
2. Those that have been to the fucking moon
at least to those who've never done it before...Heuerville wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 6:35 pmAnd 384,400 km is a long waySafetystop wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:44 pmThere's two types of countries in the world:
1. Those that use the metric system and..
2. Those that have been to the fucking moon
Safetystop wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:44 pmThere's two types of countries in the world:
1. Those that use the metric system and..
2. Those that have been to the fucking moon
And most importantly beer is served in pints!Heuerville wrote:The answer to that is oddly complex...Panerai7 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:18 amSo how do you buy cheese for instance, half a kilo or a pound?Heuerville wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2018 10:52 amWe have a haphazard mixture of imperial and metric in the UK.
Large stuff is measured in feet, smaller stuff in mm & cm. However very large stuff is in Meters & very very long in Miles.
We weight ourselves in Stones/pounds, but weigh small items in grams and Kgs.
It's due to the older generation of the UK wanting to hang onto pounds/ounces, and the EU saying that we should legally display grams/KG.
We have both.. but gradually pounds/ounces are dying out.
However, in old family independent stores, they still go by pounds/ounces.
It's like that with all products, as there is a legacy from imperial.. for instance - Fencing, and the timber industry.. that is almost always in feet & inches.
So, if you need a fence panel, it's 3, 4, 5, 6 foot panels etc.
Just to royally mind-fuck you completely.. we used to have 240 pennies in £1. And pennies were labelled as 'D'.. not 'P' as they are now.
Figure that shit out - thankfully that was before my time!
We use metric and use a decimal point not a comma.nweash wrote:I’d switch to metric in a heartbeat. What I refuse to do is put a comma for my decimal place.
^^ That all makes sense to me, except not using CM.. that's weird!Graeme wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:03 amWe use metric and use a decimal point not a comma.nweash wrote:I’d switch to metric in a heartbeat. What I refuse to do is put a comma for my decimal place.
We use kilometres, meters and millimetres, for some reason we don't use cm. We also use inches and feet but it seems to be more older people, the younger generation don't.
We weigh ourselves in Stone or Kg and weigh food in oz or grams. It makes complete sense to us.
It seems to me the only people that use Kg the world over are drug dealers
Regards Graeme
What's the metric term for hung?justsellbrgs wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:40 pmCan I show you my 8 inches?
Can I show you my 20.32 cm?
Full disclosure: it’s eight separate photos of his angry inch.justsellbrgs wrote:Can I show you my 8 inches?
Can I show you my 20.32 cm?
Look at tyres, both metric and imperial in all tyre sizes. Metric width and imperial diameter.Graeme wrote:I do think it's funny that even though most of the earth uses metric we still measure screen size in inches. When you look at the specs of mobile phones or TVs the outside case dimensions are in cm/mm but the screen is inches.
Regards Graeme
That's interesting. I was trained as a scientist, so I'm pretty comfortable with metric. However, "18" rim" makes a lot more sense to my brain than "45.7cm rim"james80 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:41 amLook at tyres, both metric and imperial in all tyre sizes. Metric width and imperial diameter.Graeme wrote:I do think it's funny that even though most of the earth uses metric we still measure screen size in inches. When you look at the specs of mobile phones or TVs the outside case dimensions are in cm/mm but the screen is inches.
Regards Graeme
Funny how this thread moved to tires. I just arrive in Tempe, AZ, today(late Thursday night) for a Blatchford Big Doc meeting tomorrow and then flying out to San Diego on Friday night to purchase a company car Saturday morning. I am in the middle of purchasing wheels and tires for my Toyota Tundra that I will be purchasing in Imperial, CA and shipping to FL, .Panerai7 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 01, 2018 6:18 amThat IS bizarre that the tires are measured like that. I guess it's a result of industry attempting to convert to P-Metric but hasn't completely.
Off road tires are still commonly measured in inches, 32" tire, 33" tire referring to its diameter. Once switched to P-Metric there was even more confusion introduced to the sizing. For instance not everyone knows that in 255/50R18 the second number 50 is not in MM but in the the percentage of the first number, so 50% of 255 is 127.5mm the height of the wall not 50-anything
Anyway, what started out as a mini rant turned into a decent thread.