GNU_Linux Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 So when we ditching the decimal system? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 12 hours ago, BFTD said: Generations without imperial measurements being taught in schools, but to no benefit whatsoever, we're going to pander to people who literally wish they'd been born a hundreds years ago. 10 hours ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Ever been to the USA? 10 hours ago, lichtgilphead said: They don't use imperial in the USA. They use US Customary. There are significant differences between the two so-called "systems" 10 hours ago, Dawson Park Boy said: There are indeed 9 hours ago, lichtgilphead said: Guilty as charged of being a measurement geek 9 hours ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Good luck to you. As they say in Dragon’s Den, I’m out! I won't deny that I do enjoy capturing exchanges such as this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 49 minutes ago, KingRocketman II said: I won't deny that I do enjoy capturing exchanges such as this. No disgrace in being corrected by a self- confessed ‘geek’. However, regarding some simple stuff. (I think?) Miles in the US are the same as UK. Pounds (wt) are the same. Gallons in the US are less than the UK although we now use litres. I think they use metric in the building trades as do we? Although differences, also a lot of similarities. No doubt I’ll be corrected yet again? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 11 hours ago, lichtgilphead said: 3) Measurement of goods for trade in the UK is primarily metric. Beer by the pint is the main exception. It's a pretty metric-heavy mix. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 13 hours ago, GNU_Linux said: So when we ditching the decimal system? 5.42 in the afternoon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 11 hours ago, coprolite said: I think you'll find that your quarter only weighs 7 grams. All dealers give short weight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 23 hours ago, Dawson Park Boy said: There are indeed but there is absolutely no reason why different systems can’t exist and thrive in different countries. The US system is derived from imperial and in some areas is the same. Makes life more interesting. Here in the UK we have a mix of imperial and metric which works fine. It certainly got more interesting when America tried to land a spacecraft on Mars and missed because NASA were using newtons per second thrust and Lockheed were using pounds per second. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Ukraine wants to join the EU. The UK has just left. I am sure there is some cost saving expert who has spotted that both start with the same two letters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Fullerene said: Ukraine wants to join the EU. The UK has just left. I am sure there is some cost saving expert who has spotted that both start with the same two letters. But but but the queue! The quuueeeeuuueeee!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 On 25/02/2022 at 21:26, Dawson Park Boy said: Makes life more interesting. As takes on the sunlit uplands of Brexitland go, that's a belter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Who votes for these morons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, 101 said: Who votes for these morons. Since you asked: repellent c***s. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kejan Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 A nation of ugly, ugly people. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rider Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Anyone spot Lex? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jedi Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) 2 weeks in which the EU plays a blinder and shows what 27 nations working together looks like...sanction around 700 oligarchs to the UK's 11, open the door to Ukrainian refugees without caveats, Shut down the Nord 2 pipeline, provides weapons to Ukraine, announce plans to start moving away from dependence on Russian oil and gas. Act as a proper block of countries. Meanwhile the UK govt sits carping on the subs bench, as a complete irrelevance, while mired in Russian money. Edited March 5, 2022 by Jedi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 7 hours ago, Jedi said: 2 weeks in which the EU plays a blinder and shows what 27 nations working together looks like...sanction around 700 oligarchs to the UK's 11, open the door to Ukrainian refugees without caveats, Shut down the Nord 2 pipeline, provides weapons to Ukraine, announce plans to start moving away from dependence on Russian oil and gas. Act as a proper block of countries. Meanwhile the UK govt sits carping on the subs bench, as a complete irrelevance, while mired in Russian money. Eh???? There was a minutes applause before the football yesterday, what else do these foreigners want from us!!! oh and do folk not get a pint of milk anymore? If not. we will soon. Taking back control..... I remember when 1 billion was 1 billion, not 1000 million. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 26/02/2022 at 20:21, lichtgilphead said: I think you'll find that your quarter only weighs 7 grams. All dealers give short weight Delivery Tax. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 With no end of the Brexit process is sight it seems that all is not well even in this interim three quarter way house type arrangement. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Can these idiots stop conducting government business through a newspaper and also try and calm the rhetoric down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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