Ludo*1 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 As it says on the tin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Metric, only blue passport wanting, gammon faced, brexiteering no voters prefer imperial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Metric. Imperial is obsolete - it's even defined by reference to the superior system of measurement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Fahrenheit v Centigrade missing. I use Fahrenheit for hot, Centigrade for cold, feet and inches for rough measurements, metric for exact, mpg for mileage, litres for how much I'm paying, Distance in miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 1 minute ago, lichtgilphead said: Metric. Imperial is obsolete - it's even defined by reference to the superior system of measurement How far is the penalty spot from the goal line? Imperial for the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Well penalties from the 10.9728 meterer or the 16.4592 meterer box is never going to take off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 And i'm not asking for a 0.568261 litre in the pub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, superbigal said: Well penalties from the 10.9728 meterer or the 16.4592 meterer box is never going to take off. 2 minutes ago, superbigal said: And i'm not asking for a 0.568261 litre in the pub So we're agreed then? Imperial is the way forward. Genuine question what do other Europeans ask for in the pub when they want their equivalent of the finest brew?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 6 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: How far is the penalty spot from the goal line? Imperial for the win. According to the FIFA laws of the game 2018/19 , the penalty spot is 11 m (12 yds) from the centre of the goal line. Note that the metric is the primary measure and the imperial is supplementary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Just now, Ludo*1 said: So we're agreed then? Imperial is the way forward. Genuine question what to Europeans ask for in the pub when they want their equivalent of the finest brew?! On reflection I do often ask for a trente-trois Jupiler when i'm in Liege Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 So we're agreed then? Imperial is the way forward. Genuine question what do other Europeans ask for in the pub when they want their equivalent of the finest brew?!Don't you just ask for the beer you want? "I'll have a tennants" not once in all my life has anyone ever said "pint or half pint" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Just now, lichtgilphead said: According to the FIFA laws of the game 2018/19 , the penalty spot is 11 m (12 yds) from rge centre of the goal line. Note that the metric is the primary measure and the imperial is supplementary. Clearly they do not have a calculator then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, superbigal said: Well penalties from the 10.9728 meterer or the 16.4592 meterer box is never going to take off. That's why the Germans call a penalty ein Elfmeter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 Just now, Romeo said: Don't you just ask for the beer you want? "I'll have a tennants" not once in all my life has anyone ever said "pint or half pint" When I'm at the bar, I always lead with 'pint of tennants'. I didn't realise people just said the brand name. How could the barman distinguish between whether it's the wee glass or the big glass you're wanting?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Germans are wrong this is an elf meter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 When I'm at the bar, I always lead with 'pint of tennants'. I didn't realise people just said the brand name. How could the barman distinguish between whether it's the wee glass or the big glass you're wanting?!Because anyone asking for a wee glass is oftw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, superbigal said: Clearly they do not have a calculator then Or they realise that they don't need spurious degrees of accuracy to mark out a football pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, lichtgilphead said: Or they realise that they don't need spurious degrees of accuracy to mark out a football pitch. So what is the 18 yarder now in Fifa bollox ? Also how wide are the goals if not 8 yards and how high if not 8 feet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, lichtgilphead said: Or they realise that they don't need spurious degrees of accuracy to mark out a football pitch. Do you go to the shop to buy a 0.568261 litre of milk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Have no memory of my weight and height in metric. For the sake of science and space exploration though we should go full blown metric, in exchange for Greenwich Mean Time being used for all NASA and Spacex broadcasts. They use GMT on the ISS ffs. And there was that time they got their imperial and metric mixed up and missed Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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