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By *exySwing3rs OP   Couple
over a year ago

In Your Hearts

What's your preference?

Inches or centimetres

Grammes or ounces

Centigrade or Fahrenheit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

metric

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

we all ticked along nicely with the old weights and measures, dont know why we had to change ... well, partially change, we are neither one or the other at the mo... some metric and some still imperial

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bi, fortunately.

Some measurements are better in Imperial, some are better in metric.

How often do you hear of someone having a 18cm cock?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

More to the point, how many can readily convert from one to t'other?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A Royale with Cheese

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts


"

More to the point, how many can readily convert from one to t'other?

"

ha ha ... nope, cant even tell the difference between ml & cl ... in fact, why the 2 different liquid measurements ??

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By *heScotandthegirlCouple
over a year ago

London & Edinburgh

My favourite is the way they are mixed in the construction industry

'get me an 8x4 sheet of 12mm ply'

'three metres of 3x3 trunking'

etc

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By *obbygggMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Depends on your age I think. Young people are taught metric and when the older generations die out so will the imperial system. Still can't get my head round 20 degrees being hot though.70 seems a lot warmer.

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts


"My favourite is the way they are mixed in the construction industry

'get me an 8x4 sheet of 12mm ply'

'three metres of 3x3 trunking'

etc"

similar in the pub game .. "i'll have a 175ml glass of wine and a pint of lager

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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago

not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds)


"

More to the point, how many can readily convert from one to t'other?

ha ha ... nope, cant even tell the difference between ml & cl ... in fact, why the 2 different liquid measurements ??"

They re both parts of a litre, m = thousandth, c = hundredth

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By *heScotandthegirlCouple
over a year ago

London & Edinburgh


"

More to the point, how many can readily convert from one to t'other?

ha ha ... nope, cant even tell the difference between ml & cl ... in fact, why the 2 different liquid measurements ??"

They are the same effectively as the SI standard for liquid volume is the litre and millilitres and centilitres are simply fractions of this, one thousandth and onehundredth respectively

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've always worked in thou's and inches but having 3 kids at school I've had to convert to metric.

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts


"

More to the point, how many can readily convert from one to t'other?

ha ha ... nope, cant even tell the difference between ml & cl ... in fact, why the 2 different liquid measurements ??

They re both parts of a litre, m = thousandth, c = hundredth"

but the point is... buy a bottle of something, and some label it in ml and some in cl, even though the bottle sizes are the same

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By *heScotandthegirlCouple
over a year ago

London & Edinburgh

Snap lol

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Imperial (shows my age)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The guys with 25cms tend to be more vocal about it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Work in both fairly happily. What i use depends on the situation and who I'm talking to.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My favourite is the way they are mixed in the construction industry

'get me an 8x4 sheet of 12mm ply'

'three metres of 3x3 trunking'

etc

similar in the pub game .. "i'll have a 175ml glass of wine and a pint of lager"

And two packets of crisps, PLEASE.

That's binary for you.

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By *ice rideMan
over a year ago

solihull

So if someone has a 36 d bust we understand . But in metric what is 36 inches and they have not worked out how to convert the d .. lol

Or have they ?.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"So if someone has a 36 d bust we understand . But in metric what is 36 inches and they have not worked out how to convert the d .. lol

Or have they ?."

It's around 90cm (off the top of my head)

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts


"So if someone has a 36 d bust we understand . But in metric what is 36 inches and they have not worked out how to convert the d .. lol

Or have they ?.

It's around 90cm (off the top of my head)"

so .... you got a 36D head then ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"So if someone has a 36 d bust we understand . But in metric what is 36 inches and they have not worked out how to convert the d .. lol

Or have they ?.

It's around 90cm (off the top of my head)"

That's interesting actually. I'd have expressed it as around 910mm or 0.91m, i'd never have used cm at all. So, multiple ways of expression in the metric world.

Can anyone honestly say they've ever described a woman as "having a yard of tits?"

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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago

near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack!


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Bi, fortunately.

Some measurements are better in Imperial, some are better in metric.

How often do you hear of someone having a 18cm cock?

"

I`m also in that strange transition state too! I have to use metric a lot when I`m at w*rk and when I`m doing DIY I tend to use metric if I need to find the centre of something but otherwise I still use Imperial.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The best i've ever worked with (sort of) was the guy who asked what a certain length was, say 1115mm. We'd open his tape, place his thumb and finger there and off he'd go.

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush


"I've always worked in thou's and inches but having 3 kids at school I've had to convert to metric."

Be an interesting cock measurement. I'm surprised nobody had used it 7" and a few thou's

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By *exySwing3rs OP   Couple
over a year ago

In Your Hearts

It's bloody worse when trying to buy shoes from European and American suppliers (although I'm not sure that has anything to do with imperial/metric). Really gets on my tits (or is that nipples in metric).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

*wrapping myself in my French man coat*

Why using the imperial system when the metric is so easy and logical??? It doesn't make sense, sacrebleu!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I've always worked in thou's and inches but having 3 kids at school I've had to convert to metric.

Be an interesting cock measurement. I'm surprised nobody had used it 7" and a few thou's"

Stop bragging about the number of women you've had.

Who do you think you are, John Holmes?

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset


"What's your preference?

Inches or centimetres

Grammes or ounces

Centigrade or Fahrenheit"

It has to be Imperial, can you imagine some of the thick blokes on the site trying to work out how long their Johnson's are in centimetres.

Lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

More to the point, how many can readily convert from one to t'other?

"
easy there is 25.4 mm to an inch

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By *JyorksMan
over a year ago

leeds

Not fussed , in my job I need to be able to work in all of them . The number of customers I get that give me measurements in both metric and imperial is unbelievable , half of the time they don't even know what unit they are using lol .

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By *lanwoodMan
over a year ago

Alton

A guy went to the butchers and asked for a pound of sausages. The butcher said "I'm sorry, sir, its kilos now". So the man said, "OK. A pound of kilos then".

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By *al2001Man
over a year ago

kildare

Give me an ounce over a gram any day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Metric all the way!!

The craziest of the lot though, would have to be aviation fuel;

Litres

US Gallons

Imperial Gallons

How confusing is that - when you're fueling up to fly fro A to reach B!!

& of course its been the reason for many air

crashes!!

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By *lanwoodMan
over a year ago

Alton

Why is it that we buy petrol in litres but check our mileage to the gallon?

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


"Why is it that we buy petrol in litres but check our mileage to the gallon?"

To make it easy for manufacturers to confuse car buyers.

Why are US gallons different to UK gallons?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Metric all the way!!

The craziest of the lot though, would have to be aviation fuel;

Litres

US Gallons

Imperial Gallons

How confusing is that - when you're fueling up to fly fro A to reach B!!

& of course its been the reason for many air

crashes!!"

Even crazier still. Isn't jet fuel sold to the big airlines sold in pounds?

ie 25,000 Lbs

Metric, up yours!

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


"..........

That's binary for you. "

.......... and why there are 10 types of people in the world.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Metric all the way!!

The craziest of the lot though, would have to be aviation fuel;

Litres

US Gallons

Imperial Gallons

How confusing is that - when you're fueling up to fly fro A to reach B!!

& of course its been the reason for many air

crashes!!

Even crazier still. Isn't jet fuel sold to the big airlines sold in pounds?

ie 25,000 Lbs

Metric, up yours!

"

Lolz ......most countries just went 100% metric & no problems - but we're so damn backward!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

SI units or nothing

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


"Metric all the way!!

The craziest of the lot though, would have to be aviation fuel;

Litres

US Gallons

Imperial Gallons

How confusing is that - when you're fueling up to fly fro A to reach B!!

& of course its been the reason for many air

crashes!!

Even crazier still. Isn't jet fuel sold to the big airlines sold in pounds?

ie 25,000 Lbs

Metric, up yours!

Lolz ......most countries just went 100% metric & no problems - but we're so damn backward!"

It's like decimalised currency. They should wait till all the old folk are dead.

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By *exySwing3rs OP   Couple
over a year ago

In Your Hearts

Should driving on the right side of the road be considerd as metric?

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts


"Metric all the way!!

The craziest of the lot though, would have to be aviation fuel;

Litres

US Gallons

Imperial Gallons

How confusing is that - when you're fueling up to fly fro A to reach B!!

& of course its been the reason for many air

crashes!!

Even crazier still. Isn't jet fuel sold to the big airlines sold in pounds?

ie 25,000 Lbs

Metric, up yours!

Lolz ......most countries just went 100% metric & no problems - but we're so damn backward!

It's like decimalised currency. They should wait till all the old folk are dead."

aha.. but the flaw in this idea is that while waiting for the old folk to die... those that are younger and still using the old methods are getting older.

so the old folk never die out ..... i think lol

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By *taffsfella1Man
over a year ago

Newcastle-under-Lyme

I kind of do a bit of both. I asked for half a pound of something at a deli counter last week and the young lad had to ask his colleague how many ounces there were in a pound. I felt ancient

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


"Should driving on the right side of the road be considerd as metric? "

We could try it the way they did in Eire.

Buses and trucks changed sides one Sunday, to see if it would work, and cars, vans and everything else the following Sunday.

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

OK, when did you last read on here that anyone has shed/wants to shed a few kg's?

Hardly ever, virtually always stated as lbs/stones. I dare say, even those who are "metrified" do it.

Mind you 10lb sounds more impressive than 4.2 kilos.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Should driving on the right side of the road be considerd as metric?

We could try it the way they did in Eire.

Buses and trucks changed sides one Sunday, to see if it would work, and cars, vans and everything else the following Sunday."

How did it work out?

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts


"

OK, when did you last read on here that anyone has shed/wants to shed a few kg's?

Hardly ever, virtually always stated as lbs/stones. I dare say, even those who are "metrified" do it.

Mind you 10lb sounds more impressive than 4.2 kilos."

its like people who jog/cycle for their health ... they do like 13km instead of 8 miles because it sounds further

(btw, had to use an online converter for this post lol)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

OK, when did you last read on here that anyone has shed/wants to shed a few kg's?

Hardly ever, virtually always stated as lbs/stones. I dare say, even those who are "metrified" do it.

Mind you 10lb sounds more impressive than 4.2 kilos.

its like people who jog/cycle for their health ... they do like 13km instead of 8 miles because it sounds further

(btw, had to use an online converter for this post lol)"

Me too, i used to be Catholic.

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts


"

OK, when did you last read on here that anyone has shed/wants to shed a few kg's?

Hardly ever, virtually always stated as lbs/stones. I dare say, even those who are "metrified" do it.

Mind you 10lb sounds more impressive than 4.2 kilos.

its like people who jog/cycle for their health ... they do like 13km instead of 8 miles because it sounds further

(btw, had to use an online converter for this post lol)

Me too, i used to be Catholic. "

well i'm an agnostic dyslexic insomniac .. i lie awake alnight wondering if there really is a dog

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I spent most of my life in the metric world, and am still struggling with miles, gallons etc.

But for some reason I gauge cocks in inches

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Imperial for me please........

cant stand all this metric crap

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I spent most of my life in the metric world, and am still struggling with miles, gallons etc.

But for some reason I gauge cocks in inches "

Yes but centimetres makes them sound so much bigger

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk


"What's your preference?

Inches or centimetres

Grammes or ounces

Centigrade or Fahrenheit"

I can work easily in either inches or cm and it's often fairly random which I choose. For, say, dressmaking it would always be metric. I think of and quote people's heights in imperial. If I need to measure a room I could use either. I can convert between the two easily.

I can work in grams/ounces or stones/lbs/kg. I can roughly convert between the two in my head. I usually think of people's weight in imperial. I can use either for cooking.

For temperatures I am ok with centigrade or the Kelvin scale. I don't understand Fahrenheit at all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I spent most of my life in the metric world, and am still struggling with miles, gallons etc.

But for some reason I gauge cocks in inches

Yes but centimetres makes them sound so much bigger "

Only to men

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

Women measurements for me....always worked.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I remember an argument on tv a while ago between a pro metric guy and pro imperial guy.

In mid argument the pro imperial guy asked the other how tall he was and the metric bloke answered without thinking "five foot ten "

And that was that .

What I don't understand is why the usage of mm for barrier heights , it's not as though we also use fraction of inches for the same .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Must admit, it's got to be metric for water depths.

I just can't fathom how they do it in imperial.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

Must admit, it's got to be metric for water depths.

I just can't fathom how they do it in imperial."

Oh very good .

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By *cottishrichMan
over a year ago

Here and there


"SI units or nothing"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What's your preference?

Inches or centimetres

Grammes or ounces

Centigrade or Fahrenheit"

Length in inches (if talking to someone over 40 years old)

Weight in grammes, as you can't use Avagadros number when your dealing in ounces.

Temperature is in Centigrade for winter and Fahrenheit for the summer. That way it sounds colder in the winter and hotter in the summer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

More to the point, how many can readily convert from one to t'other?

easy there is 25.4 mm to an inch"

centigrade to fahrenheit is times 1.8 and add 32.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

body weight has to be in stones and pounds. but food weight has to be grams or kg

cock size - inches

distance - miles

but other sizes like the length of a pipe for example has to be meters

we use both

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Where would horseracing be without furlongs?

Come to that, do they use furlongs in overseas racing?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Where would horseracing be without furlongs?

Come to that, do they use furlongs in overseas racing?"

If your racing over the sea, is that not in knots?

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By *rumCoupleCouple
over a year ago

birmingham

Oh FFS ! I am 47, Mrs is 43. We both were bought up in metric.

Simples.

No one younger than us should *need* imperial.

Oh, btw, UK nearly voted to go metric in 1898 ...

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

Bollocks to what we need.

This being a swinging site, I reckon it's about what we want.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

Bi, fortunately.

Some measurements are better in Imperial, some are better in metric.

How often do you hear of someone having a 18cm cock?

"

on every Facebook app!

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

Metric is best because its "joined up".

However everyone should also be able to work in Imperial if for no other reason than it requires a basic knowledge of and ability to use arithmetic.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Im just glad we use metric for currency, im just old enough to been born imperial but my heart has always been rebel alliance.

Who wants to remember 240 pennies to a £ or 14 schillings to a Guinea. Florin, crown, halfcrown, thruppeny bit, sixpence, halfpenny

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


"Im just glad we use metric for currency, im just old enough to been born imperial but my heart has always been rebel alliance.

Who wants to remember 240 pennies to a £ or 14 schillings to a Guinea. Florin, crown, halfcrown, thruppeny bit, sixpence, halfpenny "

How many shillings in a Guinea?

21 when I was at school.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

More to the point, how many can readily convert from one to t'other?

"

After doing an engineering course in college when I left school, I would say I can convert inches to cm/mm fairly easy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Oh FFS ! I am 47, Mrs is 43. We both were bought up in metric.

Simples.

No one younger than us should *need* imperial.

Oh, btw, UK nearly voted to go metric in 1898 ..."

We are both 47 and due to working on farms used imperial only .

Nice they nearly got the chance to vote back then, we have never been asked .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hello all,

I work in both fairly happily(Engineering).

John said "Why using the imperial system when the metric is so easy and logical???"

Up to a point but it is easier to make a significant mistake calculating say volume in metric than Imperial.

Alec

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

I prefer imperial, it means more to me. If someone were to say they weighed 70kg, then I'd have to think about just how much they weigh. But if they said 12 stone 4, then it is more obvious to me.

Last week a waitress asked me what I'd like to drink. Answer, a pint of . Her response, is that large or small?

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By *ollie_JCouple
over a year ago

London

Back in the day: 9 bars, ounces, teenths and the along came grams and grams which were 7/8s

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By *obbygggMan
over a year ago

Birmingham


"My favourite is the way they are mixed in the construction industry

'get me an 8x4 sheet of 12mm ply'

'three metres of 3x3 trunking'

etc

similar in the pub game .. "i'll have a 175ml glass of wine and a pint of lager

And two packets of crisps, PLEASE.

That's binary for you. "
Must admit I've never heard anyone ask for 175ml glass of wine,they usually ask for a large glass.Might be a regional thing.If the price list says 175mlof wine and beer id listed in pints I'd guess they are right though..

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


"Hello all,

I work in both fairly happily(Engineering).

John said "Why using the imperial system when the metric is so easy and logical???"

Up to a point but it is easier to make a significant mistake calculating say volume in metric than Imperial.

Alec"

That's true. You're more likely to try to do a metric sum in your head and get the decimal point in the wrong place whereas in Imperial you're likely to use a machine to multiply by 16, 14 and so on.

Croupiers will continue to multiply by 17 in their heads.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Metric.

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