FabSwingers.com forum: Metric Vs Imperial

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

Random thought ... I was taught in metric but use imperial (ft, lbs etc) and don't like using metric. Saying I'm 1m something just doesn't sound right to me

What's your preference?

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

Metric as 15cm makes my cock sounds bigger than 6 inches even if it is totally the same !

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

il go with darth vaders team

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

I use both. Whichever I can see first. 1m or 2m but I have to order wood in feet/inch. We never made a proper change and I think that’s why some (like you op) are still using it.

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"Metric as 15cm makes my cock sounds bigger than 6 inches even if it is totally the same ! "

Don't mean to be picky... but 6 inches is slightly bigger ... =15.24cm

So... imperial

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

Imperial for height and weight, and metric for everything else I think.

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

"Random thought ... I was taught in metric but use imperial (ft, lbs etc) and don't like using metric. Saying I'm 1m something just doesn't sound right to me

What's your preference?

metric I’m 185cm whenever asked about my hight. I don’t know why the british have to complicate everything. Dricing on the left using different scales and plugs.

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"Random thought ... I was taught in metric but use imperial (ft, lbs etc) and don't like using metric. Saying I'm 1m something just doesn't sound right to me

What's your preference?

metric I’m 185cm whenever asked about my hight. I don’t know why the british have to complicate everything. Dricing on the left using different scales and plugs.

Is this a brexit thing? Hehe

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

"Imperial for height and weight, and metric for everything else I think. "

This! I use exactly the same actually.

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

I still talk a lot in imperial but flit between the two. Height, weight, cock size all in inches albeit I agree with F&B cock size sounds better in cms. 2.5 cms sounds much better than 1 inch

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By *iamond coupleCouple
over a year ago

leeds

When South Africa went metric they simply said it is illegal to sell imperial measuring equipment or publish in imperial as from 1st January

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

Always imperial as my man has a 12" cock but doesn't use it as a rule

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

Mph rather than km ph

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

I’m weird I was taught with metric and use it in my day to day life at work but if I’m measuring my height or weight or speed I’ll use imperial because it sounds right

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By *orkie321bWoman
over a year ago

Nottingham

I use a mixture of both, in fact pretty much everyone in the UK does.

Anyone who goes to the pub buys a pint not 0.568 litres of beer

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By *an_LexaCouple
over a year ago

Sunderland

I’m kind visual and don’t always think in numbers.

I think little ruler (6”/15cm) big ruler (12”/30cm) and portions and variants.

Lex

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

"I’m kind visual and don’t always think in numbers.

I think little ruler (6”/15cm) big ruler (12”/30cm) and portions and variants.

Lex"
what about a meter ruler

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"I’m kind visual and don’t always think in numbers.

I think little ruler (6”/15cm) big ruler (12”/30cm) and portions and variants.

Lexwhat about a meter ruler

Well yes... we have a rule that people can't just meet her ... it's a couple thing

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By *lik and PaulCouple
over a year ago

cahoots

Definitely imperial....still think in pounds, shillings and pence too...showing my age.

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

"I’m kind visual and don’t always think in numbers.

I think little ruler (6”/15cm) big ruler (12”/30cm) and portions and variants.

Lexwhat about a meter ruler

Well yes... we have a rule that people can't just meet her ... it's a couple thing

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By *iverscuMan
over a year ago

Berkshire

Bit of everything for me. I know what you mean about height. When people tell me their height in meters I'm totally confused

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"Imperial for height and weight and cocks, and metric for everything else I think. "

FTFY

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

"I’m kind visual and don’t always think in numbers.

I think little ruler (6”/15cm) big ruler (12”/30cm) and portions and variants.

Lex"
I know what I would like to measure

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

"I’m kind visual and don’t always think in numbers.

I think little ruler (6”/15cm) big ruler (12”/30cm) and portions and variants.

Lex I know what I would like to measure

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dans cock?

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

Metric is far better and logical measures to deal with and use it for pretty much everything. But a PINT WILL ALWAYS BE A PINT, DO EVER TRY AND TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME!

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

Surely the standard measure for cocks is the sky remote!

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"Surely the standard measure for cocks is the sky remote!

Isn't the sky Q remote bigger than the older ones?

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

I can "visualise" things immediately in imperial - so if someone said to me they are so many feet and inches tall and weigh so many stones and pounds I'd know instantly their body type pretty much - tell me in metres/centimetres and kilos/grams and I wouldn't have a Scooby.

Likewise distances, volumes etc

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport

"I can "visualise" things immediately in imperial - so if someone said to me they are so many feet and inches tall and weigh so many stones and pounds I'd know instantly their body type pretty much - tell me in metres/centimetres and kilos/grams and I wouldn't have a Scooby.

Likewise distances, volumes etc"

Exactly what I was going to say do imperial for me

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By *hoenixAdAstraWoman
over a year ago

Hiding in the shadows

I'm an Imperial girl, lbs, oz St, ft inches, miles.

Although for 2 of my jobs I have to use metric.

I'm often confused

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

"Metric as 15cm makes my cock sounds bigger than 6 inches even if it is totally the same !

Don't mean to be picky... but 6 inches is slightly bigger ... =15.24cm

So... imperial

Honey I shrunk the cock

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

I frequently use both. Awkward like that. But not when it comes to temperatures. Celsius is the only one that makes sense. 32 degrees Fahrenheit for freezing? Bonkers!

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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago

Grantham

"Metric as 15cm makes my cock sounds bigger than 6 inches even if it is totally the same !

Don't mean to be picky... but 6 inches is slightly bigger ... =15.24cm

So... imperial

And to be even pickier....

....anyone that works with metric doesn't use the cm as a valid unit of measurement.

It's always mm, so 6" is 152.4mm.

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"Metric as 15cm makes my cock sounds bigger than 6 inches even if it is totally the same !

Don't mean to be picky... but 6 inches is slightly bigger ... =15.24cm

So... imperial

And to be even pickier....

....anyone that works with metric doesn't use the cm as a valid unit of measurement.

It's always mm, so 6" is 152.4mm.

Ah ... a fellow engineer I suspect

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"Random thought ... I was taught in metric but use imperial (ft, lbs etc) and don't like using metric. Saying I'm 1m something just doesn't sound right to me

What's your preference?

Imperial. It's easier to visualise.

4 ft = 1200 mm

it's easy to judge 4ft as it's a lower number and we know our own height in ft

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

I can work with either, but prefer metric for building and engineering. Our motorways are still in miles but the markers are 100m apart. Aeroplanes still fly at heights in feet..

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford

I was taught to use both imperial and metric.

Though I use imperial more, I also have to use metric as well with the building trade.

Some of my pics are what ive done.

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By *ushandkittyCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

What confuses me about metric/imperial crossover is that why, long before decimalisation, i.e. 1950-60s why were all cat measurements in imperial except for the engine size? All clearances measured in thous of an inch but engines in cubic centimetres????

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

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By *ushandkittyCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

Car not cat

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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago

Grantham

"What confuses me about metric/imperial crossover is that why, long before decimalisation, i.e. 1950-60s why were all cat measurements in imperial except for the engine size? All clearances measured in thous of an inch but engines in cubic centimetres????

Probably a German influence, as they invented and refined engine design.

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

Dum dum dum diddle diddle dum dum dum diddle diddley

Der der der

Der de der

der de deeeeeer

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I was taught imperial and have never swapped over

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

The metric system wasn't really properly introduced until 2005ish in Ireland I think.

Myself and most people I know still talk in imperial, miles, stone etc. The kilometre road sign are kind of handy though, it takes around a minute to drive a kilometre so you can easily work out on average how much longer you'll be.

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By *anana JoeMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

Happy with both use both metric though is better for measuring things to make sure they fit I find (cocks excluded)

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

"The kilometre road sign are kind of handy though, it takes around a minute to drive a kilometre so you can easily work out on average how much longer you'll be.

Also takes a minute to drive a mile if doing 60mph

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

For work it's metres, sq metres, linear metres.

Most cooking recipes still have measurements in imperial, metric and cups.

My height and weight are in imperial except when I go to the hospital or gp.

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

"The metric system wasn't really properly introduced until 2005ish in Ireland I think.

At different speeds?

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

Cars are so typical of this whole bodge up.

Fuel economy-mpg

Engine size-cc/litres

Gerry cans-gallons/litres

Road signs-miles

Boot sizes-litres

Tyres-inches

Tyre pressures-PSI and metric

Wheels-inches

Emissions-grams

It's also the same with pubs and restaurants

TV screens: inches

Pizza sizes: inches

Vodka shots: mls

Wine bottles: centilitres or litres

Beer pump: pints

Beer bottles: litres/mils

Beer cans: mils

Steaks and burgers: ounces

Subs: inches

Soft drinks: metric and imperial

As for supermarket milk, some dairies produce metric and imperial sized bottles.

I suspect it will stay like this for along time to come.

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

Always measure and cut in old money but having to read house drawing in new money.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"Random thought ... I was taught in metric but use imperial (ft, lbs etc) and don't like using metric. Saying I'm 1m something just doesn't sound right to me

What's your preference?

DO you own a car? If so what's the engine size?

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By *lutinnylons69TV/TS
over a year ago

Daventry near byfield NN11

I just love being 6 feet tall 183cm just not sound the same. Wearing 5 inch heels sounds much better than metric equivalent.

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

Driving on the left

In the early 1800’s, Napoleon invaded much of continental Europe and made everyone conform to the French method of driving on the right.

He didn’t manage to conquer the British Isles nor as far as Sweden, or Portugal or the Austro-Hungarian Empire - all of which continued on the left

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By *ky19Man
over a year ago

Plymouth OYO Hotel

MPH, feet and inches, stones.

Metric for other things.

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By *ensualtouch15Man
over a year ago

ashby de la zouch

"Random thought ... I was taught in metric but use imperial (ft, lbs etc) and don't like using metric. Saying I'm 1m something just doesn't sound right to me

What's your preference?

Metric it works best with maths physics and engineering

Imperial is stupid

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

"Metric as 15cm makes my cock sounds bigger than 6 inches even if it is totally the same ! "

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

I weigh myself in lbs

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

"Imperial for height and weight, and metric for everything else I think. "

Pretty much this

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

I'll never understand metric if i live to be a gross

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

Imperial for me. It all relates to the human body, the first joint of the thumb to the tip is an inch, a foot is about a foot and so on.

Metric pah! its just a French plot.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Imperial for me, although I've got a metric adjustable spanner

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Metric for measuring less than a metre, imperial for over a metre, use miles not kilometres but grams not ounzes, height in feet and inches but weight in kilos and feet size 11.

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

luke.

i am your father

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

"luke.

i am your father"
fuck! I was about to do the ‘Metric Alliance and Inperial Empire’ joke!

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

great minds steve

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Measuring stuff I use both metric and imperial, got taught how to do that on an engineering course at college.

Baking and cooking I always use imperial.

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

Nice to read the responses ... An interesting read

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

Metric PVC vs Imperial leather?

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By *orthyorkypairCouple
over a year ago

North Yorkshire

"Random thought ... I was taught in metric but use imperial (ft, lbs etc) and don't like using metric. Saying I'm 1m something just doesn't sound right to me

What's your preference?

metric I’m 185cm whenever asked about my hight. I don’t know why the british have to complicate everything. Dricing on the left using different scales and plugs.

probably because we have used imperial for centuries and if you research it you will find most of the measurements are based upon the male human body i e a fathom (6ft) and a hand(4 inches) (used throughout the world for horses) is approx the width of a mans palm!

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

Whoever heard of a Metric Stormtrooper?

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By *ornygolferMan
over a year ago

Hexham

When I started work we had an on-site Carpenter who had a Dutch trainee, who even beffore he came to the uk used imperial as it is more accurate, have you ever tried to measure the 1/32 of an inch in metric. There is not way to do it.

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport

"Driving on the left

In the early 1800’s, Napoleon invaded much of continental Europe and made everyone conform to the French method of driving on the right.

He didn’t manage to conquer the British Isles nor as far as Sweden, or Portugal or the Austro-Hungarian Empire - all of which continued on the left

Driving on the left dates back to the old jousting days when the lance was held in the right hand hence the riders passed each other on the left as that dwarf Napoleon was left handed he converted all the country’s he conquered to chance to the right

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By *ensualtouch15Man
over a year ago

ashby de la zouch

"When I started work we had an on-site Carpenter who had a Dutch trainee, who even beffore he came to the uk used imperial as it is more accurate, have you ever tried to measure the 1/32 of an inch in metric. There is not way to do it.

Oh dear

Imperial and metric are equally accurate

.7956 mm is your 32nd

Just as your 32nd is 0.03125 of an inch

Seems you do not understand maths or measurement

Accuracy is based upon the equipment used not the scale used

A wavelength of red light will be the same in feet ,, inches, meters, microns , or chains

The only significant difference between the two scales for an engineer or scientist is the simplicity that maths can be used with metric

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

Oh dear

Imperial and metric are equally accurate

.7956 mm is your 32nd

Just as your 32nd is 0.03125 of an inch

Seems you do not understand maths or measurement

Accuracy is based upon the equipment used not the scale used

A wavelength of red light will be the same in feet ,, inches, meters, microns , or chains

The only significant difference between the two scales for an engineer or scientist is the simplicity that maths can be used with metric

Difference between practical and theoretical - yes it can be measured with a scale rule but 'chippies' are on a building site and are not precision engineers.

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By *ensualtouch15Man
over a year ago

ashby de la zouch

Oh dear

Imperial and metric are equally accurate

.7956 mm is your 32nd

Just as your 32nd is 0.03125 of an inch

Seems you do not understand maths or measurement

Accuracy is based upon the equipment used not the scale used

A wavelength of red light will be the same in feet ,, inches, meters, microns , or chains

The only significant difference between the two scales for an engineer or scientist is the simplicity that maths can be used with metric

Difference between practical and theoretical - yes it can be measured with a scale rule but 'chippies' are on a building site and are not precision engineers."

I'm on the practical side ! Chippies do like to be accurate and metric of course gives them a very straightforward tolerance of 1mm increments

Generally I like plus minus .5 mm or a 50th of an inch they are the same to me

So for a chippy metric is better

Fred I want that 10 foot beam cut into 20 pieces

Fred maths

10 x 12 is 120 divide by 20 is 6 inch

Now into 32nds

Or that 3m into 20

300cm 20 15 cm

3 m 20 0.150 m

3000mm 20 1500 mm

Fred I now need one 22 percent longer

3660 mm

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