FabSwingers.com forum: Give them an (option to use the) inch

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

They will stick with the centimetres

However we may be able to buy bottles of wine in pints.

Fun fact: 17pc of people opted for metric only as the way forward... Despite this not being an option on the consultation paper (which was weighted towards imperial).

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By *ddmanMan
over a year ago

Norwich

I remember that survey! A hilariously obvious attempt to provide support for the governments preferred outcome.

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By *anifestoMan
over a year ago

Give them 24.5mm and they take 8 furlongs

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By *coptoCouple
over a year ago

Côte d'Azur & Great Yarmouth

Oh No, not this old BS again!

You always could and always will be able to mark your bottles, packages and everything else in pounds, ounces etc.

And when has anybody ever asked for or been served anything other than a pint of beer or milk?

All that was ever obliged is that as well as FOUR PINTS being marked on the carton of milk, somewhere or other 2.272L appeared.

And as for Imperial measurements in general, my engineer son couldn't imagine what a foot or yard looked like, and my pharmacist daughter certainly wouldn't know the equivalent to mg or mcg (grains, drams, scruples?).

Jeez, I'm going back to sleep...

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By *rDiscretionXXXMan
over a year ago

Gilfach

"And when has anybody ever asked for or been served anything other than a pint of beer or milk?"

Seafood used to be sold in pints. It was quite common to get a pint of whelks, or a pint of cockles from the seafood man that toured the local pubs.

"All that was ever obliged is that as well as FOUR PINTS being marked on the carton of milk, somewhere or other 2.272L appeared."

There was also a requirement that the non-metric measurement was not more prominent that the metric measurement. You couldn't use font style, size, or colour to make the non-metric measurement stand out.

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By *ild_oatsMan
over a year ago

the land of saints & sinners

However we may be able to buy bottles of wine in pints.

Don’t you mean 568 mL

Do try and keep up with the modern world….

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By *ermbiMan
over a year ago

Ballyshannon

It's a review of Brexit and the bonus is wine can be sold in pints. At last a Brexit bonus all the brexiteers can boat about for years to come. How brilliant to leave the EU so we can have a pint of wine. We are on a roll . Another seven years to wait for the second Brexit benefit!

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

"It's a review of Brexit and the bonus is wine can be sold in pints. At last a Brexit bonus all the brexiteers can boat about for years to come. How brilliant to leave the EU so we can have a pint of wine. We are on a roll . Another seven years to wait for the second Brexit benefit!"

Probably a bit too optimistic there

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By *lfasoCouple
over a year ago

South East

Curiously, cocks have never gone metric

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan
over a year ago

Hastings

"They will stick with the centimetres

However we may be able to buy bottles of wine in pints.

Fun fact: 17pc of people opted for metric only as the way forward... Despite this not being an option on the consultation paper (which was weighted towards imperial). "

So do you ask for 2" SCREWS or 50mm

4x2 3.6m or 97x46

And tyres well most wheels are in inch 16 17 etc

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By *uninlondon69Man
over a year ago

Tower Bridge South

"They will stick with the centimetres

However we may be able to buy bottles of wine in pints.

Fun fact: 17pc of people opted for metric only as the way forward... Despite this not being an option on the consultation paper (which was weighted towards imperial).

So do you ask for 2" SCREWS or 50mm

4x2 3.6m or 97x46

And tyres well most wheels are in inch 16 17 etc "

If I'm in the hardware shop I ask for 4 candles

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan
over a year ago

Hastings

"They will stick with the centimetres

However we may be able to buy bottles of wine in pints.

Fun fact: 17pc of people opted for metric only as the way forward... Despite this not being an option on the consultation paper (which was weighted towards imperial).

So do you ask for 2" SCREWS or 50mm

4x2 3.6m or 97x46

And tyres well most wheels are in inch 16 17 etc

If I'm in the hardware shop I ask for 4 candles "

Not the same when writing it but I will have pumps?

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan
over a year ago

Hastings

"They will stick with the centimetres

However we may be able to buy bottles of wine in pints.

Fun fact: 17pc of people opted for metric only as the way forward... Despite this not being an option on the consultation paper (which was weighted towards imperial).

So do you ask for 2" SCREWS or 50mm

4x2 3.6m or 97x46

And tyres well most wheels are in inch 16 17 etc

If I'm in the hardware shop I ask for 4 candles "

Oh yes handers for forks..

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