cheeky chuckle at a US post on another forum
susannahsutton1
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A new member posted from the UK saying that he has no idea how to translate it, but he has 5 stone to lose
A US member responded - "Cool, that's about 14 lb, you can do it!"
I WISH IT WAS!!!!!!!!!!
A US member responded - "Cool, that's about 14 lb, you can do it!"
I WISH IT WAS!!!!!!!!!!
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I wish that as well. I have 17st to lose so that would mean that I'd really only have like 3st to lose. that'd be great. :bigsmile:0
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Aww bless!! :laugh: Sometimes our friends across the pond make me laugh so much!! :laugh:0
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From a Yank that has lived in the UK for 30 years, all I can say is, that is why I have lived in the UK for 30 years0
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I think the sadder bit, unless I mis-understood, is a UK member cannot convert stones into pounds0
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I agree Farway!!!0
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From a Yank that has lived in the UK for 30 years, all I can say is, that is why I have lived in the UK for 30 years
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That's why everyone uses metric though.0
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That's why everyone uses metric though.
No we don't all use metric. I buy my beer in pints, I travel, measured in miles. Most people born before the 70's use both systems. Each has their merits.0 -
That's why everyone uses metric though.
No we don't all use metric. I buy my beer in pints, I travel, measured in miles. Most people born before the 70's use both systems. Each has their merits.
Agreed about merits, I weigh my food in grammes [mainly so it matches the labels & data elsewhere], drink pints of beer, buy kilos of carrots from supermarket, but pound of apples from greengrocer, my trouser waist size is in inches, as is leg length, and my weight is in stones & pounds, but I can do sums so able to convert if required0 -
Sorry, I thought I could get away with satire in a UK forum.0
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Sorry, I thought I could get away with satire in a UK forum.
The net is such a limited form of communication in some respects.
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I think the sadder bit, unless I mis-understood, is a UK member cannot convert stones into pounds
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Sorry, I thought I could get away with satire in a UK forum.
You can if you use emoticon ;-)0 -
Sorry, I thought I could get away with satire in a UK forum.
You can if you use emoticon ;-)
I find they both ruin the delivery and patronise the reader.0 -
Back under your bridge :bigsmile:0
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My husband says I'm crazy to want to work out how much fuel my car uses in miles per litre. Makes sense to me...0
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My husband says I'm crazy to want to work out how much fuel my car uses in miles per litre. Makes sense to me...
It's not your fault the nation won't commit to SI units so that the world can all speak the same language.0 -
My husband says I'm crazy to want to work out how much fuel my car uses in miles per litre. Makes sense to me...
It's not your fault the nation won't commit to SI units so that the world can all speak the same language.
It wouldn't mean a thing to me (65 yrs) - MPG means something to my brain, as do miles, feet and inches, pounds and ounces. Still, another 20 years or so and there won't be a lot of us dinosaurs left..... 0 -
Imperial units have their place. If I want to quickly measure a room or garden out I can use my feet, as a foot is approximately, well a foot (for a man). Want to measure a field? Pace it out, as a stride is approx. 1 yard. Most men have a built in ruler by the way, that they have all measured, usually between 6 to 7 inches long.
Or as my old Mechanical engineering lecturer used to say "If feet and inches where good enough to get man to the moon, they are good enough for me"
I do believe though that when used the imperial system, with fractions, and a base 12, kept your brain active, or it could be that today's generations lack the numeracy skills due to poor teaching, calculators, and lazy brains.0 -
My husband says I'm crazy to want to work out how much fuel my car uses in miles per litre. Makes sense to me...
It's not your fault the nation won't commit to SI units so that the world can all speak the same language.
It wouldn't mean a thing to me (65 yrs) - MPG means something to my brain, as do miles, feet and inches, pounds and ounces. Still, another 20 years or so and there won't be a lot of us dinosaurs left.....
It's a common arguement.....
that falls down as soon as you mention the introduction of decimal currency 0 -
Imperial units have their place. If I want to quickly measure a room or garden out I can use my feet, as a foot is approximately, well a foot (for a man). Want to measure a field? Pace it out, as a stride is approx. 1 yard. Most men have a built in ruler by the way, that they have all measured, usually between 6 to 7 inches long.
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In engineering a common measure is a gnat's c0ck, I believe this is universal and works in both Imperial or metric0 -
That violates the forum rules.
And that's not real engineering.0 -
It is if you are male gnat0
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He'd still be using a non-standard unit. Best he could hope for is simple carpentry or decorating.0
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Well with an average life expectancy of 10 days he would do well to get through the required city and guilds0
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It's a common arguement.....
that falls down as soon as you mention the introduction of decimal currency
Well, no - because a) I was a lot younger then and b) We still have pounds in the decimal currency.
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