Do you think in Metric or Imperial ?

[BorderReiver]

....and I bet you could get a bag of chips and a pint of mild with the change eh?

Simon

A whole fish supper and a pint of mild.

 

[Shambling Shaman]

Yeah, 'cos 92, 61, 92 sounds nowhere near as appealling as 36, 24, 36, does it ?

cheers,
Toddy

Your right there!!

Off for a cold shower :theyareon

 

[Dana Hawkeye]

I sort of use both systems. I too was growing up during the 'conversion' period and never really grasped either system fully.

These are what I use daily:-

Temperature = Metric
Distance = Imperial
Liquids = Metric
Weight = Metric (Though i only really understand Imperial)
Height = Metric (Again I cant convert to Imperial)
Measure = Metric/Imperial
Land area = Imperial

 

[pothunter]

Hi Red

Which god are you referring to.......

 

[LazySod]

being a mechanic I don,t have much option than to swing both way's!

That's it, im servicing the car at home from now on.

 

[xylaria]

Mostly metric with some exceptions;

Cooking recipes are easier to remember with imperial measurements, they are even easier to remember in the even older handfuls and pinches system. When I give out reciepes I try to keep to handfuls or I give both types measurements.

Weight of people in stone, and babies in pounds and ounces.

I get frustrated by people that work in shops that can't use metric. It not that hard to learn, and if your job is selling fabric or cheese you should able to do both systems without a problem.

 

[British Red]

Hi Red

Which god are you referring to.......

Given he drinks pints of real ale probably the "O God" of over indulgence!

 

[BigShot]

God is 6 foot tall and lives 14 miles away. He speaks English (well he would being from Hampshire). He plays cricket and rugby by season and drinks real ale in pints from the wood. Glasses do not have handles and pint tankards are only made in pewter. He measures his weight in stone and his his milk delivered in glass bottles by the pint on the doorstep. Bread comes in 1 and 2 pound loaves. Sweets are bought by the quarter (lb) and horse races are measured in furlongs. Nautical distance is measured only in knots.

If anyone cares to dispute this they must pay a fine of a guinea.

Red

I'll not be paying a fine at all - I'd be inclined to fine you for the howler in there.
Nautical distance is not mearured in knots. Nautical SPEED is measured in knots...
...1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour.

Very funny though.

 

[BigShot]

I have a similar mix up. I'll add that I measure rough lengths in feet and inches, but whenever I need precision I measure in mm!

I'm with you there actually. It's always mm for precision. Maybe with the exception of things that come in multiples or simple fractions (down to about 1/8th or 1/16th) of 25.4mm - those tend to get measured in imperial just because it's easier than messing about with points of a milimeter. Unless I just round everything up that is - then, that's not really precision.

 

[firecrest]

Yeah, 'cos 92, 61, 92 sounds nowhere near as appealling as 36, 24, 36, does it ?

cheers,
Toddy

equally weighing yourself in stone is not nearly so awful as pounds. I find it odd that in america people hadnt even heard of stones even though its imperial they simply measure in pounds.

 

[BigShot]

equally weighing yourself in stone is not nearly so awful as pounds. I find it odd that in america people hadnt even heard of stones even though its imperial they simply measure in pounds.

I was actually quite shocked when I mentioned stones to an American and they didn't have a clue what I was talking about.
I said "stones and pounds - they go together"
They said "how many pounds are in a stone?"
I had no idea. I know it's 14 now - but then I was clueless. Haha to me stones are split into halves and quarters. That's it.

 

[British Red]

I'll not be paying a fine at all - I'd be inclined to fine you for the howler in there.
Nautical distance is not mearured in knots. Nautical SPEED is measured in knots...
...1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour.

Very funny though.

Aaah schoolboy error .

 

[Shambling Shaman]

My train journey a in chains.....

 

[LazySod]

My train journey a in chains.....

My wifes in chains, but thats another subject.

 

[BigShot]

Aaah schoolboy error .

Indeed. No biggie though.
Pretty common actually.

Sort of like people talking about time in light years.

 

[British Red]

Hell I even know the origins of the phrase - I eve tried it once but couldn't calibrate the knot distance properly. Its only a measure of speed through the water in original form - not speed over the earth too........

but thats another story!

Red

 

[Stew]

Both!!!

I often measure things in imperial & metric at the same time.

ie 3mm thick and 10" wide.

 

[demographic]

Just heard on radio four this morning that the government has said that traders shouldn't be fined for any more using imperial measurements when selling things.

 

[ecobandit]

about time too,you can buy a "bunch" of something but not a pound you have to have half a kilo ccrraaazzyy!!!!!!!!

 

[Wayland]

Both!!!

I often measure things in imperial & metric at the same time.

ie 3mm thick and 10" wide.

I'm always doing that.

I use whichever graduation on the rule is nearest the size I want.

Does some peoples head in though.