28 May
2010
28 May
'10
12:56 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: <arcarlini at iee.org>
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 6:36 PM
Subject: RE: Anyone off to VCF-UK
Yeah, well that law sucks.
is that with arm outstretched, or can it be at any angle?!
Chuck Guzis [cclist at sydex.com] wrote:
Some speedometers on cars, scooters, motorbikes and bicycles would need
changing too (not all vehicles have km/h and mph). Personally I much prefer
miles (even though I don't know how long a mile is - something like 1.25
km's?) over kilometres when talking road distances.
I also much prefer buying vegetables in pounds and oz's rather than
kilograms, from our local veg shop.
This from someone who lives in a country where
body weight is still
quoted in stone;
But you'll hear kg for most other weights: it's really only body weight
that is measured in pounds. Get measured in hospital and it will be
recorded
in kg (unless you've just been born, must be something special about
midwives
I guess).
horse stature in hands--and I still hear
announcers
Is that Imperial vs Metric or just weird?
on the Beeb referring to distances in miles.
That's the other common one (we certainly cannot afford to change all
the
road signs right now). I'm sure other examples
abound. So I take any UK-related claims of the metric system being
wonderful with a crannock of salt.
Like it or lump it it's the law. Except in pubs, where you will be
served pints not litres (and certainly never, ever liters :0).
The
measurement of a thumb is a case in point;
So a fingernail must be about 1cm?
a yard
is about the distance between the tip of my thumb and my nose,
and so is a metre (unless you have some unusual
definition of
"about" kicking around there).
Decimeter... haven't heard that in years.
What about betting? Betting slips (online atleast) can use a decimal system
instead of the old fractions system. Thankfully it's optional for now. I
have always grown up with horseracing odds being in fractions, and you
always measure a horses height in hands :)
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
as is
the length of my stride.
ditto
A foot is a unit not enjoyed by the
metrics- -you get your choice between a meter (too big) and
the ridiculously
small centimeter--even a decimeter is too small.