Metric system?
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smokeywolf
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I got a pretty good chuckle out of that one.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I always enjoy talking with my Canadian neighbors. We'll get going on something and some form of measurement comes up. Seems like 4 times out of 5 the Canuck starts describing something and it ends coming out, "Well, it's about...let's see...I'd say it's about 20 miles so that's...about 30 plus kilometers." ??? If you have to convert after that many years of metric, it just isn't sticking.
Could be worse. We could be Brits converting pounds, shillings and pence to Euros!
Could be worse. We could be Brits converting pounds, shillings and pence to Euros!
I don’t do too bad with quick conversions from metric to imperial, except with temp. Telling me it is 10° C means very little to me.
At work all scripts are done in metric so I can easily remember a kilo is 2.2 pounds, a gallons is 3840 mL, and an inch is 2.54 cM.
When in South Africa hunting I did comment to them that I found it interesting that trophies were always measured in inches yet everything else was metric. I also asked once about fuel economy in a vehicle and telling me kilometers per liter wasn’t very helpful.
At work all scripts are done in metric so I can easily remember a kilo is 2.2 pounds, a gallons is 3840 mL, and an inch is 2.54 cM.
When in South Africa hunting I did comment to them that I found it interesting that trophies were always measured in inches yet everything else was metric. I also asked once about fuel economy in a vehicle and telling me kilometers per liter wasn’t very helpful.
Our shop is very well equipped with both.....
Maybe cause of all the metric sportbikes,am a little better wrenching in metric?
Threading..... not a whole lot to say,both about the same.
Mixing paint/chemicals.. litres all the way.
Precision metrology..... Imperial all the way.As in,can NOT stand using metric anymore than absolute necessity. The blooming devision's are too course. Like a celcius vs Farenheit..... the latter has twice the number basically. Don't matter till it does..... and in these two instances it "does" a LOT.
Maybe cause of all the metric sportbikes,am a little better wrenching in metric?
Threading..... not a whole lot to say,both about the same.
Mixing paint/chemicals.. litres all the way.
Precision metrology..... Imperial all the way.As in,can NOT stand using metric anymore than absolute necessity. The blooming devision's are too course. Like a celcius vs Farenheit..... the latter has twice the number basically. Don't matter till it does..... and in these two instances it "does" a LOT.
RBHarter
West Central AR
Let me point out the most important measures that are screwed up . An Imperial gallon is 5 quarters of a gallon where a US is 4 . Stay with me . If you order ale , cider etc in the UK and parts of Europe by the pint or quart you get 1/8 or 1/4 of 5 quarts . Thats why rods , hecters and bushels make perfect sense .
Ian
Notorious member
Could be because Boone & Crockett numbers are derived from point count and inch measurements?
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I stand corrected! Must be all that BBC TV I watch. What is GB using for currency denominations now? I thought you guys went Euro? Ir is that what Brexit did?
The UK never went to the common currency or common border with the EU. They stuck to their own border security and currency. This spring we still too good old British Pound with us. Went thru passport control to leave the UK and enter France.
The UK was kind of EU lite?
The UK was kind of EU lite?
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
10C=50F, 20C=70F, 30C=85F, 40C= 100F. -40C=-40F.