Anyone still work in Imperial units?

[Cobbler]

wish I was perfect

aren't you?

 

[nickk]

kids from school use them till u educate them

not their fault, its the curriculum.

 

[Hood]

No idea, but a gnat's is the smallest. ;-)

The boat yard always said a bahair was the smallest.

 

[GW8IZR]

I dred to think that the day will come, when you walk up to a bar and have to say, pull me 60 Centilitres of lager, instead of pull me a Pint.

You can get used to such inconvenience, what is more annoying is the metric price like petrol is always greater even though you get less!

Cutting out holes for speakers I was, "That's 24 inches and 8mm."
A similar thing happens every day.

I pull the tape across a job and use whatever units comes on a line I can see - if thats 72 inches I use that if its nearer to 183cm then I'm using metric.

 

[cumbriasteve]

inches, mm, cms,...... now't as fancy as that up t'north:

What length of plank would sir like...... yan about long

 

[Hood]

inches, mm, cms,...... now't as fancy as that up t'north:

What length of plank would sir like...... yan about long

That will be a fathom then

 

[cumbriasteve]

That will be a fathom then

Exactly give or take a smidgin

 

[GW8IZR]

2112 steps to the mile on main line flat bottom..

 

[Hood]

2112 steps to the mile on main line flat bottom..

Ah but only a palindromic mile

 

[GW8IZR]

Ah but only a palindromic mile

Its actually a daft figure because there were as little as 1800 on some regions but I know that when I was at school I was a competitive walker and a few years of having my stride shortened by walking on said sleepers destroyed any hopes of continued competition.

 

[Maker]

I dred to think that the day will come, when you walk up to a bar and have to say, pull me 60 Centilitres of lager, instead of pull me a Pint.

In a non-technical conversation it'll always be imperial, they're shorter, easier to pronounce words. You're never gonna say "Five hundred and sixty eight milliliters of Carling please".

 

[GW8IZR]

In a non-technical conversation it'll always be imperial, they're shorter, easier to pronounce words. You're never gonna say "Five hundred and sixty eight milliliters of Carling please".

Funny though, the Swedish bar staff always asked me 0.6cl or 0.75cl ? to which the answer was always the same... whichever is bigger please ;-)

 

[brightspark]

I wonder if they know what a couple of jars are

 

[WorkshopChris]

In a non-technical conversation it'll always be imperial, they're shorter, easier to pronounce words. You're never gonna say "Five hundred and sixty eight milliliters of Carling please".

I would much rather drink half a litre of carling than a pint, nothing to do with the unit of measurement just less to have to stomach.

 

[Burdekin]

Either or and just add a whisker for good measure.

 

[Maker]

Funny though, the Swedish bar staff always asked me 0.6cl or 0.75cl ? to which the answer was always the same... whichever is bigger please ;-)

Sure it wasn't 0.6l ? 0.6cl is a thimble full.

I would much rather drink half a litre of carling than a pint, nothing to do with the unit of measurement just less to have to stomach.

Whatever beer I said was gonna get a response like that, I initially said Budweiser and followed it with "Mostly because a pint of wee would be more palatable" but felt that was a bit too silly.

 

[500e]

In a non-technical conversation it'll always be imperial, they're shorter, easier to pronounce words. You're never gonna say "Five hundred and sixty eight milliliters of Carling please".

No never said Carling ever

 

[rtbcomp]

I'm looking at houses at the moment and I can't visualise room sizes in metric in estate agents' descriptions.

 

[brightspark]

I'm looking at houses at the moment and I can't visualise room sizes in metric in estate agents' descriptions.

strange round our way u rent office space and its by the square foot

 

[500e]

Cant visualize metric suppose because of age.