New Posts For Thread: Metreshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31443901/metresThis on the back of an NHS ambulancehttp://i68.tinypic.com/n2o2ma.jpgFor very many years it was acceptable to use imperial for outline approval of planning submissions.Detail submissions have to be in metric, but I've been out of it for a long time, so without checking I'm not sure this is still the case!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31443901/metres?post_id=555443527#555443527For very many years it was acceptable to use imperial for outline approval of planning submissions.Detail submissions have to be in metric, but I've been out of it for a long time, so without checking I'm not sure this is still the case!Sat, 01 Sep 2018 07:15:04 -0500pi is a bit of a bummer in metric or imperialamazing that folk have coped ....https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31443901/metres?post_id=555443507#555443507pi is a bit of a bummer in metric or imperialamazing that folk have coped ....Sat, 01 Sep 2018 07:11:56 -0500It's easy to read a 64th or 8th or 32nd on a tape or ruler, no matter how high you go, for example measuring over 300 inches it's still as easy as measuring little numbers. You look for the big number and then the fraction, you don't need 4 or 5 digihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31443901/metres?post_id=555443487#555443487It's easy to read a 64th or 8th or 32nd on a tape or ruler, no matter how high you go, for example measuring over 300 inches it's still as easy as measuring little numbers. You look for the big number and then the fraction, you don't need 4 or 5 digiSat, 01 Sep 2018 07:09:22 -0500THey aren't just units of measurent, they work on different systems. Metric is entirely logical and linear, imperial is broken up into stupid ****ing arbitrary sub measurements where it might be 1/16ths here, 1/12ths there, 1/20 here, 1/4 there, diffhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31443901/metres?post_id=555443271#555443271THey aren't just units of measurent, they work on different systems. Metric is entirely logical and linear, imperial is broken up into stupid ****ing arbitrary sub measurements where it might be 1/16ths here, 1/12ths there, 1/20 here, 1/4 there, diffSat, 01 Sep 2018 06:49:48 -0500Not sure metric is superior in engineering. Everyone has their own preference but I would rather be measuring to 60 1/4" than 1733mm. Some places work to all imperial drawings and some all metric, some both, I can't see how either could be superior thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31443901/metres?post_id=555443133#555443133Not sure metric is superior in engineering. Everyone has their own preference but I would rather be measuring to 60 1/4" than 1733mm. Some places work to all imperial drawings and some all metric, some both, I can't see how either could be superior tSat, 01 Sep 2018 06:33:18 -0500in 110m hurdles the hurdles are 3 ft 6 high or 42 incheshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31443901/metres?post_id=555443041#555443041in 110m hurdles the hurdles are 3 ft 6 high or 42 inchesSat, 01 Sep 2018 06:19:45 -0500For science and engeering, metric is far superior but saying a man is 183 cm hardly has the same ring as "6 ft".On the plus side using cm makes my whang sound bigger so .. swings and roundaboutshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31443901/metres?post_id=555442999#555442999For science and engeering, metric is far superior but saying a man is 183 cm hardly has the same ring as "6 ft".On the plus side using cm makes my whang sound bigger so .. swings and roundaboutsSat, 01 Sep 2018 06:12:26 -0500All interesting stuff...."In 1983, Air Canada flight 143 from Montreal to Edmonton ran out of fuel midway through its flight because the amount of fuel had been calculated in pounds instead of kilograms. It glided to an emergency landing in Gimli, Mahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31443901/metres?post_id=555442049#555442049All interesting stuff...."In 1983, Air Canada flight 143 from Montreal to Edmonton ran out of fuel midway through its flight because the amount of fuel had been calculated in pounds instead of kilograms. It glided to an emergency landing in Gimli, MaSat, 01 Sep 2018 02:34:15 -0500"By the late 1970s all British examination boards were requiring knowledge of the metric system, but even today most 18-24 year-olds still do not know how much they weigh in kilograms (60%) or how tall they are in metres and centimetres (54%)".https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31443901/metres?post_id=555442039#555442039"By the late 1970s all British examination boards were requiring knowledge of the metric system, but even today most 18-24 year-olds still do not know how much they weigh in kilograms (60%) or how tall they are in metres and centimetres (54%)".Sat, 01 Sep 2018 02:31:51 -0500NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter, because a Lockheed Martin engineering team used English units of measurement, while the agency's team used the more conventional metric system for a key spacecraft operation, according to a review finding.....https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31443901/metres?post_id=555442031#555442031NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter, because a Lockheed Martin engineering team used English units of measurement, while the agency's team used the more conventional metric system for a key spacecraft operation, according to a review finding.....Sat, 01 Sep 2018 02:28:29 -0500