FGS....are we metric or aren't we?

LOL. You want to take up fishing.

I can fish at 16 meters (length) but at 3 foot (depth).

I can buy a pint of maggots, or two litres.

Can weigh in in pounds and ounces, or kilograms.

Have 2 pound breaking strain line, or have the same,  measured as line diameter of 0.12.



Sure it will all get sorted when were out of Europe.

Should all go metric and the use of stone-age measurements should be considered a crime resulting in 2 weeks in a re-education camp !

"O" ring failure on space shot caused by measurement confusion ?

Give people an inch and they'll take a metre.

Sep 10, 2016 -- 1:22PM, The Leopard wrote:

"O" ring failure on space shot caused by measurement confusion ?

Just checked that....I seem to be mistaken after a quick look.....was due to some rubber not being able to withstand the very cold temperatures

^ Challenger loss.

aunty post

see the old thread your on about the timber yard

Forgot about that one.....

Just recalling the famous comment by Aneka Rice, on some sort of crummy housey programme, when she called the timber
merchant and asked for an 8'x 4' sheet of P.L.Y Laugh

Nothing like a good 6 inches of throbbing gristle imo.

Big Charlie's OP is brilliant....

Born in 1968 and science minded I try and be metric but I still refer to imperial

I'm 12 stone and 1.7m tall.

Having been taught both the European and American systems, I believe I have a good grasp of them. For example, I now call a yard a garden.

The reason metric hasn't replaced Imperial is because Imperial is easier.

Few craftsmen that I know prefer metric to Imperial. Whether they're measuring in tenths of a thousandth of an inch, or yards feet and inches.

Casual DIYers will do well to stick to imperial as well.

The only good thing to come out of Europe is the ferry back to the UK.