ManxTaxPayer Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 Lolz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 @The Voice of Reason you really are showing your age. No one born post 1980 has been taught imperial measurements in the UK at school. Essentially no-one aged under 45 will have any real idea about imperial measurements. The only exceptions will be the ones that have clung on such as a mile, a pint, pounds and ounces etc. I guess some horse racing fans may know what a furlough is but the metric system makes much more sense. Sure it is easier but isn't that a good thing? Why would you want to make things more complicated? That and the fact that pretty much the rest of the world uses metric means that standardisation is easier. The major exception is of course the USA but they probably believe that the metric system is either the work of the devil or some commie idea. This whole thing is just more bullshit from the UK Government trying to find a brexit benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 2 hours ago, manxman1980 said: @The Voice of Reason you really are showing your age. No one born post 1980 has been taught imperial measurements in the UK at school. Essentially no-one aged under 45 will have any real idea about imperial measurements. The only exceptions will be the ones that have clung on such as a mile, a pint, pounds and ounces etc. Older than that mate. I'd say any Gen X-er, so born after 1965, will have only learned metric at school. The problem was all the adults around us spoke in Imperial. So if I have to measure something I'll use metric,but I have a secondary fuzzy set of measurements for abstract stuff. "It's about a mile ...", "It's a few feet that way", "I need to lose a stone", "I'd like a quarter ounce please" but I can never remember how many ounces make a stone, or yards make up a mile. I do know I mile is about 1600 metres though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 4 hours ago, The Voice of Reason said: I don’t really think that anybody, whatever their age is calling for a return of VHS tapes anymore than they wish to see the return of the penny farthing bicycle. I think the VHS revival is around the corner. There's already channels on you-tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 4 hours ago, Declan said: Older than that mate. I'd say any Gen X-er, so born after 1965, will have only learned metric at school. The problem was all the adults around us spoke in Imperial. So if I have to measure something I'll use metric,but I have a secondary fuzzy set of measurements for abstract stuff. "It's about a mile ...", "It's a few feet that way", "I need to lose a stone", "I'd like a quarter ounce please" but I can never remember how many ounces make a stone, or yards make up a mile. I do know I mile is about 1600 metres though. I thought that would be the case but I was speaking from my own experience. My own understanding of imperial measurements is very much the same as yours. Learnt from the older generations but without really any understanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Worth some consideration. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 That pretty much sums up the Brexit project there. Plenty lost but pretty much fuck all of any use gained. A limp disaster really, but at least Johnson got to be PM out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 59 minutes ago, manxman1980 said: Worth some consideration. Feelings don’t care about your facts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Mr. Sausages said: Feelings don’t care about your facts. The UK Government had an obligation to implement the 1971 EU directive on weights and measures. Certain exceptions were allowed (pints of beer etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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P.K. Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 10 hours ago, Declan said: Older than that mate. I'd say any Gen X-er, so born after 1965, will have only learned metric at school. The problem was all the adults around us spoke in Imperial. So if I have to measure something I'll use metric,but I have a secondary fuzzy set of measurements for abstract stuff. "It's about a mile ...", "It's a few feet that way", "I need to lose a stone", "I'd like a quarter ounce please" but I can never remember how many ounces make a stone, or yards make up a mile. I do know I mile is about 1600 metres though. Easy calculation is 1 km = 6/10 of a mile. So 60 kph would be 36 mph. It's actually 37mph but as a ready reckoner it works fine. Incidentally adopting the metric system leading to a drop in school standards is 99.9% nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 8 hours ago, ManxTaxPayer said: '454 grammers' wouldn't be called quarter pounders no matter what nonsense dictat was coming along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 9 hours ago, The Voice of Reason said: the 1971 EU directive EU Directive in 1971? Oh dear... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 18 hours ago, P.K. said: Easy calculation is 1 km = 6/10 of a mile. So 60 kph would be 36 mph. It's actually 37mph but as a ready reckoner it works fine. Incidentally adopting the metric system leading to a drop in school standards is 99.9% nonsense. Actually it’s 5/8 not 6/10, so it’s 37.5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 6 hours ago, John Wright said: Actually it’s 5/8 not 6/10, so it’s 37.5. We were advised in Germany to halve the total then quarter one half. add together and hey presto MPH. half of 60 kmh = 30 quarter of 30 = 7.5 add the two together = 37.5mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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