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| | | Author: | Cob  | | Posted: | Oct 23, 2017 20:25 | | Subject: | Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 193 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| All measurement units and weights should be converted to Metric.
All other measurement units should be abandoned including stud lengths and imperial
units.
Thank you,
Cob
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| | | | | Author: | Brick.Door | | Posted: | Oct 23, 2017 20:40 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | All measurement units and weights should be converted to Metric.
All other measurement units should be abandoned including stud lengths and imperial
units.
Thank you,
Cob
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Seems a bit extreme.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nordbart | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 02:42 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brick.Door writes:
| | In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | All measurement units and weights should be converted to Metric.
All other measurement units should be abandoned including stud lengths and imperial
units.
Thank you,
Cob
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Seems a bit extreme.
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I think it is a great idea.
The description would be Brick 2 x 4 and the dimensions would be
16 x 32 x 10 mm -ish
and weight 2.32 g
Basically you can see the stud dimensions in the description.
I don't care that you got to the moon with pounds and inches :p
jk
nordbart
PS: BL could provide some automatic unit conversion maybe.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Hurt | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 06:50 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Nordbart writes:
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I don't care that you got to the moon with pounds and inches :p
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| | | | | Author: | legoman77 | | Posted: | Oct 23, 2017 21:43 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | All measurement units and weights should be converted to Metric.
All other measurement units should be abandoned including stud lengths and imperial
units.
Thank you,
Cob
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You are an American. How did you ever learn the metric system?
John P
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| | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 06:28 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, legoman77 writes:
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You are an American. How did you ever learn the metric system?
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Military?
If I understand correctly, they’re taught what a kilometre is, though they call
it a klick to hide their surrendering to the metric system 
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| | | | | Author: | Heartbricker | | Posted: | Oct 23, 2017 22:07 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | All measurement units and weights should be converted to Metric.
All other measurement units should be abandoned including stud lengths and imperial
units.
Thank you,
Cob
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Weights too? they show up in both units- how does that bother you?
Suggestion dismissed in 3,2,1...
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| | | | | Author: | Brickler | | Posted: | Oct 23, 2017 23:45 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Hi,
I do prefer the metric system, hands down, but in the US we have standard measurement
system.
So all our weights and sizes for the mail are in Standard. Changing it make no
sense.
In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | All measurement units and weights should be converted to Metric.
All other measurement units should be abandoned including stud lengths and imperial
units.
Thank you,
Cob
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 04:50 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickler writes:
| | Hi,
I do prefer the metric system, hands down, but in the US we have standard measurement
system.
So all our weights and sizes for the mail are in Standard. Changing it make no
sense.
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In the rest of the world we also have a standard and universal measurement system,
the metric system.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nordbart | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 05:23 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickler writes:
| | Hi,
I do prefer the metric system, hands down, but in the US we have standard measurement
system.
So all our weights and sizes for the mail are in Standard. Changing it make no
sense.
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In the rest of the world we also have a standard and universal measurement system,
the metric system.
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Sure. But some countries still use imperial units daily. Like the UK traffic
it's all miles and yards or weights I have no clue what a Stone is. Canadians
tend to use imperial units too. Since many US products end up there.
At least it's only two domintating systems afaik and not a babylonic mess
of different units.
A 3001 would be 18.8 x 9.4 x 5.6 millismoot.
Nordbart
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | bb414973 | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 06:03 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Nordbart writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickler writes:
| | Hi,
I do prefer the metric system, hands down, but in the US we have standard measurement
system.
So all our weights and sizes for the mail are in Standard. Changing it make no
sense.
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In the rest of the world we also have a standard and universal measurement system,
the metric system.
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Sure. But some countries still use imperial units daily. Like the UK traffic
it's all miles and yards or weights I have no clue what a Stone is. Canadians
tend to use imperial units too. Since many US products end up there.
At least it's only two domintating systems afaik and not a babylonic mess
of different units.
A 3001 would be 18.8 x 9.4 x 5.6 millismoot.
Nordbart
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Except US imperial and UK imperial don't always correlate, especially when
it comes to volume.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Miro78 | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 08:41 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Nordbart writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickler writes:
| | Hi,
I do prefer the metric system, hands down, but in the US we have standard measurement
system.
So all our weights and sizes for the mail are in Standard. Changing it make no
sense.
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In the rest of the world we also have a standard and universal measurement system,
the metric system.
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Sure. But some countries still use imperial units daily. Like the UK traffic
it's all miles and yards or weights I have no clue what a Stone is. Canadians
tend to use imperial units too. Since many US products end up there.
At least it's only two domintating systems afaik and not a babylonic mess
of different units.
A 3001 would be 18.8 x 9.4 x 5.6 millismoot.
Nordbart
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The true universal measurement system would be the Planck length. It is the shortest
sensible distance in the universe derived from 3 fundamental physical constants:
the speed of light in a vacuum, the Planck constant, and the gravitational constant
A 3001 would measure roughly 1.1632x10^33 x 5.8160x10^32 x 3.4649x10^32 in Planck
length units
This should make dimensions clear enough for any ETFOLs (Extra Terrestrial Fans
Of LEGO).
Miro
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 10:47 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Nordbart writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickler writes:
| | Hi,
I do prefer the metric system, hands down, but in the US we have standard measurement
system.
So all our weights and sizes for the mail are in Standard. Changing it make no
sense.
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In the rest of the world we also have a standard and universal measurement system,
the metric system.
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Sure. But some countries still use imperial units daily. Like the UK traffic
it's all miles and yards or weights I have no clue what a Stone is. Canadians
tend to use imperial units too. Since many US products end up there.
At least it's only two domintating systems afaik and not a babylonic mess
of different units.
A 3001 would be 18.8 x 9.4 x 5.6 millismoot.
Nordbart
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Similarly I never have a clue what a cup is when it comes to american recipes
that mix cups with imperial measures I do understand. Obviously it is different
to a PAB cup though.
The problem on BL is that there is / was a third measuring system that was dominant
- that of studs, which doesn't work very well for some parts and especially
for non-system items.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 06:01 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickler writes:
| | Hi,
I do prefer the metric system, hands down, but in the US we have standard measurement
system.
So all our weights and sizes for the mail are in Standard. Changing it make no
sense.
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In the rest of the world we also have a standard and universal measurement system,
the metric system.
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Sort of, but when was the last time you were out for the night and bought 0.568
litres of beer?
Fortunately metric / imperial isn't the end of the world to convert.
Matt
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | nectara | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 06:10 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, WhiteHorseMatt writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickler writes:
| | Hi,
I do prefer the metric system, hands down, but in the US we have standard measurement
system.
So all our weights and sizes for the mail are in Standard. Changing it make no
sense.
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In the rest of the world we also have a standard and universal measurement system,
the metric system.
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Sort of, but when was the last time you were out for the night and bought 0.568
litres of beer?
Fortunately metric / imperial isn't the end of the world to convert.
Matt
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A glass of beer? One beer? A bottle of beer?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Rob_and_Shelagh | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 06:15 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, nectara writes:
| | In Suggestions, WhiteHorseMatt writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickler writes:
| | Hi,
I do prefer the metric system, hands down, but in the US we have standard measurement
system.
So all our weights and sizes for the mail are in Standard. Changing it make no
sense.
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In the rest of the world we also have a standard and universal measurement system,
the metric system.
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Sort of, but when was the last time you were out for the night and bought 0.568
litres of beer?
Fortunately metric / imperial isn't the end of the world to convert.
Matt
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A glass of beer? One beer? A bottle of beer?
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my preference:
Robert
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nordbart | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 06:37 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | my preference:
Robert
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Why stop there?
Nordbart
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 06:51 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, WhiteHorseMatt writes:
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Sort of, but when was the last time you were out for the night and bought 0.568
litres of beer?
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There’s a, rarely used, metric pint (0.5L).
But French don’t care because we drink/ask for a “demi” (= “half”, 0.25L)
| | Fortunately metric / imperial isn't the end of the world to convert.
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Mars Orbiter and Air Canada flight 143 (Gimli Glide) would like to disagree
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 08:51 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickler writes:
| | Hi,
I do prefer the metric system, hands down, but in the US we have standard measurement
system.
So all our weights and sizes for the mail are in Standard. Changing it make no
sense.
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In the rest of the world we also have a standard and universal measurement system,
the metric system.
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In Canada confusion rules. Officially we should be metric, but going to a DIY
store everything is feet and inches. Traveling distances are metric and we buy
litres at the pump, yet car fuel performance is miles per gallon (try explaining
your car does “one in fourteen” to a Canadian).
I chuckled at the “going to the moon on pounds and inches” comment, but the US
paid their price in their space program, missing Mars with a flight due to a
metric / imperial mess-up.
Niek.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 10:26 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, qwertyboy writes:
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In Canada confusion rules. Officially we should be metric, but going to a DIY
store everything is feet and inches. Traveling distances are metric and we buy
litres at the pump, yet car fuel performance is miles per gallon (try explaining
your car does “one in fourteen” to a Canadian).
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If I got that right, French Canadian pinte is 1.136L (a quart), English Canadian
pint is 0.568L. You’re officially mad
As for fuel performance, we see it the other way around: we talk about litres
by 100 km. So we can’t understand each other anyway
| | I chuckled at the “going to the moon on pounds and inches” comment, but the US
paid their price in their space program, missing Mars with a flight due to a
metric / imperial mess-up.
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You don’t need to go abroad (and beyond) for your examples: look for Air Canada
Flight 143 / Gimli Glider
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 11:53 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, qwertyboy writes:
| | I chuckled at the “going to the moon on pounds and inches” comment, but the US
paid their price in their space program, missing Mars with a flight due to a
metric / imperial mess-up.
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You don’t need to go abroad (and beyond) for your examples: look for Air Canada
Flight 143 / Gimli Glider
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True - I watched every Mayday TV episode, and that was one of them. Interesting
investigating, but sometimes a bit overly dramatic (that same episode, with the
kid on his tricycle trying to out-paddle a landing jetliner was a bit much).
I specifically mentioned the Mars mission mess-up because it goes with the pounds-and-inches
that got the same NASA organization to the moon.
Niek.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 12:37 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, qwertyboy writes:
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True - I watched every Mayday TV episode, and that was one of them. Interesting
investigating, but sometimes a bit overly dramatic (that same episode, with the
kid on his tricycle trying to out-paddle a landing jetliner was a bit much). […]
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They don’t want some episodes to seem less catastrophic than others. They also
have to fill their 40 min
What I find annoying are the repetitions due to the four-segments-cut for ads,
especially as they are aired on France 5, where ads are only allowed between
programs. But that’s true for almost anything from accross the pond.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2017 11:00 | | Subject: | Re: Convert all units to Metric | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, qwertyboy writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickler writes:
| | Hi,
I do prefer the metric system, hands down, but in the US we have standard measurement
system.
So all our weights and sizes for the mail are in Standard. Changing it make no
sense.
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In the rest of the world we also have a standard and universal measurement system,
the metric system.
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In Canada confusion rules. Officially we should be metric, but going to a DIY
store everything is feet and inches. Traveling distances are metric and we buy
litres at the pump, yet car fuel performance is miles per gallon (try explaining
your car does “one in fourteen” to a Canadian).
I chuckled at the “going to the moon on pounds and inches” comment, but the US
paid their price in their space program, missing Mars with a flight due to a
metric / imperial mess-up.
Niek.
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The UK isn't any better. Everything here has to be in metric with certain
exceptions. For example, beer can be in imperial units (pints) but only if it
is draught beer. Otherwise it has to be sold in metric units (ml). Similarly
milk can be sold in imperial units but only if it is sold in a returnable bottle,
but not if it is sold in a disposable / non-returnable bottle.
Our road signs are in miles but distances (stopping distances) given in the Highway
Code are in metres (with speeds in miles per hour). Traffic signs concerning
vehicle dimensions or parking distances have to be in imperial (a 2016 regulation!)
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