Metric or Imperial

[Besoeker]

That’s good! We get almost everything delivered to our door.

[JBR]

@AnnieS

metric is for nerds

Metric is for children who never had a proper education.

[AnnieS]

@JBR

Metric is for children who never had a proper education.

That would be me then because we were taught metric at school. I found it confusing growing up with two sets of measures. Also growing up just after the currency denominations changed. So my parents would keep calling 5ps shillings. Metric is useful for measuring things in cm and mm, but use miles & pints rather than KM and Ml. Useful for scientists but not the average person in the street.

[JBR]

@AnnieS

Metric is useful for measuring things in cm and mm

Yes. Read back and you’ll see that I’ve said exactly the same thing.
mm and cm for small measures of length; Imperial for everything else.

Incidentally, until a few months ago I always weighed 12st 7lb. Now I’m 12st 2 or 3lb. I don’t know why. Perhaps age?

[d00d]

@Tiffany

@d00d

I buy my milk in a big plastic bottle with a green top.

I buy milk in the smaller two pint bottles with a green tops, usually 2 or 3 at a time, the big plastic bottles are too big for my fridge.

Yes dear.

But my point is I don’t do metric or imperial, it’s just big or not so big plastic bottle without knowing what or how they are measured.

But I’m not stupid, I’ll notice if/when they get smaller like Waggon Wheels did.

[PixieKnuckles]

@d00d

I’ll notice if/when they get smaller like Waggon Wheels did.

Jaffa cakes. Jaffa cakes can be eaten in one bite now. Never the case years ago.

[d00d]

@PixieKnuckles

@d00d

I’ll notice if/when they get smaller like Waggon Wheels did.

Jaffa cakes. Jaffa cakes can be eaten in one bite now. Never the case years ago.

Waggon Wheels were bigger than me back in '59

[PixieKnuckles]

I remember when I had to hold one in both hands when I was younger. I was in my teens before I could actually finish one entirely. I wouldn’t know one if I saw one now…

[Besoeker]

I wonder how many of you use A4 paper?

[PixieKnuckles]

I do, and most of us, probably, Besoeker…why?

[d00d]

good question

[d00d]

@PixieKnuckles

I remember when I had to hold one in both hands when I was younger. I was in my teens before I could actually finish one entirely. I wouldn’t know one if I saw one now…

but what can you do?

[Besoeker]

It used to be Imperial foolscap paper when I was at school.
Now it is metric and we all use it.
" A4 paper* is an A series, metric size of paper

[d00d]

@Besoeker

It used to be Imperial foolscap paper when I was at school.
Now it is metric and we all use it.
" A4 paper* is an A series, metric size of paper

210 x 297 mm

makes perfect sense

[JBR]

@PixieKnuckles

Jaffa cakes. Jaffa cakes can be eaten in one bite now. Never the case years ago.

Perhaps it’s your mouth that’s got bigger?

[Mups]

@Besoeker

It used to be Imperial foolscap paper when I was at school.
Now it is metric and we all use it.
" A4 paper* is an A series, metric size of paper

A4 and Fullscape are two different things. Fullscape was always a bit longer I think. Haven’t seen it used for years now.
See here:

Letter at 279mm (11.0") is slightly smaller than A4 at 297mm (11.7"), both Legal at 356mm (14.0") and Foolscap at 330mm (13.0") are longer than A4 with Legal being the longest. Foolscap is the narrowest at 203mm (8.0"), followed by A4 at 210mm (8.3") and then Letter and Legal at 216mm (8.5").

[Psmith]

32" waists are much smaller these days.

[spitfire]

@spitfire

Has there ever been a categoric metric alternative to six inches?

Been done already.

[JBR]

I still use cubits, hands and paces.
Who needs rulers?

[spitfire]

Communists.