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  • baddog
    So Fucking Banned
    • Apr 2001
    • 107089

    #1

    That damned metric system

    I wondered why the hotel guy looked at me funny when I asked if I could turn the thermostat down below 18c.
  • pornguy
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    • Mar 2003
    • 62910

    #2
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    • bns666
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      • Mar 2005
      • 11549

      #3
      that has nothing to do with metric system.
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      • seeandsee
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        • Mar 2006
        • 50945

        #4
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        • Nicky
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Mar 2003
          • 30071

          #5
          He didn't know what it was?
          Last edited by Nicky; 06-15-2009, 06:08 AM.

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          • Blazed
            Confirmed User
            • Jun 2006
            • 1701

            #6
            I thought celsius was the norm in Europe?
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            • Nicky
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Mar 2003
              • 30071

              #7
              Originally posted by Blazed
              I thought celsius was the norm in Europe?
              It very much is.

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              • SilentKnight
                Megan Fox's fluffer
                • Oct 2005
                • 24812

                #8
                Canada's been metric now for nearly 30 years - and this luddite still thinks in terms of fahrenheit and miles.

                We still buy 4'x8' sheets of ply and drywall and two-by-fours at the lumber yard.

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                • CDSmith
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • May 2001
                  • 51460

                  #9
                  Originally posted by SilentKnight
                  Canada's been metric now for nearly 30 years - and this luddite still thinks in terms of fahrenheit and miles.

                  We still buy 4'x8' sheets of ply and drywall and two-by-fours at the lumber yard.
                  I'm fully bilingual when it comes to farenheit/imperial measure and metric/celcius scale. In Canada it's a must.

                  But no matter how long metric has been in place, my answer to the question "How tall are you?" is always going to be 6' 4". When asking about a vehicle's fuel efficiency it's always going to be "What kind of MILEAGE does she get?"

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                  • quantum-x
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                    • Feb 2002
                    • 6863

                    #10
                    You're in Europe. We all use celcius.

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                    • dyna mo
                      just a fucking jerk
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 68439

                      #11
                      you have to ask to change the temp in your room in europe hotels?

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                      • SilentKnight
                        Megan Fox's fluffer
                        • Oct 2005
                        • 24812

                        #12
                        Originally posted by CDSmith
                        I'm fully bilingual when it comes to farenheit/imperial measure and metric/celcius scale. In Canada it's a must.
                        When I say luddite - meaning I think in imperial terms...but yeah, like you I know my conversions.

                        Its just that I know to put a jacket on when its 40-50F ... but when its 12C I have to stop and do the math before deciding what to wear out the door.

                        Out in the garage I have a 5-gallon gas can for the lawn mower and snow blower. I haven't the foggiest clue (or really care) how many litres it holds.

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                        • borked
                          Totally Borked
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 6284

                          #13
                          Originally posted by SilentKnight
                          Out in the garage I have a 5-gallon gas can for the lawn mower and snow blower. I haven't the foggiest clue (or really care) how many litres it holds.
                          Is that English gallons or US gallons

                          I hear ya, I'm the absolute opposite.

                          It's worse with fuel economy for a car... as you lot say "miles per gallon", you'd think the imperial would be "km per litre", well, no you got to add that extra bith of mathS in there and say "litres per 100km" for fuel economy

                          But come on, this Imperial measurement bullshit is nonsense - a cup of sugar.... what, a big cup or a small cup? A pound of beef - dudes, Shakespear is well dead!

                          There is no logic to imperial scales, get with metric!

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                          • dyna mo
                            just a fucking jerk
                            • Dec 2008
                            • 68439

                            #14
                            liter-a-cola
                            It's French for give me some fucking cola!

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                            • CDSmith
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                              • May 2001
                              • 51460

                              #15
                              metric is coming, metric is comingggg


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                              • Vendzilla
                                Biker Gnome
                                • Mar 2004
                                • 23200

                                #16
                                I hate that I have to own metric and SAE tools
                                Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                think about that

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                                • Nicky
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Mar 2003
                                  • 30071

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by SilentKnight
                                  Canada's been metric now for nearly 30 years - and this luddite still thinks in terms of fahrenheit and miles.

                                  We still buy 4'x8' sheets of ply and drywall and two-by-fours at the lumber yard.
                                  At the lumber yard in Sweden you always say two-by-fours etc same goes for nails you say 5 inch not 12,7cm

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                                  • SilentKnight
                                    Megan Fox's fluffer
                                    • Oct 2005
                                    • 24812

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Vendzilla
                                    I hate that I have to own metric and SAE tools
                                    Yep, yep.

                                    And Murphy's Law says you always end up with a metric socket wrench when you need an imperial socket.

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                                    • borked
                                      Totally Borked
                                      • Feb 2005
                                      • 6284

                                      #19
                                      BTW, you can thank France for the metric system, which explains why the US still uses Imperial

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                                      • quantum-x
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                                        • Feb 2002
                                        • 6863

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by borked
                                        BTW, you can thank France for the metric system, which explains why the US still uses Imperial
                                        Here's the one I love asking to imperial fanboys:
                                        How much does 1 cubic foot of water weigh?

                                        Watch them scramble for feet, inches, fluid ounces.. etc

                                        Metric: 1m^3 of water? 1000kg.
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                                        • u-Bob
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                                          • Jul 2005
                                          • 33063

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by quantum-x
                                          Here's the one I love asking to imperial fanboys:
                                          How much does 1 cubic foot of water weigh?

                                          Watch them scramble for feet, inches, fluid ounces.. etc

                                          Metric: 1m^3 of water? 1000kg.

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                                          • JP-pornshooter
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Sep 2006
                                            • 4007

                                            #22
                                            in aviation its even more fun..
                                            since in USA it is mostly based on maritime navigation, knots are used, and a nautical mile is longer than a imperial mile (if you are in sweden 1 mile i think is 10km..)
                                            small planes gallons/nautical miles used for "fuel consumption" but for larger planes lbs/miles used (mostly because the weight of fuel change depending temp and meteorological pressure).. can cause confusion at the pump and it has caused a few actual crashes....
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                                            • Itchy
                                              Datetronix.com
                                              • Jan 2001
                                              • 6525

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Vendzilla
                                              I hate that I have to own metric and SAE tools

                                              I agree but always have a set around that works for both most times


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                                              • Evil Chris
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                                                • Dec 2001
                                                • 13249

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by SilentKnight
                                                Canada's been metric now for nearly 30 years - and this luddite still thinks in terms of fahrenheit and miles.

                                                We still buy 4'x8' sheets of ply and drywall and two-by-fours at the lumber yard.
                                                That's only because our neighbours to the south keep you half thinking in the Imperial system.


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                                                • fetishlad
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                                                  • Aug 2007
                                                  • 8

                                                  #25
                                                  your cock sounds bigger in metric 8" = 20cm, 10" = 25cm

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                                                  • SilentKnight
                                                    Megan Fox's fluffer
                                                    • Oct 2005
                                                    • 24812

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by Evil Chris
                                                    That's only because our neighbours to the south keep you half thinking in the Imperial system.
                                                    Partially, but born in the early sixties I was raised with imperial measure.

                                                    Somethin' about new tricks for an old dawg.

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                                                    • CDSmith
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • May 2001
                                                      • 51460

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by SilentKnight
                                                      Partially, but born in the early sixties I was raised with imperial measure.

                                                      Somethin' about new tricks for an old dawg.
                                                      I'm a 63'er myself. It was when I hit junior high, about the 8th grade to be exact, when the metric system was brought in and we all had to learn it. At the time it sucked but later in my adult life I have come to appreciate it's straightforward simplicity.

                                                      Plus the added bonus of seeing the clueless blank stare when speaking in cm's and kg's to most of our elderly. :D
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                                                      • Allformyspace
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                                                        • Jul 2006
                                                        • 594

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by baddog
                                                        I wondered why the hotel guy looked at me funny when I asked if I could turn the thermostat down below 18c.
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