Road Signs: Time to change to Metric? - Page 25

NigelDay · Nov 26th, 2015, 12:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by wimorrison

Difficult on an iPad

Might that be why I asked for the URL?

http://www.whydoesitsuck.com/public/...ngth-units.png

DeeJay · Nov 26th, 2015, 14:52

I'm in the "no" camp. If it aint broke, don't fix it!

mixa · Dec 6th, 2015, 19:48

Stay with imperial , get out of EU and back to being Great Britain again, and stop kissing the brussels back side ye im in the NOs

schicksal · Dec 8th, 2015, 12:55

Voted 'yes,' and this is from someone coming from the left side of the Atlantic.

Load and force calculations are a lot easier to deal with in metric. Also I don't like having to remember teaspoon/tablespoon/cup/fluid oz conversions when I cook. Of course American requires conversion for Imperial, and both for Metric so recipes can become confusing even without taking into account that Metric recipes measure ingredients by weight.

Ryan69 · Mar 14th, 2016, 18:45

You can take our MPG but you will never take our MPH freedom..anyway if boris of the hairdoo gets his way we will be paid in £SD and the queen shall have the empire back.

rustytoba · Mar 14th, 2016, 19:03

Shouldn't that be lsd, in all honesty the empire is one thing but the country is what you make it, we should start voting for people with reliable hair cuts.

Imperial roads are one of our few traditions that should be upheld to the last.

Rustytoba

volvoid · Mar 14th, 2016, 22:10

like pints

volvoid · Mar 15th, 2016, 09:06

All this is driving me to drink
I fancy a pint. Chased with 1/6th gill for starters, make that a double.
Breakfast tea of course, did you think I was on the booze at 8 am GMT ?
World time follows us, quite rightly.

that chart at the start missed lots of measuers off, is it an American dumbed-down version ?

wimorrison · Mar 15th, 2016, 09:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by bottlestop

Yeah give me forty thou instead of a mil any day

I think that you mm not mil - a mil is a 1/6400 part of a circle

It actually equals the angle created by 1 metre at a distance of 1000 metres

kieran40 · Mar 15th, 2016, 09:29

Surely it's part of a holiday experience for people in Europe to come somewhere that is different, like Wales all the road signs are in both Celtic welsh and English I like that personally and you are learning a language that is historically important and it's amazing how quick you pick it up and remember it. But it's the experiance of going into Wales to me good on them doesn't offend me as a English guy. Too me it's part of my British culture same as the Cornish and Scottish languages.

Could be worse in mandarin or erdu.

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Dec 6th, 2015, 19:48	#243
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Mar 14th, 2016, 22:10	#247
volvoid Monster Raving Loony Last Online: Nov 12th, 2018 20:03 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: hitchin	like pints __________________ 1994 850 2.0 bought at 32,000 miles used daily now 45,000. Still like a nearly-new car 2004 filthy polluting diesel VW

Mar 15th, 2016, 09:06	#248
volvoid Monster Raving Loony Last Online: Nov 12th, 2018 20:03 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: hitchin	All this is driving me to drink I fancy a pint. Chased with 1/6th gill for starters, make that a double. Breakfast tea of course, did you think I was on the booze at 8 am GMT ? World time follows us, quite rightly. that chart at the start missed lots of measuers off, is it an American dumbed-down version ? __________________ 1994 850 2.0 bought at 32,000 miles used daily now 45,000. Still like a nearly-new car 2004 filthy polluting diesel VW

Nov 26th, 2015, 14:52	#242
DeeJay VOC Member Last Online: Apr 1st, 2024 11:23 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rosyth	I'm in the "no" camp. If it aint broke, don't fix it!

Dec 8th, 2015, 12:55	#244
schicksal Member Last Online: Jun 11th, 2019 13:41 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Charleston	Voted 'yes,' and this is from someone coming from the left side of the Atlantic. Load and force calculations are a lot easier to deal with in metric. Also I don't like having to remember teaspoon/tablespoon/cup/fluid oz conversions when I cook. Of course American requires conversion for Imperial, and both for Metric so recipes can become confusing even without taking into account that Metric recipes measure ingredients by weight.

Mar 14th, 2016, 18:45	#245
Ryan69 built like a tank. Last Online: May 18th, 2023 22:01 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Johnstone	You can take our MPG but you will never take our MPH freedom..anyway if boris of the hairdoo gets his way we will be paid in £SD and the queen shall have the empire back.

Mar 14th, 2016, 19:03	#246
rustytoba Master Member Last Online: Nov 24th, 2023 01:11 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Glasgow	Shouldn't that be lsd, in all honesty the empire is one thing but the country is what you make it, we should start voting for people with reliable hair cuts. Imperial roads are one of our few traditions that should be upheld to the last. Rustytoba

Mar 15th, 2016, 09:29	#250
kieran40 I've Been Banned Last Online: Mar 4th, 2023 12:36 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: paignton	Surely it's part of a holiday experience for people in Europe to come somewhere that is different, like Wales all the road signs are in both Celtic welsh and English I like that personally and you are learning a language that is historically important and it's amazing how quick you pick it up and remember it. But it's the experiance of going into Wales to me good on them doesn't offend me as a English guy. Too me it's part of my British culture same as the Cornish and Scottish languages. Could be worse in mandarin or erdu.

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