elmer fudd
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If a woman tells you she is 2.8m tall and 250 kg - run very fast!
Well, she did say she was from the mountains of British Columbia and likes the remote wilderness.
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Well, she did say she was from the mountains of British Columbia and likes the remote wilderness.
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P.S. If a woman tells you she is 2.8m tall and 250 kg - run very fast!
Actually you could probably walk pretty slowly and still be safe, but if she trips and falls....
Dammit- Beano got there first
dfx
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Shoe size 21, right?
Mustard Dave
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We are a bit weird in the UK when it comes to units. I am 34 and have been taught in metric all through school. The metric system makes loads of sense as working out multiples of ten is a doddle. At work or doing DIY, I always work in millimetres, kilograms, litres etc, but some imperial units are still used by people of all ages. For example, most of us would describe a person's height in feet and inches and their weight in stone and pounds. We still measure long distances in miles and speed limits on UK roads are still in mph. We buy beer in the pub by the pint. A few years ago, shops which traditionally still sold food by the lb were made to advertise prices by the kilo due to European Union regulations.
On the continent, the metric system is used more or less exclusively. Road signs are all in km/h and beer is sold generally in 0.5l or 1l glasses.
Many of the older generations have not taken to metric units and decimal money well at all. My mum doesn't have a clue what a kg weighs. A strange habit many older people have is to convert money from pound sterling to the old pounds shillings and pence, then have to convert it back into sterling so they can count it out.
On the continent, the metric system is used more or less exclusively. Road signs are all in km/h and beer is sold generally in 0.5l or 1l glasses.
Many of the older generations have not taken to metric units and decimal money well at all. My mum doesn't have a clue what a kg weighs. A strange habit many older people have is to convert money from pound sterling to the old pounds shillings and pence, then have to convert it back into sterling so they can count it out.
elmer fudd
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FWIW, my last couple posts were sarcasm. I'm actually pretty fluent with metric measure. My computer gives it's readout in meters which I've never changed because it doesn't bother me.
Here's a fairly handy chart though that makes visualizing the difference a little easier.
XS Scuba Worthington Steel Cylinder Specifications
Here's a fairly handy chart though that makes visualizing the difference a little easier.
XS Scuba Worthington Steel Cylinder Specifications
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