Are you still imperial?

[Albion]

sheck33 once bubbled...


The Kelvin is a more fundamental temperature scale as it is more solidly linked to thermodynamics, absolute zero being the temperature at which molecules have the lowest possible energy. as a side note many physical laws and formulas can be expressed more simply when an absolute temperature scale is used. The references chosen for the Centigrade & Fahrenheit scales are on the other hand completely arbitrary, the boiling point of water depends on pressure & purity of the water for example. On the Celsius scale used today, which is defined differently, the boiling point of water is just a little under 100 degrees centigrade. Temperature measurement & definition of scales is not a trivial thing but very interesting

some reading material :

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/blynds/tmp.html

True Kelvin is a more technical scale but Celsius follows the same units as kelvin but just starts at a more friendly level ie the frezzing point of water. It would be pretty ludicrous to use Kelvin in everyday life, wow the water was 300 Degrees K today. Pretty cold it was 269 degrees outside today.


Ok imperialists how many feet in a chain? and how many pints in a firkin

 

[DeepScuba]

Maybe I've missed it in 12 or 13 pages of uselessness, but are the Americans the only one that are yet to realize that they are almost the only ones that are not Metric yet??

The only reason Canada ISN'T ALL Metric yet is that our largest trading partner (We [Canadians] are net exporters, so we'd better export in "your" "currency")!!

I'd love to watch Ole Knavey work on his "American" made car with no Metric wrenches!!!

Lemme guess, only crescent wrenches, and round nuts for him

haha 10mm, 13mm, 15mm and 18mm rule the average domestic car.

Metric has "invaded" you whether you knew it or not.

Beyond that, it's irrelevant. Gimme whatever system you want, I'll convert it to my thinking, which I guess is about 50-50.

 

[Knavey]

Actually Deep,

If you had bothered to read all the posts of this thread, you would now know that I own a Jeep, a Honda, and a Ford. Go back a few posts and you will see how I feel about each vehicle. I will give you three guesses where each of those vehicles was manufactured if you would like!

And yes, being the worlds only remaining superpower does have its priviledges...including not being metric. Like I have said before...look for Canadian provinces to become US states before the US goes metric.

And you should probably try a little harder to interpret what is humor, and what is not...the stuff I put my wrenches on cost a bit more than your domestic car. Electric plants don't come cheap...just look at your last power bill.

 

[KrisB]

dvleemin once bubbled...
Incorrect . . . 1 mile = 1.6 km and 1 km = .625 miles

Well, if we're going to get picky...

1 mile = 1.609km
1km = 0.6214 miles

if we limit it to four significant digits.

(oh and there's 66ft in a chain and a firkin is 9 UK gallons, aka 10.47 US gallons)

 

[PhotoTJ]

KrisB once bubbled...


Well, if we're going to get picky...

1 mile = 1.609km
1km = 0.6214 miles

if we limit it to four significant digits.

(oh and there's 66ft in a chain and a firkin is 9 UK gallons, aka 10.47 US gallons)

OK, this would be the definition of "Too much time on ones hands!"

 

[KrisB]

PhotoTJ once bubbled...


OK, this would be the definition of "Too much time on ones hands!"

Funny, I've been accused of that alot recently...

 

[Don Burke]

KrisB once bubbled...
(oh and there's 66ft in a chain and a firkin is 9 UK gallons, aka 10.47 US gallons)

That's a Gunter's chain. A Ramden's chain would be 100 feet.

There are both British and U.S firkins. They are both 9 gallons.

I don't know what this is all supposed to lead to. Every system of measurement has units that are rarely used and most are based on something that wasn't as it first appeared.

 

[PhotoTJ]

As long as we're getting wacky, any thoughts on bushals and pecks? How about a cord of firewood?

A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, when the same group is flying, it's a skein.

Crows and ravens are very similar, yet a group of crows is a murder of crows, whereas a group of ravens is an unkindness of ravens.

Whooooo-hooo-haaa-haaa-haa-haaa-haaa-haaa-haaaaaa!:wacko:

 

[KrisB]

PhotoTJ once bubbled...
How about a cord of firewood?

You mean a faggot?

 

[Albion]

to read in days and chains

Now all i need to do is work out the PADI pressure group after diving at 1.45 Chains for 0.0208 of a day


Kidding ok, please dont work it out