for the metric impaired

[H2Andy]

:rofl:

i hadn't heard that one in a long time

 

[Charlie99]

As a "european" ok Brit who dives a lot with American Buddies and often is the only one working in Bar and metres I find myself naturally calculating the conversions in my head but you should see the horror on my buddies face when I forget and signal I have 100 bar left and am still at 30 metres oops.

At least you can convert in your head.

A couple years ago in Key Largo, FL my buddy-for-the-day was a UK tourist in rental gear. He was totally confused by the feet and psi gauges. Couldn't even follow my simple 1000psi=70bar conversion rule.

I finally came up with a spg "conversion" factor that he could handle: "green = OK", "yellow -- we should be headed back", "red - we should be on the boat".

 

[Mako Mark]

If his age was base four, he could not have the digits 6 and 4 in his age.

Sorry, I'm a computer weenie, and do base-n stuff all the time

Roak

You are right, he must have been about 212 which should make him 86 ??? Right??

I told you my Khmer (Cambodian) was not that good didnt I???

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[H2Andy]

what in GOD'S NAME are you people talking about??????

stop it with all these numbers you are driving me NUTS!!!


(phew... i feel so much better now)

 

[Mo2vation]

The sooner the world goes metric the better

What next, Soccer as a sport? Crimany. Please. Just kill me now.

however, a certian French dive buddy of mine reccently had a Son (like yesterday afternoon) and he called me with the good news - however, he was quick to point out that the kid was blah-blah-blah something-meters long, and blah-blah-blah something-meters in weight.

Whatever

In reality the kid was a big 7.11# and almost 22" long.

Metric bites.

K

 

[Paul Evans]

What next, Soccer as a sport? Crimany. Please. Just kill me now.

however, a certian French dive buddy of mine reccently had a Son (like yesterday afternoon) and he called me with the good news - however, he was quick to point out that the kid was blah-blah-blah something-meters long, and blah-blah-blah something-meters in weight.

Whatever

In reality the kid was a big 7.11# and almost 22" long.

Metric bites.

K

Whats wrong with soccer?

 

[Kim]

Whats wrong with soccer?

Uh oh...... here we go!

 

[Winton]

An atmosphere (1 ATM) that equals "ten" (meters), and suspended particles that force human beings to absorb more nitrogen, where will it all end?

 

[Mako Mark]

It does seem Ironic that the land of the free and the home of the brave use a set of measures and weights called the Imperial system.

I thought that would have been thrown in Boston harbor soon after all the tea!

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[Nay]

he was quick to point out that the kid was blah-blah-blah something-meters long, and blah-blah-blah something-meters in weight.

I'm sure everyone else was being nice about this one, but I'm in a mood today. You can't weigh meters.
grams. or in people cases, kilograms.

I can't do the metric either, I just thought I'd be difficult.
:11ztongue