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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #300 on: 02 May, 2015, 05:48:45 pm »
From your reference to 'metric goons', & the tone of the rest of your post, I detect an enormous dose of hypocrisy. You're "[g]oing on about one system of measurement over another", by denigrating those who prefer a particular system, & doing so in a way which suggests an irrational dislike of that system.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #301 on: 02 May, 2015, 06:06:29 pm »
I have no problem with a person's weight being given in stones and pounds or in kg.  My brain sorts either.  However, for some reason I have difficulty with the american habit of using only pounds.
190 lbs.  It sounds heavy, but I've no idea how heavy.  Yes, I know I can quickly work it out mentally, but I don't want to. I want to understand now, in the moment of hearing or reading, without interrupting the flow.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #302 on: 02 May, 2015, 06:37:50 pm »
I grew up reading lots of Just William books, so I find a quarter of gobstoppers for a farthing has a comfortable familiarity.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #303 on: 02 May, 2015, 08:31:58 pm »
(I'm currently reading an alternate history series where an industrialising 17th century Europe seems to be standardising on decimal feet, as a compromise between politics and common sense.)
What's that, then? (Interest aroused). Any good?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1632_series

It's not so much the main canon, but the fan-written contributions (which are canonised through a complicated and hard to explain collective collaboration process) that make it.  There's an awful lot of tedious military stuff from the military history buffs, and the intricacies of all the religious politics can be overwhelming at times, but at the same time so many stories full of glorious little details by someone with a bit of specialised knowledge or an interest in a particular subject or character.  Everything from radio and aeronautical engineering through medicine and horse-breeding to politics and music.

Health warning:  It's literally endless.  People keep writing more.

Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #304 on: 02 May, 2015, 08:59:49 pm »
Even when you go metric they mess about with it. Who the hell is Kelvin?  (polishes sleeve of Idiot's guide to curmudgeon).
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #305 on: 05 May, 2015, 11:12:22 am »
As a child of the early seventies, I find myself swapping between units according to which gives the roundest number.  Eg, "It's about a metre and a half long and a couple of inches wide."  ::-)

I know I'm 91kg, but haven't a clue what that is in stones. It would probably depress me... :-[

Regarding baby weights, both our two were given in kg, and we had to do a conversion before we could tell anybody (of any age) as everybody wanted it in lbs. I can't remember what the figures were now, though.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #306 on: 05 May, 2015, 11:24:46 am »
From your reference to 'metric goons', & the tone of the rest of your post, I detect an enormous dose of hypocrisy. You're "[g]oing on about one system of measurement over another", by denigrating those who prefer a particular system, & doing so in a way which suggests an irrational dislike of that system.

So, are you a metric goon?
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #307 on: 05 May, 2015, 11:59:21 am »
As ani fule kno, goons are imperial, pre-dating metrification by several years...
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #308 on: 05 May, 2015, 12:42:42 pm »
We already have loads of threads to debate metric and imperial, you know.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #309 on: 05 May, 2015, 01:17:52 pm »
But first we have to decide whether the thread is left- or right-handed, male or female, ISO or ANSI, etc etc.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #310 on: 05 May, 2015, 01:26:00 pm »
We already have loads of threads to debate metric and imperial, you know.

Shed loads, bucket loads or a kilo and a half?
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #311 on: 05 May, 2015, 01:40:00 pm »
We already have loads of threads to debate metric and imperial, you know.

Shed loads, bucket loads or a kilo and a half?

Metric or Imperial fucktons?
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #312 on: 05 May, 2015, 01:59:49 pm »
But first we have to decide whether the thread is left- or right-handed, male or female, ISO or ANSI, etc etc.

Not to speak of the pitch...

Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #313 on: 05 May, 2015, 02:16:39 pm »
(I'm currently reading an alternate history series where an industrialising 17th century Europe seems to be standardising on decimal feet, as a compromise between politics and common sense.)
What's that, then? (Interest aroused). Any good?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1632_series

It's not so much the main canon, but the fan-written contributions (which are canonised through a complicated and hard to explain collective collaboration process) that make it.  There's an awful lot of tedious military stuff from the military history buffs, and the intricacies of all the religious politics can be overwhelming at times, but at the same time so many stories full of glorious little details by someone with a bit of specialised knowledge or an interest in a particular subject or character.  Everything from radio and aeronautical engineering through medicine and horse-breeding to politics and music.

Health warning:  It's literally endless.  People keep writing more.
Ah, that one. I read the original book when it was new, & was put off.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #314 on: 06 May, 2015, 12:18:00 am »
Even when you go metric they mess about with it. Who the hell is Kelvin?  (polishes sleeve of Idiot's guide to Curmudgeon).

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He was the editor of the Sun when it became very cold, and is now a red dwarf (or something).
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #315 on: 06 May, 2015, 07:34:15 am »
....and how do you gauge a screw gauge? Completely intuitive, what?

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #316 on: 22 May, 2015, 01:22:23 pm »
BONG!.....

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This is a story, by the BBC, that takes a rather aloof stance on trashy journalists asking such irrelevant and invasive questions but then runs it as their own "Virgin" headline.

It's getting fairly typical for the BBC to descend into "Hello" magazine news reporting I'm afraid.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #317 on: 29 May, 2015, 08:59:43 am »
BONG

Explosive device dangerous http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32841971

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #318 on: 29 May, 2015, 12:12:06 pm »
There's a lot of SUGAR in sweet snacks.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #320 on: 19 June, 2015, 01:12:49 pm »
Roy Keane 'shouted at taxi driver' in Altrincham

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-33187667

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #321 on: 20 June, 2015, 12:52:06 pm »
Kids with good memories make better liars.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33204165

Will we wait ten years to find that they make good lawyers?

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #322 on: 01 July, 2015, 04:06:32 pm »
BONG! ....

People on the beach, Kids eating ice-creams, the term "scorcher" and photos of women in bras in London parks.

Old people saying "I like it hot... but not this hot".

It's July.. it's called summer.
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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #323 on: 01 July, 2015, 04:11:15 pm »
BONG! ....

People on the beach, Kids eating ice-creams, the term "scorcher" and photos of women in bras in London parks.

Old people saying "I like it hot... but not this hot".

It's July.. it's called summer.

I'll give them a pass on it today though since its the hottest July day on record.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

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Re: BONG ..And Here is the Not News..BONG
« Reply #324 on: 02 July, 2015, 11:46:04 am »
BONG! ....

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