Quote from: LittleWheelsandBig on 23 June, 2015, 10:02:50 pmHow long ago did Britain decide to go metric? Using 'grandfather doesn't understand anything new' as a reason to stick with a stupid system is absurd.Agreed. But Steve's website is a) talking about a record set in the olden days and b) using data aggregated by leftpondians so the use of miles makes a higher-than-usual degree of sense.Anyway, you should all stop complaining. Whenever I see "km" out of the corner of my eye I think it's my name. It's very distracting.
How long ago did Britain decide to go metric? Using 'grandfather doesn't understand anything new' as a reason to stick with a stupid system is absurd.
It doesn’t matter where you start. Just start.
How long ago did Britain decide to go metric?
Two metric curiosities for you. Although Newbury racecourse runs its flat races in traditional distances (5 furlongs through to 2 miles) the actual distances are measured in meters (1000m to 3200m)And. For those people who swear that the old units are the best. Ask them how much a gallon of water weighs. It is about the only thing in the imperial system that has some sort of arithmetic logic to it. In my experience very few anti-metric people know the answer.
And. For those people who swear that the old units are the best. Ask them how much a gallon of water weighs. It is about the only thing in the imperial system that has some sort of arithmetic logic to it. In my experience very few anti-metric people know the answer.
We can't adopt kilometres, it'd screw up everyone's Eddington number.
Kim, you are very bad!
Gibbon-metres.
Tim is indeed correct, and this is one of the few examples that I can think of where it isn't "bigger" in the USA - an American "pint" is 16oz, or only 80% of a proper pint.
^ This woman knows what she's talking about.
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