kidneystone Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I'm hoping that I will be able to buy a powerful two speed Henry hoover when we're out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davyboy Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 FGS American recipes work in cups. what a pain that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I still work in feet inches and yards , pounds and ounces and stones. Hate all this metric rubbish . I find it helps to be able to visualise a few basic measurements: Width of little finger about 1cm Palm of the hand is roughly 10cm and a 12" ruler is 30cm. I have nothing to help visualise /convert Kilograms or Litres, maybe someone on SF can help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker7 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I still work in feet inches and yards , pounds and ounces and stones. Hate all this metric rubbish . Love it. It says so much. Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Shame American imperial is different to ours ! Not all. Lengths/areas/weights are the same. Volumes/capacity aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phili Buster Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 now we are leaving the dreaded eu can we now go back to metric ? can i pop down to wickes and buy a 8x4 sheet of wood instead of 2400x1200 .when ive loaded said piece of wood on my pickup can i fill up with gallons of diesel in stead of litres. on my way home can i nip in pub for a quick half instead of 330ml. calling into the shop can i get a quarter of sweets for the kids instead of 100mg . bring back the good old days Think you mean imperial. I agree with you and let's get back to £.s.d. too. Mind you have you seen the size of the half-crown? It's ginormous - two of those in your pocket and you'll fall over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Gee Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Think you mean imperial. I agree with you and let's get back to £.s.d. too. Mind you have you seen the size of the half-crown? It's ginormous - two of those in your pocket and you'll fall over 240 pence in the pound would mess things right up for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Decimal money actually dates from the reign of Queen Victoria. The florin (two shillings) was one-tenth of a £ [now 10p] and introduced as a first step. The UK took until 1971 to implement the whole scheme. Both pre-date the UK's entry into the EEC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Feet, inches and yards can be a more natural, rule of thumb way of visualizing quantities or lengths, ie, 1 1/2" or 38mm, 6ft 1" or 1.85m, 1LB or 454g, 1/4 mile or 402m, 1cu ft= 0.028 cu mtr, or 28316 cu cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Feet, inches and yards can be a more natural, rule of thumb way of visualizing quantities or lengths, ie, 1 1/2" or 38mm, 6ft 1" or 1.85m, 1LB or 454g, 1/4 mile or 402m, 1cu ft= 0.028 cu mtr, or 28316 cu cm. True. Nobody has ever visualised a metre as 1/10 000 of the Earth's circumference, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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