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Vladimir Ilych
Gradient
Electus Matari
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Posted - 2008.11.24 15:45:00 -
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It's all messed up. We are used to using imperial but are part of Europe which uses metric.
If you ask anyone who is not a child you will get the answer in feet and inches
I know I am 5 foot 11 inches and 14 stone or 196 pounds or 90 kilos or 180 cms.
Short answer. You really have to know both.
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Xrak
Black Eclipse Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.11.24 15:45:00 -
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All new road signs should have both miles and km, so that we can finally start changing over to a metric measurement for transport.
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Dantes Revenge
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.11.24 17:39:00 -
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Edited by: Dantes Revenge on 24/11/2008 17:42:29
 Originally by: Voltain
Originally by: Rodj Blake
Originally by: Stitcher
little known fact - driving on the left hails from a rather less... peaceful time in our history, when it was a good idea to keep your sword-arm in the middle of the road as you rode on horseback.
And countries that had revolutions changed to the right as it meant that those without swords were the equal of those with.
'cept for lefties of course, who solopwnd.
Why else do you think us lefties got the reputation for high intelligence?
On topic.
I still measure height in feet/inches, wieght in stones/pounds/ounces and distance in miles.
It annoys the hell out of younger shop assistants who don't have a clue how to convert between metric and imperial when I ask for two pounds of apples.
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There's a simple difference between kinky and perverted. Kinky is using a feather to get her in the mood. Perverted is using the whole chicken.
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Lexi Belle
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Posted - 2008.11.24 18:51:00 -
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Next you Brits are going to tell me that soccer is better than Football.
And why do you drink your beers warm? Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy a nice English ale, but warm beer? Its a travesty.
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Northern Fall
Minmatar
Guild Navy
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Posted - 2008.11.24 18:56:00 -
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Because our beer isnt chilled water 
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Lexi Belle
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Posted - 2008.11.24 18:58:00 -
[36]
Originally by: Northern Fall
Because our beer isnt chilled water
Touche good sir.
But in Texas, we had plenty of German immigrants so our beer is top notch. Im not talking budwiser, im talking shiner bock, dark beers with full flavors.
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Thorliaron
Brutor tribe
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Posted - 2008.11.24 18:58:00 -
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Originally by: Northern Fall
Because our beer isnt chilled water
pwnt
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Dantes Revenge
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.11.24 19:10:00 -
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Originally by: Lexi Belle
Next you Brits are going to tell me that soccer is better than Football.
And why do you drink your beers warm? Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy a nice English ale, but warm beer? Its a travesty.
Actually it is chilled but not as cold as the Americans have it. I worked in a bar and the cellar is kept at 8 degrees max. That makes it a lot colder than ambient but not ice cold.
Besides, our country is freaking cold as it is, we don't need frozen drinks to cool us down.
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There's a simple difference between kinky and perverted. Kinky is using a feather to get her in the mood. Perverted is using the whole chicken.
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Stitcher
Caldari
Duty.
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Posted - 2008.11.24 19:15:00 -
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speaking of beer, I got a grab bag of ales on Friday... still got some left in the kitchen....
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lovely. A Marston's "Double Drop", served in my trusty EVE beer mug. Just what I needed.
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Rodj Blake
Amarr
PIE Inc.
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Posted - 2008.11.24 19:21:00 -
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Traditionally, bitters (by which I don't mean either fizzy keg beer or heretical smoothflow abominations) were brewed in a very different manner from lagers and a result of this is that the flavour is best at a slightly higher temperature than lager.
Remember - there are brewing methods still in use today that were developed before the invention of refrigeration, and so it's not surprising that the taste is best at cellar temperature.
Dulce et decorum est pro imperium mori.
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Captator
Universal Securities
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Posted - 2008.11.24 19:46:00 -
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Originally by: Lexi Belle
Edited by: Lexi Belle on 24/11/2008 08:10:23
Edited by: Lexi Belle on 24/11/2008 08:10:04
Originally by: Larkonis Trassler
Gasoline is sold by the liter
Fixed that for ya. Seriously I thought the british spawned the language. Five minutes of watching your parliament on c-span and all I hear is clicks and pops.
And what the hell is a tradesmen's entrance?
LITRE NOT LITER YOU PILLOCK,  also, we call it petrol, though you are correct in saying that is incorrect, however you were later corrected to be even more correct, and now finally you are perhaps absolutely so.
Lost? So am I...
tradesman's entrance is a side door for the loading/unloading of goods.
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Captator
Universal Securities
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Posted - 2008.11.24 19:48:00 -
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Originally by: Dantes Revenge
Edited by: Dantes Revenge on 24/11/2008 17:42:29
Originally by: Voltain
Originally by: Rodj Blake
Originally by: Stitcher
little known fact - driving on the left hails from a rather less... peaceful time in our history, when it was a good idea to keep your sword-arm in the middle of the road as you rode on horseback.
And countries that had revolutions changed to the right as it meant that those without swords were the equal of those with.
'cept for lefties of course, who solopwnd.
Why else do you think us lefties got the reputation for high intelligence?
On topic.
I still measure height in feet/inches, wieght in stones/pounds/ounces and distance in miles.
It annoys the hell out of younger shop assistants who don't have a clue how to convert between metric and imperial when I ask for two pounds of apples.
In times of social stress and conflict the proportion of left handed people in a population go up, as in combat a left handed person has the element of surprise . I could quote a serious academic study to support that statement, but cba digging it up.
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TU144 TEPPOPNCT'CMEPTHNK
Caldari
State War Academy
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Posted - 2008.11.24 19:57:00 -
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It's cos we only partly joined the EU back in the 50's.
during the 60's they got the agreement to go metric in 1971, but all the politicians bottled it when trying to sell it to the public, and so only half implemented it (don't forget we were in the middle of a horrible reccesion(sound familiar) and all the polititians were struggling to stay in office)[ah... things never change]
a lot of us brits do hope we will get the converion over to driving on the right, but that will take a long time(and lots of political fighting to get it through).
in the nearer term the implementation of Kph being brought in is within view of about 10years (same excuse as other delays(as soon as all the objecting the OAP's have pegged it))
there are things here which should have been done ASAP which have been dragging on for over 50 years(such as major national infrastructure building (as the construction of major dual carriageway road links across isolated parts of the UK))
and yes they also brought in metric in a half assed way, so all us kids learnt metric, but the system used at home, in the shops, and on tv was the old system (so for a lot of us we were completely bol-oxed) with weights(all the scales were lbs/stone), measurements (feet, inches and cm) but on the road was feet, yards and miles. gambling was guinies(old money system(wtf!!!)). area measurements acres, hectares (what system is that(old or new) i still have no idea).
so for a lot of my generation (the first lot to learn metric in school)(yup i'm old!) we were completly messed up trying to learn 2 systems in parrallel (one at school, and one for home/real life)
our old money system still makes no sence to me as it was NOT METRIC,,, even now i cannot get my head round how it worked.
was it base decimal 6 or 12 or what???
sorry i cannot remmeber seeing a old abacus based on the old money system so still have no idea...
THEN AS NOW THIS COUNTRY IS AS EVER A JOKE
CCP made little baby jesus cry by nerfing ghost training
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ouroboros trading
Gallente
Medics On Fire
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Posted - 2008.11.24 19:57:00 -
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this forum, nay this game, is positively dripping with.... ugh i can't put my finger on it...
insinuating that one's chance of survival in a catastrophe is higher...you know? using the drama of distaster to define one's personal innate qualities, against the munanity of life.
what's the word for it?
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Irida Mershkov
Gallente
Black Legion Command
Black Legion.
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Posted - 2008.11.24 20:10:00 -
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Originally by: Reven Cordelle
Originally by: Kaiser Sorano
Originally by: Lexi Belle
Originally by: Larkonis Trassler
Gasoline is sold by the liter
Fixed that for ya. Seriously I thought the british spawned the language. Five minutes of watching your parliament on c-span and all I hear is clicks and pops.
We did. It was you yanks who b@stardised it.
That's right, with an S
Pff.. Gasoline, Petrol
I call it Motion Lotion, and its sold by the "HOW MUCH?! </clearskies>"
Although news flash, cost of petroleum distillate is down to 89p per litre in this area!
Thread ends here. ****ing epic.
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Dameiah Bryseis
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Posted - 2008.11.24 21:35:00 -
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Someone said anyone over 20 probably thinks in imperial which is rubbish. Our science lessons were in metric while day to day things are oddly kept imperial. These days you have luddites moaning that adopting the metric system universally would be tantamount to letting ****** win as it would some how steal England's sovereignty, cue many stupid tabloid newspapers celebrating some mindless butcher who refuses to change his displays from lbs to kg.
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente
Zetsubou Corp
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Posted - 2008.11.24 22:37:00 -
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I don't think it's any particular English identity people are afraid of giving up, they just resent being told how to measure their stuff when they've been doing fine for centuries.
And yeah, having grown up in the 90s and naughties, I measure everything in metric. Doesn't mean I'm going to complain when I see a butcher selling stuff in pounds.
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Arianhod
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Posted - 2008.11.24 22:53:00 -
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Originally by: ReaperOfSly
I don't think it's any particular English identity people are afraid of giving up, they just resent being told how to measure their stuff when they've been doing fine for centuries.
And yeah, having grown up in the 90s and naughties, I measure everything in metric. Doesn't mean I'm going to complain when I see a butcher selling stuff in pounds.
Is it not right to laugh at the face of an indigent butcher on display in the street with all his produce proudly in Imperial on the inner pages of the Daily Mail?
Mother gets it, every time I try and convince her not to read a ****ty paper like that.... 
Haruhiists - Overloading Out of Pod discussions since 2007.
Originally by: Janu Hull
You're making me tingly in the special places...
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente
Zetsubou Corp
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Posted - 2008.11.24 23:00:00 -
[49]
Originally by: Arianhod
Originally by: ReaperOfSly
I don't think it's any particular English identity people are afraid of giving up, they just resent being told how to measure their stuff when they've been doing fine for centuries.
And yeah, having grown up in the 90s and naughties, I measure everything in metric. Doesn't mean I'm going to complain when I see a butcher selling stuff in pounds.
Is it not right to laugh at the face of an indigent butcher on display in the street with all his produce proudly in Imperial on the inner pages of the Daily Mail?
Mother gets it, every time I try and convince her not to read a ****ty paper like that....
It is right. However, it's right to laugh at ANYTHING printed in the Daily Mail, so it's not really saying much.
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annoing
Fallen Angel's
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Posted - 2008.11.24 23:08:00 -
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Edited by: annoing on 24/11/2008 23:14:14
Originally by: TU144 TEPPOPNCT'CMEPTHNK
Utter bollcks from a thicko
Fixed your rubbish for you.
Alot of us brits want to drive on the right? Like who? Never heard of it before, stop talking rubbish. Why would I want to change to the right anyway? Give me some good reasons why I should. Just to let you know before you give some bull answer: I drive in Europe alot so I understand driving on the right, vehicles wouldnt be cheaper if the manufacturers could generalise their build instead of making for us etc
I learnt the system in parallel (yup, i'm old too) and never had any problem.
TBH, I find the imperial system of weights alot easier than metric simply because thats what the majority of the population still understand and use. The youngsters are the minority in this country, maybe us old farts will make them ban metric 
Imperial Money:
2 farthings = 1 halfpenny (ha'penny), 2 ha'pennies = 1 penny , 3 pennies = 1 thrupenny bit, 2 thrupenny bits = sixpence, 2 sixpences = 1 shilling (also known as a Bob), 2 Bob = 1 Florin, 1 florin and 1 sixpence = Half a Crown, 4 Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note, 2 Ten-Bobs = 1 Pound (or 240 pennies) 1 Pound and 1 shilling = 1 Guinea
When you want to measure land size, its the same kind of thing.
Horses are still sold by the Guinea btw. Also, most horse races pay the prize by the Guinea too. Guineas are still legal tender and you can actually still buy them from a bank near you. Gold Guineas are collecters items and fetch a small fortune.
Also, not long ago, the selling of goods ONLY by metric was stopped because most people still wanted to buy by the old imperial system. Pounds, ounces, gallons etc. It would be virually impossible to create a metric only system in this country now. Thats good, its part of the culture that makes us so different from the rest of the EU sheep.
Btw, if this country is a joke, please leave, we wont miss you. I'm sure theres a place for you in France or Germany or where-ever. Please be sure to let the door smak your arse on the way out m'kay?
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Atomos Darksun
Quantum Industries
RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2008.11.25 22:32:00 -
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Originally by: Dantes Revenge
Besides, our country is freaking cold as it is, we don't need frozen drinks to cool us down.
Dude, I live in Wisconsin
Don't even start
Originally by: Amoxin
My vent is talking to me in a devil voice...
CONVERT TO LINKIFICATION!
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Something Random
Gallente
Aliastra
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Posted - 2008.11.25 22:41:00 -
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Originally by: Voltain
Originally by: Rodj Blake
Originally by: Stitcher
little known fact - driving on the left hails from a rather less... peaceful time in our history, when it was a good idea to keep your sword-arm in the middle of the road as you rode on horseback.
And countries that had revolutions changed to the right as it meant that those without swords were the equal of those with.
'cept for lefties of course, who solopwnd.
Now thats just funny
We are a mixed up country, nobody grasps the metric system and the shopkeepers know it... thus we flout european law a lot
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Eomar
Veto Corp
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Posted - 2008.11.25 22:57:00 -
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im british, late 20s.
I measure height in feet and inches, weight in kilos, speed in mph, temperature in degrees C
As far as work goes, ive worked in aviation and oil and gas, so bolts are in AF and metric (sometimes both on the same assembly) fuel is weighed in kilograms. except sometimes, then its litres. or sometimes pounds. distances/measurements are in thousandths of an inch or millimetres, sometimes both.
temperature is normally in C sometimes K, dependant on what youre doing, never in F
speeds.... mph km/h knots and mach.
Argghhhhh.
One good thing.
Beers always in pints. even in most foreign lands you can ask for a pint of beer and not get looked at funny. you dont always GET a pint mind, but its generally close enough (bloody dutch with about 8 variants of 'large' beer.)
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