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16th February 2021, 18:50 | #21 |
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Can anyone answer my question? What system of measurement do we use in the UK?
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16th February 2021, 21:40 | #23 |
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A disgrace if the food on your table is dependent on how bent the bananas are that you might have unwittingly bought. Get a proper job ... you know who/what you are.
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I still use both sorts of measurements all of the time. I've found, very conveniently, that my feet are exactly one foot long. |
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16th February 2021, 22:39 | #25 |
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My feet are, in the main, too big for the shoes that are on offer for sale in the UK. The beds and the bedding are also a bit on the short side for my length, not sure why as I was never much over 181cm tall. Many these days are taller. To those responsible, don't give up your day job. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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I did suggest many years ago that clocks were going decimal which would give us ten seconds in each minute, of which there were ten in one hour, of which there were ten in each day: there were ten days in each week with ten of those in each month therefore ten months in one year.
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17th February 2021, 17:41 | #27 |
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I believe computerisation was the main reason for metric system (being binary) plus easier engineering.
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17th February 2021, 20:37 | #28 |
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18th February 2021, 13:38 | #30 |
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Draught beer and cider can only be sold in Imperial pints.
However, people have to be careful with the trick question which is "Do you want bottled or draught?" Bottled beer, cider or whatever does not have to be supplied in imperial and can be any size that it wants to be. Normally, you will be supplied 500ml or if you are unlucky 330ml. This should be given to you in a uncalibrated glass. Draft beer or cider should be served in a certified glass which were marked with a Crown from 1699 until 2006. As the EU no longer authorised the use of the Crown, it was replaced by only CE markings from 2006 declaring that it is a British Imperial pint. Don't anyone start me off about the Gill measure.
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