Personman - Latest Comments on Nations that don't use the metric system http://personman.com/?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 ¥åßßå [Visitor] in response to: Nations that don't use the metric system Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:27:58 +0000 ¥åßßå [Visitor] c44558@http://personman.com/ <p>You&#8217;ll be pleased to know that we <strong>still</strong> drink pints of beer with a 25cl whiskey chaser, we still drive miles to a litre of petrol, we still weigh ourselves in stones and food in kilograms, and we still spend pounds which are worth 1.5 euros each &#8230;.. so you&#8217;ve not missed much in the last 20 years ;)</p> <p>¥</p> You’ll be pleased to know that we still drink pints of beer with a 25cl whiskey chaser, we still drive miles to a litre of petrol, we still weigh ourselves in stones and food in kilograms, and we still spend pounds which are worth 1.5 euros each ….. so you’ve not missed much in the last 20 years ;)

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]]> http://personman.com/nations_that_don_t_use_the_metric_system#c44558 dan [Member] in response to: Nations that don't use the metric system Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:34:22 +0000 [Member] c44557@http://personman.com/ <p>Hate?! I&#8217;m just showing what an exclusive club we belong to. My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that&#8217;s the way I likes it!</p> Hate?! I’m just showing what an exclusive club we belong to. My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that’s the way I likes it!

]]> http://personman.com/nations_that_don_t_use_the_metric_system#c44557 davel454 [Member] in response to: Nations that don't use the metric system Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:23:58 +0000 [Member] c44556@http://personman.com/ <p>danny&#8230; why do you hate america?</p> danny… why do you hate america?

]]> http://personman.com/nations_that_don_t_use_the_metric_system#c44556 dan [Member] in response to: Nations that don't use the metric system Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:47:51 +0000 [Member] c44555@http://personman.com/ <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SI-metrication-world.png" rel="nofollow ugc">Here&#8217;s</a> another map, this time color coded by the year when each country made the switch. I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s always a transition period. Now to wander off and read about decimal time.</p> Here’s another map, this time color coded by the year when each country made the switch. I’m sure there’s always a transition period. Now to wander off and read about decimal time.

]]> http://personman.com/nations_that_don_t_use_the_metric_system#c44555 matt [Member] in response to: Nations that don't use the metric system Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:25:17 +0000 [Member] c44554@http://personman.com/ <p>When I was in England (20 years ago) they still drank pints, drove miles, and weighed people in stones. I&#8217;d be surprised if they don&#8217;t still do that. (They still spend British pounds instead of Euros. American hardheadedness can, I believe, be traced to the Brits.)</p> When I was in England (20 years ago) they still drank pints, drove miles, and weighed people in stones. I’d be surprised if they don’t still do that. (They still spend British pounds instead of Euros. American hardheadedness can, I believe, be traced to the Brits.)

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