Tory party to change back to imperial measurements

[crystal ball]

I worked in oil & gas in Aussie, been fully metric for yonks but some pipe fittings were still imperial, throwback to the original US sizes I think

 

[crystal ball]

I worked in oil & gas in Aussie, been fully metric for yonks but some pipe fittings were still imperial, throwback to the original US sizes I think

 

[conny]

Metrication was coming to the fore just as I was leaving school but I quickly picked it up and can work in both.
If my wife asks me how big is x centimetres/millimetres I can quickly convert to a rough size in imperial for her. It won't be precise but if she asks how big is 700mm I could quickly say it's just short of 28 inches.
The one thing I have never been able to get my head around are pipe fitting sizes! 1/2" BSP is NOT 1/2" no matter how you measure it!

 

[EFLImpudence]

The one thing I have never been able to get my head around are pipe fitting sizes! 1/2" BSP is NOT 1/2" no matter how you measure it!

It was the interior diameter of the pipe when the pipe material was thicker.

https://www.stevensonplumbing.co.uk/bspt.html

 

[Vinty]

Not because of feet and inches.

Do you think 2440 x 1220 is easier than 8 x 4?

Not if you think imperial.

If you have been brought up in metric.

Do you think 2.18723 x1.09361 yards is easier than 2mx1m.
Aren't most building materials now measured in metres/litres ect.

 

[Captain Nemesis]

Not if you think imperial.

Really?

What kind of "thinking" makes the mental arithmetic of multiplying two 4-digit numbers together easier than two single-digit ones?

Do you think 2.18723 x1.09361 yards is easier than 2mx1m.

Does anybody?

Do you think that 1.8288m x 0.9144m is easier than 2yards x 1yard?

Do you ever actually think?

 

[Vinty]

Really?

What kind of "thinking" makes the mental arithmetic of multiplying two 4-digit numbers together easier than two single-digit ones?



Does anybody?

Do you think that 1.8288m x 0.9144m is easier than 2yards x 1yard?

Do you ever actually think?

Do you?

 

[Vinty]

Do you think that 1.8288m x 0.9144m is easier than 2yards x 1yard

Only easier if you think in yards.
You obviously have not been in contact with the real world for some time.

 

[Captain Nemesis]

Do you?

Yes I do.

And do you know what I think?

You obviously have not been in contact with the real world for some time.

I think that anybody who thinks that the way to argue for or against imperial vs metric or metric vs imperial is to claim that one system makes no sense because units in it equate to cumbersome values in the other has the same relationship to the real world as a snail does to unicycle riding, and is a complete tw@t.

 

[Vinty]

Yes I do.

And do you know what I think?




I think that anybody who thinks that the way to argue for or




I think that anybody who thinks that the way to argue for or against imperial vs metric or metric vs imperial is to claim that one system makes no sense because units in it equate to cumbersome values in the other has the same relationship to the real world as a snail does to unicycle riding, and is a complete tw@t.

I deal in metric not imperial.

 

[Captain Nemesis]

So why did you ask

Do you think 2.18723 x1.09361 yards is easier than 2mx1m.

?

What has that to do with the metric system?

 

[Vinty]

So why did you ask?

What has that to do with the metric system?

I was replying to someone elses post.

 

[Captain Nemesis]

Doesn't matter. What did what you ask have to do with the metric system?

 

[Vinty]

Doesn't matter. What did what you ask have to do with the metric system?

Read the original post.

 

[Captain Nemesis]

I did.

What on earth does the question "Do you think 2.18723 x1.09361 yards is easier than 2mx1m?" have to do with anything sensible relating to a discussion of the merits of one system of weights and measures compared to anogher?