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ProudLib72

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42. So I'm going to have to convert hands to cubits, cubits to yards, and now yards to
Fri Jul 19, 2019, 09:30 PM
Jul 2019

meters?!

Crap, I just found this converter: Convert Hands to Meters http://www.kylesconverter.com/length/hands-to-meters

I don't have any excuses now.

On a more serious note, whose brilliant idea was it to come up with how we measure car tires? Tread width in millimeters, sidewall height as a fraction of tread width, and wheel diameter always in inches. I mean seriously, who the fuck came up with that idea? (Note: this is why I have stuck with 33 X 12.50 X 15 for so long.)

Everywhere except sports... Wounded Bear Jul 2019 #1
Nine meters and a cloud of dust! madinmaryland Jul 2019 #41
Lol tymorial Jul 2019 #79
I did (as has any other medically-trained person) decades ago... I hate the "mixed" system... hlthe2b Jul 2019 #2
SOCIALIST!!!! (Just kidding) Siwsan Jul 2019 #3
Fahrenheit is a far better scale - it's calibrated to the human Blues Heron Jul 2019 #4
"I see", said the blind man to the deaf one. Goodheart Jul 2019 #5
Yeah!!! wait...what??? ret5hd Jul 2019 #15
Yes, that's one I definately agree with (and one I continue to argue with metric advocates over). PoliticAverse Jul 2019 #26
Then we should convert to the Kelvin scale Poiuyt Jul 2019 #47
What's "human" about 0 degrees Fahrenheit? muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #69
0 is about the about the coldest weather that we generally experience Blues Heron Jul 2019 #74
That depends on where you live muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #80
It's a way of dividing up likely weather into 100 degrees Blues Heron Jul 2019 #81
Lol. You find one degree Fahrenheit is too small, so you divide it up into tens of them instead muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #85
But the COSTS!!! of converting machines, etc... tenderfoot Jul 2019 #6
Agreed! Gimme Sympathy! Dennis Donovan Jul 2019 #7
I blame the attempt at 'teaching' the metric system Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #8
I think that's a good point. Captain Stern Jul 2019 #72
I think we should. It would give the Trumpers something else to do besides hatting others. icymist Jul 2019 #9
Here's the deal, though.... within a short time we can forget the conversions. Goodheart Jul 2019 #10
Yep gratuitous Jul 2019 #13
I wish. Snackshack Jul 2019 #11
Yuck, no!!!!!!!! TruckFump Jul 2019 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Akacia Jul 2019 #20
um....believe it or not, old dogs CAN learn new tricks Skittles Jul 2019 #29
really is not that important to me one way or the other but... Akacia Jul 2019 #32
it IS important Skittles Jul 2019 #35
Well it does seem to be important to you. Akacia Jul 2019 #43
I graduated HS in 66, we were talking about doc03 Jul 2019 #14
The conversions are unnecessary. Goodheart Jul 2019 #16
When you are taught gallons, pounds doc03 Jul 2019 #18
That need to think in gallons obviously disappeared pretty quickly for Canadians. Goodheart Jul 2019 #21
They didn't always use the metric system? doc03 Jul 2019 #22
Used the same system as ours until the early 70's. Goodheart Jul 2019 #23
I guess we is dum. nt doc03 Jul 2019 #38
Air Canada Flight 143 shows it wasn't always smooth. Nt NutmegYankee Jul 2019 #46
Not going to happen anytime soon. Sorry. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2019 #17
How is that more challenging than figuring out the difference between 59 and 68 Fahrenheit? Goodheart Jul 2019 #19
Fahrenheit is a much more human scale with wider variables Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2019 #30
That's purely what you personally are used to muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #70
The internet will do that for you. Easy conversion. cwydro Jul 2019 #25
LOL Skittles Jul 2019 #36
Nothing against a gradual transition but we'll have enough on our plate... brush Jul 2019 #24
sure would simplify things gopiscrap Jul 2019 #27
America tried (back in 1975, I think I still have pamphlets somewhere)... PoliticAverse Jul 2019 #28
Screw that. Go back to Roman Numerals. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2019 #31
This is where we Baby Boomers messed up FakeNoose Jul 2019 #33
we can't possilby change? Skittles Jul 2019 #37
lighten up! nt USALiberal Jul 2019 #40
sorry, it drives me nuts Skittles Jul 2019 #44
Probably none posting on this place today will see the Metric system become our standard AncientGeezer Jul 2019 #34
Yes we do use metric measurements sometimes FakeNoose Jul 2019 #48
I'll be honest...I don't care if we go metric or not. elocs Jul 2019 #39
it makes us look idiotic Skittles Jul 2019 #45
Why....conversions are easy. AncientGeezer Jul 2019 #64
conversions are easy Skittles Jul 2019 #65
Ain't happening....but I did find out I weigh 12 stone AncientGeezer Jul 2019 #67
I was a teenager when the money changed in England Skittles Jul 2019 #71
So I'm going to have to convert hands to cubits, cubits to yards, and now yards to ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #42
Gov't wanted to go metric back in the 60s. keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #49
What is a mile? There are different types of miles. keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #50
Trump wouldn't be able to wrap his head around Ilsa Jul 2019 #51
I am in canada and i still know height and distance in feet, inches and applegrove Jul 2019 #52
I have trolled a few Deplorables in my day TheRealNorth Jul 2019 #53
World map of Fahrenheit vs. Celsius Tanuki Jul 2019 #54
I grew up in Canada and the US stevil Jul 2019 #55
This little ditty helped me out... mitch96 Jul 2019 #87
I get Boeing prints all the time in metric. House of Roberts Jul 2019 #56
Whenever I see someone's height in centimeters and weight in kilograms... LAS14 Jul 2019 #57
I'm not entirely convinced that it's a left-right issue Polybius Jul 2019 #58
Tell Republicans it will make their dicks 2.54x longer jberryhill Jul 2019 #59
I remember the liquor industry converted to metric lordsummerisle Jul 2019 #60
Get insecure trump to buy into metric system by using terms like 6 centimeters. Hoyt Jul 2019 #61
Let's join the world. saidsimplesimon Jul 2019 #62
But that Celsius thermometer is a bunch of godless bullshit... Blue_Tires Jul 2019 #63
I'm 500 kilometers away from home tirebiter Jul 2019 #66
LOL Blues Heron Jul 2019 #77
Much of the land in the US settled after the days of the 13 colonies is surveyed in mile grids. royable Jul 2019 #68
OK Mc Mike Jul 2019 #73
Yes. There should be 100 minutes to the hour, 1000 days in a year. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2019 #75
Sometimes measuring by fractions makes more sense than decimals Blues Heron Jul 2019 #76
?????? Sorry, that makes no sense. Goodheart Jul 2019 #78
some things are better as fractions rather than decimals Blues Heron Jul 2019 #88
Sure... when you want to slice a piece of pie... Goodheart Jul 2019 #90
lets do the fractions in decimal Blues Heron Jul 2019 #91
In terms of priorities, I would put this as close to the bottom as I could. onenote Jul 2019 #82
A slap in the face? Overly dramatic, are we? Goodheart Jul 2019 #83
Overly dramatic? Not at all. onenote Jul 2019 #84
Who said it would be "a priority"? Goodheart Jul 2019 #86
No. MicaelS Jul 2019 #89
Doubt it would have much luck just trying to push it through as law Sapient Donkey Jul 2019 #92
Ummm nah JCMach1 Jul 2019 #93
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jul 2019 #94
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