Peteff
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| posted on 21/5/04 at 10:56 PM |
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Just my two pennorth
I've worked in millimetres for a long time but I think in imperial, same with weights and fluid measurements. I still drink pints though. When I
was at work the younger lads couldn't work purely in millis as they had been taught in metres. I would measure something as 2150 and they would
look blank. I like the woodyard method of measuring. 3"x 2", certainly sir how much. 8ft please. Oh, we only sell it in metres.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Cita
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| posted on 22/5/04 at 05:53 AM |
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Dont worry Peteff,even for those who are used to it it's not allways that clear either.
Metalworkers usually work in millimeters.
Woodworkers use centimeters and roadworkers and surveyors use meters,so
2471 is the same as 247.1 and 2.471.
It's comfortable to know though who submitted the figures,the welder,the carpenter or the bricklayer
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derf
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| posted on 23/5/04 at 02:07 PM |
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Ok, I think I got it, If I want to buy something that cost $100 UK, I would have to spend ten-tenner, the equvalent of 10 fat opera singers.
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Spyderman
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| posted on 23/5/04 at 02:40 PM |
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No, cuz $100 is only worth about 50 quid!
Or 1/10 of a monkey!
So it would only be worth 5 opera singers!
Spyderman
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pbura
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| posted on 23/5/04 at 03:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
I actually order meat in grammes.
And pull out a little change purse to pay for it, no doubt 
Something about measuring food and drink by the metric system seems so bleak and poverty-stricken to me. Probably the after-effect of reading a lot
of existentialist European literature in my youth.
Pete
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derf
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| posted on 23/5/04 at 03:46 PM |
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Ok, so I need to get myself a few squid, to pay $100
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chris.russell
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| posted on 23/5/04 at 04:17 PM |
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What about a "beer token" - A sum of liquid money offered to someone in return for some help or advise
beer token = anything from £1.50 - £3.00 (depending on where in the country you live)
[Edited on 23/5/04 by chris.russell]
Mines a pint
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Peteff
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| posted on 23/5/04 at 04:18 PM |
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If I'm buying from abroad I use this site to give me an idea of the real cost.
http://xe.com/
It's pretty accurate. At the moment $100 is worth £55.96p or 83.34eur
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Alan B
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| posted on 23/5/04 at 05:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chris.russell
What about a "beer token" - A sum of liquid money offered to someone in return for some help or advise
beer token = anything from £1.50 - £3.00 (depending on where in the country you live)
[Edited on 23/5/04 by chris.russell]
Or at my local bar on Monday (bingo) nights....50c.....about 27p....
(OK the pints here are 4/5 of a UK pint, but still it's a hell of a deal.......)
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Cita
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| posted on 23/5/04 at 08:17 PM |
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For 50 cents a beer such a bingo night would become a complete chaos overhere...if it's real beer
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 23/5/04 at 08:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by pbura
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
I actually order meat in grammes.
And pull out a little change purse to pay for it, no doubt
Something about measuring food and drink by the metric system seems so bleak and poverty-stricken to me. Probably the after-effect of reading a lot
of existentialist European literature in my youth.
ah, ya dont mean from a little man-bag like the french guys carry? I have a little compartment in my wallet for loose change. Just think - every time
you handle a coin, its spent a good deal of its life bouncing of someones testacles in a pocket.
atb
steve
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 23/5/04 at 08:29 PM |
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Thought in the states you order a 12 oz beer or a 20 oz beer - not an actual measure.
Or summat called a schooner - 30 oz or so?
Pitchers are a good idea - about 3 pints or so?
One thing that gets me in the commercially orineted states, is the fact that beer mats are rare - you get a tissue. A beer mad is a chance for an
advert!
atb
steve
ps
guess tissues might come in handy in some of the seedier bars
quote:
Originally posted by Alan B
quote:
Originally posted by chris.russell
What about a "beer token" - A sum of liquid money offered to someone in return for some help or advise
beer token = anything from £1.50 - £3.00 (depending on where in the country you live)
[Edited on 23/5/04 by chris.russell]
Or at my local bar on Monday (bingo) nights....50c.....about 27p....
(OK the pints here are 4/5 of a UK pint, but still it's a hell of a deal.......)
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Spyderman
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| posted on 24/5/04 at 01:07 PM |
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Alan, the image of you playing bingo every monday will stay in my head whenever you comment now!
You've totaly destroyed your reputation now.
Gone are the images of some stud with a model on each arm.
In is the image of a sad pensioner argueing over their seat in the bingo hall!
Terry
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