SeanMacGabhann Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 PGC - oops sorryWhen I initially typed that out I meant it to be light-hearted - then I got carried away!(but they do get my goat.... ;-) ) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Did you know the average milk yield of goats is 3 to 4 quarts? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozzyloz Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Is it possible to have a metric bartering system? And on the subject of standardisation why cant the US adopt 240 v at 50 Hz? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 So what are we going to do with universally understood and undisputed measures like, a bit, some, plenty, shitloads, a shed load, heaps, piles, lumps, miles away, shortly, humongous, ickle, enough to kill a small horse?etc etc? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozzyloz Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 10 ickles = a lump10 lumps = a pile10 piles = a heap10 heaps = a shitload10 shitloads = ?@$% me! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117722 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Is sheets to the wind a metric or imperial measurement?I imagine the romans counted in slaves to the oar or something. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I think it?s imperial. If we went metric you would have to say 4.8 sheets to the wind. You would too you know. They would force you with their EU, their human rights and their PC. Not that you would be able to achieve said state as the measures you would be paying over the odds for (in them Europes, foreign money) would be so small. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Max Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 That's why in Europe, Brendan, if you're a bit under the weather in the morning, you have to say, "I think I may have had one over the 25 last night". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
will dex Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I find the inability of people to move to metric an embarrasment to the UK.If we made the move (actually did it) then people would have to learn "new" measures and a few months of pain would be long term gain for all. (butmaybe not pricing ticket sign writers;-)we're openly encouraging a dual system (32" tv / 12" vinyl / 1 pint of milk / 1lb of sausages... blah blah blah) and it is ridiculous.I would also like distances marked in kilometers, not out of some kind of pro-europe move, just so we actually understand distances and measures better.madness. madness. absolute madness.:) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asset Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 david_carnell Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> 'Fraid not - it's a volume rather than a weight.> > And 4 pecks make a bushel.> > Weirdly in Scotland (and this is all from a well> known internet encyclopedia) a peck could be> either 9 litres or 13 litres according to what you> were measuring.> > Very reassuring stuff.Having just checked said well known site myself, nobody has mentioned the fact that it (a peck) is a dry weight measurement. When I think of litres I think of liquids.I only know about a peck as for some reason some geezer called Jesus said 'we will all eat a peck of dirt before we die' and it really stuck in my head as a child and I'm sure at the time I was told it was 15 grammes hey ho, and no I didn't have a religious upbringing so I've no dea why that was significant to me. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizenED Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Echo Will Dex's sentiments. Oh, except when you are talking mints - it's got to be Imperial. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Sorry to be annoying, but Jesus didn't say that. A quick google reveals it was Swift. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_carnell Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Regardless, 9 litres of dirt won't do anybody any good. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Thanks to the back of a cornflake packet when I was a lad, I've never forgotten that....Two and a quarter pounds of jamWeigh about a kilogramAnd that...A litre of water'sA pint and three quarters. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asset Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Sorry to be annoying, but Jesus didn't say that. A> quick google reveals it was Swift.Oh Well, shows how much I know. Thanks for checking.Just googled it myself and apparently it was said as far back as 1639, before Swift, according to dictionary of proverbs. Poss came from the big man himself! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 What, Demis Roussos? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Is that 1639 metric or imperial? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
will dex Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 When are we counting from?? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 A bushel of building sand was as much as you could lift, about a cwt. Unless of course your name is desperate dan.Ships length is always in feet.Pulling a 'bird' added yards to your drive.In 'The Minder' how much was a 'coshel' and was it measured in imperial or metric?I think we, and 'er in doors', should be told. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I think you'll find that according to google, everything was either a quote from Swift, Twain, Wilde or Churchill. In fact most things were said by all of them....apparently.I'm not sure anything can be actually attributed to big JC can it, everything having been written about a metric year (anything between 10 and 1000 standard years) after he died? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 What nothing? Not even, ?Peter! Peter! I can see your house from up here.? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 *note to self, don't do image search for heidi at work again* Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 lolHow did you go from Golgotha to the Alps in one quick step anyway. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macroban Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 > 240 v at 50 HzNot anymore. We've been metricated. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisiana Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I'd like to cross-pollinate this thread with the Song Game thread, and propose the marvellous US indie (4AD/Teenbeat/Sub Pop/Matador) band from the 90's Unrest - Imperial (from the album Imperial f.f.r.r.)However, this song - band - is so little known that I can't even dig you out a vid of the song on YouTube... So you don't know what yer missing, probably.But if you can get hold of this little gem, play it loud and play it proud - support your local greengrocer. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/3730-metric-or-imperial/page/3/#findComment-117851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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