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| Thread ID: 149872 | 2021-06-02 21:00:00 | America still using the Imperial System | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1477565 | 2021-06-03 09:21:00 | I am distressed. A supermarket was unable to supply me with a peck of pickled peppers. And where can I buy my beer by the firkin? And a lady on "The Chase" thought that a gross (144) was... well... gross! |
Blue Druid (4480) | ||
| 1477566 | 2021-06-03 22:56:00 | I am distressed. A supermarket was unable to supply me with a peck of pickled peppers. And where can I buy my beer by the firkin? And a lady on "The Chase" thought that a gross (144) was... well... gross! Thank God not all is lost you can still buy champagne by the magnum! |
tutaenui (1724) | ||
| 1477567 | 2021-06-05 13:11:00 | America leads the world in so many aspects and yet, in the 21st century, when the majority of the world is using the Metric System, they are still using the Imperial System.:groan: America exports many foodstuffs and I would think that they would have to put two measurements on their products for the weight or volume, or have one container for America and one for export. And, of course, they export so much more - automobiles in particular - and they would have to put both Imperial as well as Metric on their products. You'd wonder why, in such a powerful country, they are still using such an out of date system?:waughh: Who cares? It's what they want to do. We're in an age where we can do instant conversions just by asking our phones, it's not such a big deal. |
baabits (15242) | ||
| 1477568 | 2021-06-05 20:50:00 | Who cares? It's what they want to do. We're in an age where we can do instant conversions just by asking our phones, it's not such a big deal. Except....... www.latimes.com llion,space%20agency%20officials%20said%20Thursday .&text=In%20a%20sense%2C%20the%20spacecraft%20was%20 lost%20in%20translation. When that happens Ken:) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1477569 | 2021-06-05 22:01:00 | Except....... www.latimes.com llion,space%20agency%20officials%20said%20Thursday .&text=In%20a%20sense%2C%20the%20spacecraft%20was%20 lost%20in%20translation. When that happens Ken:) But then they can afford to lose $125m. No one else can.:groan: |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1477570 | 2021-06-05 22:38:00 | Except....... www.latimes.com llion,space%20agency%20officials%20said%20Thursday .&text=In%20a%20sense%2C%20the%20spacecraft%20was%20 lost%20in%20translation. When that happens Ken:) "October 1st 1999" We've come a long way since then, but stupid is as stupid does. |
baabits (15242) | ||
| 1477571 | 2021-06-06 06:42:00 | Then there was the Gimli glider...... en.m.wikipedia.org Ken :) :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
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