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| Thread ID: 121113 | 2011-10-12 03:33:00 | National Sillimeter Month - Hah! | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1237016 | 2011-10-14 23:07:00 | 's a good thing lamb comes in pounds and ounces though. Um-mmm --- lamb. No it comes in legs and chops etc.:D:D |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1237017 | 2011-10-15 00:56:00 | 's a good thing lamb comes in pounds and ounces though. Um-mmm --- lamb. Not here it doesn't so it must go through some sort of conversion out in the Pacific somewhere |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1237018 | 2011-10-15 05:43:00 | Must be crossing the Equator that the Metric to real measurements takes place. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1237019 | 2011-10-15 07:04:00 | Not here it doesn't so it must go through some sort of conversion out in the Pacific somewhere Yup. I think it's the ceremony of "crossing the line", usually conducted by an appointed deputy of King Neptune. Or if you're really in luck, King N himself. :D |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1237020 | 2011-10-15 20:17:00 | Hey - I am a shellback (US Navy- ca 1969) - and I don't remember cyphering in Metricafornication as a test or rite of passage. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1237021 | 2011-10-15 22:53:00 | :confused: One of the nightmares I encountered in the 70's was an evaulation I made concerning 40 passenger turbotrop aircaft. The Fokker F27 was an ideal aircraft at the time but it turned out to be a complicated exercise. Although NAC and Ansett had a few in mothballs, and the price was right, engineering was the end of that idea. In the USA, the FH227 to all intents and purposes was identical, and local operators (Hughes Airwest) would come to the party with contract maintenance and parts. It soon became apparent the idea just wouldn't work. The Fokker aircraft were built to metric specifications, but the same aircraft (the Fairchild Hiller 227) was built under licence to US specs. The long and the short of it, was the US built aircaft was about 9 inches wider and about 14 inches longer than its European counterpart. The extra dimensions came about because of the need to build the US aircraft to imperial rather than metric specs - starting at the rivets. :waughh: Are you sure the clogs used metric rivets and metric dural sheet instead of imperial ones? Pretty sure the Fairchild plane was different because it was a stretched version. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1237022 | 2011-10-15 23:06:00 | Are you sure the clogs used metric rivets and metric dural sheet instead of imperial ones? Pretty sure the Fairchild plane was different because it was a stretched version. You may be right re a stretched version but my understanding at the time was it was because of conversion from metric to imperial. The upshot on the basis of economics was we discounted both FH227 and F27. In the end we went with the Embraer, essentially designed for the commuter market. PS like "clogs". |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1237023 | 2011-10-16 02:28:00 | Pretty much worldwide, footwear from jandals to waders must use feet except for the handicapped sort. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1237024 | 2011-10-16 03:36:00 | Pretty much worldwide, footwear from jandals to waders must use feet except for the handicapped sort. :groan: (I like it though) Now the subject of footwear has been introduced. What about the confusion that reigns between US, UK, and European, not to mention several Asian systems in shoe sizes? |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1237025 | 2011-10-16 04:13:00 | And Mexican - they seem to have their own footwear measuring system. A Radial or a Bias ply makes a big difference. A 235 75R14 is a lot smaller than 245 60R17. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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