What cheeses me off

[Hvr]

What is it with imperial measurements?

Australia has been metric since the early seventies but companies and individuals seem to think it is still ok to talk in acres, feet* and inches.

*Pilots excepted of course!

How big is your television ?
Your computer monitor(s)?
Or more correctly, how are they sold?
While we're inching towards a totally metric system, I fear we're going backwards at times because of the increasing Americanization of our society.

 

[Pete98765432]

165 cms means nothing to me when police rattle off a wanted person. Five'6" - yep. Got that.

Tend to agree, but on the other hand, 143 pounds means nothing to me. 65kg - got that! And while I know temperatures in the 90s F are hot, I have to convert temperatures in ranges below that to °C.

 

[JessicaTam]

How big is your television ?
Your computer monitor(s)?
Or more correctly, how are they sold?
While we're inching towards a totally metric system, I fear we're going backwards at times because of the increasing Americanization of our society.

My point exactly!

 

[Vic]

The USA doesn't measure in imperial.
They use washing machines, american alligators and, well, I've seen one meme that suggests measurement of length using that thing that hangs from males. Imagine a timber beam 242 D!#%$ long...

I did wonder how they calibrated...

 

[justinbrett]

What is it with imperial measurements?

Australia has been metric since the early seventies but companies and individuals seem to think it is still ok to talk in acres, feet* and inches.

*Pilots excepted of course!

Don’t forget Subway Sandwiches.

Interesting that in a lot of countries Subway sells metric (15/30cm), but we use ft / inches here.

 

[blackcat20]

All quilting is done in inches; fabric in the US is purchased in yards but in Australia it's metres.

 

[Flyfrequently]

What is it with imperial measurements?

Australia has been metric since the early seventies but companies and individuals seem to think it is still ok to talk in acres, feet* and inches.

*Pilots excepted of course!

@JessicaTam , yes metrics for me was 1973 in Nursing, but our babies in the eighties were "lbs and inches" !!

 

[Guvner]

How were hailstones measured before golf was invented?

 

[Captain Halliday]

Don’t forget Subway Sandwiches.

Interesting that in a lot of countries Subway sells metric (15/30cm), but we use ft / inches here.

They’re bread rolls!

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How were hailstones measured before golf was invented?

Sliced bread. It wax the best thing before golf balls.

 

[Gladstone Tim]

When my children were born….1992, 1995, 1998 and 2002, the pounds and ounces meant nothing to me. When announced as 4.44kgs etc, it made all the sense in the world.

 

[Forg]

Quarter acre block? In the old days.

I don’t know what size that is in 20th+ century numbers … is that ~600sqm or ~1200sqm?

When my children were born….1992, 1995, 1998 and 2002, the pounds and ounces meant nothing to me. When announced as 4.44kgs etc, it made all the sense in the world.

You can understand it in multiples of cans of tomatoes!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Acres though? I mean, WTF, who has a clue what an acre is?

it ain’t difficult - it’s simply a cricket pitch x a furlong - how is that complicated? Tomorrow I’ll explain roods and perches to you all

 

[VPS]

it ain’t difficult - it’s simply a cricket pitch x a furlong - how is that complicated? Tomorrow I’ll explain roods and perches to you all

And chains too I hope

 

[Guvner]

Weatherman on the radio today told me the wind would gust to 20 knots. Helpful.

 

[justinbrett]

Weatherman on the radio today told me the wind would gust to 20 knots. Helpful.

Yes, very, especially to both maritime and aviation industries who both use knots, which isn’t actually imperial but a third system which makes far more sense for navigation than both metric and imperial. (A knot being one nautical mile per hour, and a nautical mile being exactly one minute of latitude).

 

[Guvner]

Thanks. But I suspect maritime and aviation industries don’t rely on Gold FM for their weather forecasts.

 

[justinbrett]

Thanks. But I suspect maritime and aviation industries don’t rely on Gold FM for their weather forecasts.

You’d be surprised, especially recreational boaties over the Easter weekend.

Out of people who care about a numerical measurement of wind speed (other than just “windy”j, the vast majority of people think in knots.

I grew up with metric but I have no idea what wind speeds mean in metric. I have to convert to knots.

 

[JohnK]

What is it with imperial measurements?

Australia has been metric since the early seventies but companies and individuals seem to think it is still ok to talk in acres, feet* and inches.

*Pilots excepted of course!

I really hate missing 3 foot putts but love hitting 250 metre drives. Go figure....

 

[drron]

My method has always been "measuring with my eye" ... sort of "that looks spicy enough"

Same here. But unfortunately when I cooked a really good curry I didn't know how to do it again accurately.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Yes!

Like planes… 76cm pitch? Ummm?? 31inches? Got it!!

165 cms means nothing to me when police rattle off a wanted person. Five'6" - yep. Got that.