To: bruinbirdman
This will bring the British Empire to it’s knees. /s
2 posted on
07/20/2008 9:20:21 PM PDT by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: bruinbirdman
Whether we use hectares or acres should be a matter for Britain to decide, not the EU.Absolutely right. Those countries gave up a lot of soveriegnty. Personally, I wish we in the US would switch over to meters, kilograms, and liters. Much easier to work with and you don't have to have nearly as many wrenches.
3 posted on
07/20/2008 9:21:43 PM PDT by
MovementConservative
(John Roberts and Sam Alito.... Thank you GWB)
To: bruinbirdman
Canada has been metric since 1975. Its time for the UK to get on with the conversion.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
4 posted on
07/20/2008 9:22:24 PM PDT by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: bruinbirdman
"the Government only sent Jonathan Shaw, a junior minister at the Department for Environment Farming and Rural Affairs"
At least they're not sending a racist, Marxist junior Senator to the Presidency, unlike some others on this planet.
To: bruinbirdman
One by one, centimeter by centimeter, the nations of New Europe surrender their distinctive identities.
They have preserved only one tradition.
They all hate American Conservatives.
To: bruinbirdman
Does anyone remember, “Metric Mike?”
7 posted on
07/20/2008 9:31:48 PM PDT by
preacher
(A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
To: bruinbirdman
The official survey on my place here in Texas is still measured in Spanish
varas.
Big deal... Calculators are cheap nowadays -- and conversion factors are readily available on the internet.
8 posted on
07/20/2008 9:32:21 PM PDT by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
To: bruinbirdman
They should have just switched to arpents.
And, for those who aren’t familiar with land measurements, an arpent is about .85 acre (and apparently the FR spell checker hasn’t ever looked at Louisiana land records).
10 posted on
07/20/2008 9:41:32 PM PDT by
PAR35
To: aculeus; Billthedrill; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; Charles Henrickson; Larry Lucido; ...
Ping to some notorious wisehectares.
11 posted on
07/20/2008 9:42:43 PM PDT by
dighton
To: bruinbirdman
I don’t want to sound like a loon here, but Metric System have always seemed to me to be the perfect example of senseless government-knows-best meddling. It was developed by a bunch of eggheads and imposed on the people for no reason at all. It should be resisted for this reason alone.
26 posted on
07/21/2008 3:29:24 AM PDT by
gridlock
(Al Gore wants YOU to live like the Flintstones while HE lives like the Jetsons. .. FREE LAZAMATAZ!)
To: bruinbirdman
4,840 square yards
IOW 10 square chains
46 posted on
07/21/2008 8:35:32 AM PDT by
RightWhale
(I will veto each and every beer)
To: bruinbirdman
There is no problems with the metric system. We all could have been buying one set of tools since 1978. The metric system does not open boarders. Congress and the President make that mistake.
64 posted on
07/30/2008 4:55:33 AM PDT by
bmwcyle
(If God wanted us to be Socialist, Karl Marx would have been born in America.)
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