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To: Squawk 8888
That will work perfectly with my metric adjustable wrench.
2 posted on
04/01/2014 4:34:21 AM PDT by
mazda77
To: Squawk 8888
Will 7:45 pm become 19.75?
3 posted on
04/01/2014 4:35:32 AM PDT by
John Galt's cousin
(WTF? We couldn't rescue four men in Benghazi? Is our military IMPOTENT? ( /s ))
To: Squawk 8888
Damn.
I’m getting hungry and lunch is still 3 kilohours away.
To: Squawk 8888
How will this work with daylight savings time ? I believe the sun is still analog.
5 posted on
04/01/2014 4:40:04 AM PDT by
maine yankee
(I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
To: Squawk 8888
“Metric Time”?
I just call it military time. It’s pretty common here in Europe. It took me a little while to get used to it, but it’s easy enough.
6 posted on
04/01/2014 4:42:39 AM PDT by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: Squawk 8888
The Simpson’s already did it.
10 posted on
04/01/2014 4:45:16 AM PDT by
Clay Moore
("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." ~Voltaire)
To: Squawk 8888
The original design from the time of the French Revolution was to have a decimalized time system. A day would be divided into 10 hours, an hour would be divided into 100 minutes, and a minute would be divided into 100 seconds. Therefore, all time based calculations would be decimal based without the need to go from seconds to hours.
17 posted on
04/01/2014 4:59:32 AM PDT by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
To: Squawk 8888
18 posted on
04/01/2014 4:59:45 AM PDT by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: Squawk 8888
So your broken clock is only right once every 39.37 days now?
19 posted on
04/01/2014 5:00:04 AM PDT by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Squawk 8888
Err... last time I checked it was called a 24 hour clock... odd that.
22 posted on
04/01/2014 5:06:30 AM PDT by
Freeport
(The proper application of high explosives will remove all obstacles.)
To: Squawk 8888
26 posted on
04/01/2014 5:21:07 AM PDT by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: Squawk 8888
Reminds me of the “metric system videos” that we watched in school.
They came to the measurement of time, and the actors’ excuse for not changing time to a metric analog was that it “was too inconvenient and people are used to measuring time in the non-metric way”.
Of course, no one saw the irony of that as applied to length, volume, temperature, etc.
29 posted on
04/01/2014 5:29:38 AM PDT by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Squawk 8888
The metric system allows bureaucrats to count on their fingers and toes.
30 posted on
04/01/2014 5:33:57 AM PDT by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Squawk 8888
100 minutes in a minute? What’s the conversion factor?
31 posted on
04/01/2014 5:38:39 AM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Squawk 8888
32 posted on
04/01/2014 5:39:16 AM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Squawk 8888
Hhaving been in the (US) Armed Forces I have no problem with “metric” time.In fact,every clock and watch I have that can be set that way is.I know...or at least suspect...that I'm in the minority on this issue here in the US but I'm accustomed to being in the minority.Also,I do a fair bit of international travel so when I see “15:45” on an airport departure board I'm not gonna miss my flight....except,maybe,because I've spent too much time at the airport bar! ;-)
To: Squawk 8888
Damn, will this affect the flight I have scheduled for the Azerole of Brumaire?
34 posted on
04/01/2014 5:42:04 AM PDT by
Stosh
To: Squawk 8888
Regarding “metric”...one of the reasons I enjoy driving in Canada so much is that I can do 100 legally.Or at least I thought so until a “constable” handed me a ticket on “the 401” one day.
To: Squawk 8888
36 posted on
04/01/2014 5:46:08 AM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Squawk 8888
Westjet has some good deals and unique ideas that they implement each April 1. Of course this year they introduced
Metric Time . Last year they introduced their
Furry Family program, where you can bring your pets on board with you, rather than in the baggage section. In 2012, they introduced
Kargo Kids which allowed for child-free cabins, providing a much needed break for overstressed parents. In 2011, they introduced
helium on all flights as a cost savings measure. Since helium weighs less than air, the fuel required for the jet to take off is reduced, a savings passed on to the consumer!
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