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Pounds and ounces return in victory for metric martyrs
UK Times of London ^

Posted on 09/16/2021 1:30:54 PM PDT by ameribbean expat

In 2001 a greengrocer from Sunderland arguably did more than any politician to set Britain on the path towards Brexit when he was convicted for breaching EU rules banning the sale of fruit and vegetables in pounds and ounces.

Now, 20 years on, Boris Johnson is to make good on a pledge to vindicate the cause of the “metric martyr” by announcing the return of imperial weights and measures.

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To: null and void

how many cups would that be?...


81 posted on 09/16/2021 5:08:37 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: heavy metal

Well that’s why there’s seven dimes in a quarter.😆


82 posted on 09/16/2021 5:12:04 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: I have an alibi.)
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To: dfwgator
Louisiana back-bay bayou bunny bordelaise a la Antoine (Bugs Bunny cartoon)
83 posted on 09/16/2021 5:13:23 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
I forget how many ounces are in a furlong.

Not ounces.

There are three stone in a furlong.

84 posted on 09/16/2021 5:17:19 PM PDT by Does so (USA is run from 2446 Belmont Rd, NW, DC, (Kalorama). Why else the 9/11 deadline for Afghanistan?)
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To: heavy metal

Twelve or fourteen?


85 posted on 09/16/2021 5:19:01 PM PDT by null and void (No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
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To: dfwgator

125 grammer?


86 posted on 09/16/2021 5:26:01 PM PDT by damper99
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To: Do_Tar

yep...


87 posted on 09/16/2021 5:28:06 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: Magnum44

One of my most used measurement units; the skoshe.


88 posted on 09/16/2021 5:44:20 PM PDT by misanthrope (Deranged, sinister, deplorable troll)
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To: null and void

And what about all the other non binary English measurements?


89 posted on 09/16/2021 5:51:26 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: ameribbean expat

Australia went metric back in the 1960’s (before I was born). That said, while everything is metric, Imperial units are still understood and used in informal measurements, certain industries, and in common language.

Examples:

- It isn’t uncommon for new parents letting everyone know how big their baby was at birth will use both pounds/ounces and grams to describe weight.

- Men know that 6 inches is good, 9 inches gets attention, and 12 inches gets you a new potential career oppertunity.

- The aviation, maritime and Defence industries all use Imperial and Metric. As an ex Navy officer, I am comfortable with inches, feet, yards, cables, nautical miles, fathoms, and pounds.

- TV screen sizes are all advertised in inches and beer in pubs is sold in glasses based on imperial (ask for a pint of beer, you’ll get 20 fl oz of beer).

- Land sold in hectares will usually also list the size in acres as well.


90 posted on 09/16/2021 6:10:05 PM PDT by Dundee (They gave up all their tomorrows for our today's.)
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To: SamAdams76

Absolutely. 6 sets of 355.


91 posted on 09/16/2021 9:49:06 PM PDT by ameribbean expat (Don't blame others for the road you're on. That's your own asphalt.)
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To: ameribbean expat
Full article:

https://www.ft.com/content/23569cd6-edc1-475e-956a-53ffe5ac5f1c


The metric system was always overhyped. There were many civilizations that didn't use a base-10 numbering system because they had found something else more practical. Which is why there's 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour. So there's no foundation for the claim that base-10 is universally superior.

Can you imagine the stupidity of trying to convince the crew of an old whaling ship to stop calling it "a fathom" (which was the breadth of an average man's outstretched arms) and start calling it "182 centimeters" instead?

92 posted on 09/16/2021 10:38:08 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: EEGator

Waist, for instance.


93 posted on 10/10/2021 3:05:57 PM PDT by Bethaneidh
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