BIGLURKS 874 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 f***ing hate it when I was younger I learned everything in inches and my brother is a builder now and any time we work together it's a night mare Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,183 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 lol...that's whats wrong with most folk now adays... they don't know how to adapt! and if its not your way then its no way... yous sound like my da! ffs.same here mate worked in mil in tech and on site were were taught feet n inches by the old guard, hanyy working in both Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,207 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 (edited) My pet peeve at the moment is the way every TV programme now seems to use km instead of miles. We might use the metric system to a degree, but my speedo is in mph, the road signs are in miles and the speed limit is in mph. "Steve's journey is 170km" (Supertruckers) "320km offshore." (Deadliest catch.) Does that mean anything to anyone without roughly converting it in your head to miles first? Are you 1.8m tall or 5ft whatever? if your 1.8m your 6 foot not 5 its handy enough if you learnt both ways .3m is 1 foot .6m is 2 foot .9m is 3 foot 1.2m is four foot approximately keep multiplying by .3m for each foot and you won't be far out Edited January 30, 2016 by jiggy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted January 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 The only time I ever understand metric measurement is really small stuff like drill bits and bolts. I can picture 5mm, but 7/32" or whatever the equivalent is? And if you're going to use metric all the time, are you 1.8m tall, 180cm tall or 1800mm tall? I konw they are all the same, but what do you say? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
General lee 979 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 I don't like the metric system I still work in miles and when I buy wood or iron it's feet and inches people look at me like a cave man in the iron yard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithie 2,429 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 i work in both and that probably explains why i fook so much up 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,776 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 Still miles , still yards feet and inches , still stones and pounds , still pints and gallons ...when they changed the money system we took the biggest kick up the catcher we have taken .... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,398 Posted January 31, 2016 Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 You get both on the speedo on the car what's the problem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted January 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2016 You get both on the speedo on the car what's the problem Agreed. But if the speed limit was 70 kph and I was doing 70kph, bur the place I was going to was 120 miles away, how long would it take me to get there? Anyway, I know it can be worked out if you have to, but the fact is distances and speed are measured in miles here, so why change them just for tv? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hydropotesinermis 724 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I can work in both but much prefer imperial as I find it more natural. Probably because when I used to give measurements to dad in mm for example he'd always reply... "fucks sake, can I have that in REAL money." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,837 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Those shows are yank walshie, 90% of telly is Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,385 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Those shows are yank walshie, 90% of telly is Yanks don't use metric though, they redo the voiceovers for the British market and change everything to metric while they're at it. Always annoys me too TBH, I can use metric or imperial for most things but with distance it has to be miles, kilometres just don't mean anything to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Onlyworkmatters 1,584 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Should use the Scottish system for distance it's not km or miles its hours and minutes 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,568 Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I prefer imperial for larger measurements (floor sizes, lengths of timber etc), and metric for smaller things (drill bits, screws etc). I just can't picture small sizes in eigths of an inch........ Digressing slightly, does anyone know if it's true that the cargo space of the original Transit van was specifically designed to hold sheets of 8 X 4 , because a builder would look at it and think "that will hold a lot of 8 X 4".........? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I prefer imperial for larger measurements (floor sizes, lengths of timber etc), and metric for smaller things (drill bits, screws etc). I just can't picture small sizes in eigths of an inch........ Digressing slightly, does anyone know if it's true that the cargo space of the original Transit van was specifically designed to hold sheets of 8 X 4 , because a builder would look at it and think "that will hold a lot of 8 X 4".........? It would hold loads and loads of 8x4". Not sure on how much 8x4' though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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