Calvin19 0 #1 November 2, 2006 it blows. even aviation has been forever confused by a totaly moronic measurnet system. fuck, canada changed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #2 November 2, 2006 Quoteit blows. even aviation has been forever confused by a totaly moronic measurnet system. fuck, canada changed. But do you have to take it out on the English language? you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #3 November 2, 2006 Hey, Rebecca! I think he's trying to tell us something! What is it, boy? Timmy's in the well???!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #4 November 2, 2006 QuoteHey, Rebecca! I think he's trying to tell us something! What is it, boy? Timmy's in the well???!!! LMAO!!! you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbattman 0 #5 November 2, 2006 I'm currently finishing my proposal to the BIPM to bring time onto the metric system. The proposed unit is (1) While [WH]. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #6 November 2, 2006 QuoteI'm currently finishing my proposal to the BIPM to bring time onto the metric system. The proposed unit is (1) While [WH]. What's the conversion rate? you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbattman 0 #7 November 2, 2006 1 While will be equivalent to the amount of time required to place a 1/2 empty 12 oz can of beer on a table, stand up from a La-Z-boy recliner model 12543, walk 4 meters to a fridge, rumage around and retrieve another can of beer, visit the john and return to the La-Z-Boy. Strangely enough it is the exact time of an NFL Sunday commercial break. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #8 November 2, 2006 QuoteI'm currently finishing my proposal to the BIPM to bring time onto the metric system. We used to do metric days all the time in College.. Wake up Friday Morning and not go to bed till sometime Sunday Morning. Then Sleep one metric night (IE.. Sunday Morning till Monday Morning) Basically you end up with a One day weekend.. But not many of us could have handled a two day metric weekend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #9 November 2, 2006 The English system is better for so many things. Let's say you see a gal with a hot body. I don't want to find out her measurements as 91.4/63.5/86.4. 36/25/34 sounds way better to me. I never wanted to hear a bird say, "Give me 20.3 centimeters, chap, and make it HARD!" "Gimme 8 inches" is better. A football field being 91.44 meters in length? 109.73 meters with the end zones? That'd suck. The Aerosmith song? "She just love my big 25.4 centimeter record of her favorite blues?" The Who? "I can see for kilometers and kilometers?" I drink beer from "yards" not from "91.4 cms." The metric system sucks... My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrGuy 0 #10 November 2, 2006 QuoteHey, Rebecca! I think he's trying to tell us something! What is it, boy? Timmy's in the well???!!! LOL Thats been my email address for ten years.....timmyfellinthewell @ hot mail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeNnEjEnN 0 #11 November 2, 2006 I hear ya - at least science in the US makes sense ------------------------------------------- "Scars remind you that the past is real..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #12 November 2, 2006 It's I for fucks sake it's IIIII, It drives me fucking crazy when people don't use a capital I Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #13 November 2, 2006 ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #14 November 2, 2006 ..... and breath. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #15 November 2, 2006 Oh yeah? How else are you going to convert seconds to meters to gallons? My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #16 November 2, 2006 And remember if you get the conversion wrong you could crash a space-craft into a planet .......... again (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #17 November 2, 2006 My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stiffler 0 #18 November 2, 2006 Quote It's I for fucks sake it's IIIII, It drives me fucking crazy when people don't use a capital I think about what you're trying to do teach a yank the finer points of the English language, not a chance mate they're too busy saying "sucks" "blows" and any other garbage they say on a regular basis (and before an Einsteins correct my grammar, i'm aloud to get it wrong, I'm English ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #19 November 2, 2006 The imperial system sucks. Let's go back to shillings and pence, shall we? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #20 November 2, 2006 QuoteThe imperial system sucks. Let's go back to shillings and pence, shall we? No, that sucked, so they had imperial. Why mess with it? My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #21 November 2, 2006 QuoteHey, Rebecca! I think he's trying to tell us something! What is it, boy? Timmy's in the well???!!! I've always wanted a dog like that. Lassie would come up to the window at the schoolhouse and bark. "Mrs. Jones, Lassie says it's an emergency. Can I go with her ?" "Of course, Timmy. Take the entire day off from school." I'm just trying to teach one to put his nose up womens skirts. "Woof. Woof, woof." (I am soooo going to take my work number off the speed dial.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sockpuppet 0 #22 November 3, 2006 Quoteit blows. even aviation has been forever confused by a totaly moronic measurnet system. fuck, canada changed. Ok so name another measurement that you can divide by 2,3,4 and 6 I wish we still used imperial but the metric lobby seem to be taking over....muppets. ------ Two of the three voices in my head agree with you. It might actually be unanimous but voice three only speaks Welsh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrBrant 0 #23 November 3, 2006 QuoteThe English system is better for so many things. Let's say you see a gal with a hot body. I don't want to find out her measurements as 91.4/63.5/86.4. 36/25/34 sounds way better to me. Wait a sec. a centimetre is a unit with a higher resolution than an inch. why would you use decimals on the more precise number, yet round up the inches like an animal? Answer me that! The impreial system is stupid. I'd love for it to completly dissappear (If i wasn't so hopelessly dependant on it.) Although all the units of measurement based on NOTHING piss me off. I mean really, just because some jerk scientist couldn't get his lab any cooler, why would he set "that" temperature as 0 degrees fahrenheit. At least the metric system is usually based on SOMETHING. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrBrant 0 #24 November 3, 2006 here's another post. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Calvin19 0 #25 November 3, 2006 QuoteThe English system is better for so many things. Let's say you see a gal with a hot body. I don't want to find out her measurements as 91.4/63.5/86.4. 36/25/34 sounds way better to me.Quote like it was said, it would be 91/64/86 A football field being 91.44 meters in length? 109.73 meters with the end zones? That'd suck. Quote there are one or two of us out there who could give less of a flying fuck about football. hell, well just make your playgroud 100 meters long. you probably wouldnt even notice. I drink beer from "yards" not from "91.4 cms." Quote beer? that explains a lot. drinking games. -SPACE- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
