<html><head></head><body>Our Linux-running robot overlords will mandate all speeds to be in the units of furlongs per fortnight. Failure to comply will result in the offenders banking records being rick-rolled.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On January 26, 2016 7:17:54 PM EST, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale@acarver.net> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">More than that. I'm not talking about wholesale use of the units system<br />but the use of units on an every day basis similar to my Puerto Rico<br />example which uses some metric and some US Customary.<br /><br />For example, the UK still uses the Imperial stone and pound when<br />referring to body weight. They also use pints for serving liquor<br />(nobody goes to the pub and asks for a "half liter" plus it is a legal<br />requirement (but changing) for selling draught beer). Speed limits in<br />the UK are written in MPH and bridge heights are in feet and inches<br />(metric can be used as long as the Imperial units are also shown).<br />Distances are shown in miles and yards.<br /><br />Many countries still weigh precious metals in troy ounces (which is<br />different from Imperial ounces) instead of kilograms.<br /><br /><br />On 2016-01-26 15:56, Edward Holcroft wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; borde
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1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> "There's also still places that use the current British Imperial system<br /> (still close enough to the US units) and that would be some of the<br /> current or former of the Commonwealth realms"<br /> <br /> Correct, Burma and Liberia.<br /> <br /> Edward Holcroft | Madsen Kneppers & Associates Inc.<br /> 11695 Johns Creek Parkway, Suite 250 | Johns Creek, GA 30097<br /> O (770) 446-9606 | M (678) 587-8649<br /> On Jan 26, 2016 5:37 PM, "Alex Carver" <agcarver+ale@acarver.net> wrote:<br /> <br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"> "Standard" is more a recent adjective because it was originally Imperial<br /> (and still sometimes is called that) since the measurement system came<br /> from England until a redesign of the Imperial system in the 1800's<br /> changed a few definitions so now it's the US Customary Units.<br /><br /> It's only now
"standard" because that's what the US standardized for its<br /> own use and is most common here -- if it's not common it's not<br /> "standard". Of course that pretty much applies in any country because<br /> it would have no meaning elsewhere, there are "standards" everywhere.<br /><br /> There are also many places where the US doesn't use "standard". Puerto<br /> Rico sells gasoline in liters and measures distances in kilometers (but<br /> the speed limit is MPH). The other territories are similar but that's<br /> all because of their own histories of colonization.<br /><br /> There's also still places that use the current British Imperial system<br /> (still close enough to the US units) and that would be some of the<br /> current or former of the Commonwealth realms<br /><br /> On 2016-01-26 14:12, Edward Holcroft wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"> I always smile at the tho
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that "standard" = what America uses, and<br /> "metric" = what the rest of the world uses. As an immigrant raised on the<br /> metric system, I wonder if I'll ever be smart enough to figure out this<br /> "standard" system of measurement.<br /><br /> And you're right, the fact that it's all mixed up helps nobody.<br /><br /> ed<br /><br /> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:39 PM, William Bagwell <rb211@tds.net> wrote:<br /><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Tuesday 26 January 2016, Jim Kinney wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #e9b96e; padding-left: 1ex;"> So did the coffee packers. Used to be a 1lb package that turned into a<br /> 12oz package at about the same price.<br /> We don't use metric now because the auto industry yelled it bankrupt<br /> them to convert. Hmm. Didn't we bail out a few? Don't they all use<br /> m
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now anyway? My "Made in the USA" Saturn Vue has lots of metric<br /> bolts.<br /></blockquote><br /> Absolutely despise working on cars that are mixed! Foreign cars are<br /></blockquote></blockquote> metric<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #fcaf3e; padding-left: 1ex;"> and antique Detroit iron is standard, but many modern American cars are<br /> both<br /> and require two sets of tools. <muter, muter son of a duck!><br /> --<br /></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><br /><hr /><br />Ale mailing list<br />Ale@ale.org<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br />See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br /><br
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