Greebo wrote:Not English quarts! Our pints are bigger than yours by 25%!
Loup Garou wrote:I know...... I know.. there are so many different interpretations of measurements. It is kinda like the American railroad before we adopted a time standard. You would leave one station at 11:45 and arrive at another station at... 12:30... even though it was a 20 minute ride. And the train you were trying to meet left the second station already because it left at 12:15. Some day we will all be on the metric system and confusion will fade, but... it ain't happenin' soon.
Greebo wrote:... Speaking as an Englishman, I think it's mainly dicks that are still measured in inches nowadays, isn't it? I understand Americans are still unsuccessful in escaping their Imperial past even though we Brits have been dragged kicking and screaming into the illogical world of metrication...
Xyzzy987 wrote:Greebo wrote:... Speaking as an Englishman, I think it's mainly dicks that are still measured in inches nowadays, isn't it? I understand Americans are still unsuccessful in escaping their Imperial past even though we Brits have been dragged kicking and screaming into the illogical world of metrication...
Now, now, guys, we here in the States are getting there, and we've already done the most important part. The liquor industry has converted to metric.Well, except for beer, which we also tend to measure in dozens.
Greebo wrote:Yeah, Rastifan, 10 is pretty big if it's measured in inches, but nothing to crow about if it's centimetric!
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