Imperial Weights and Measures - Another fantastic Brexit Bonus!

[BiggEggo]

When government is spouting boll0x such as this, my thoughts are what piece of crap they are truly trying to distract us from.
A pint of milk and a litre of milk cost exactly the same - when there is none in the supermarket to buy.

 

[r00fie1]

Meanwhile in the real world:

Planned cut to universal credit could push more than 2m people into debt

Citizens Advice says end of £20 top-up will affect half of claimants in ‘red wall’ battleground constituencies

www.theguardian.com

Planned cut to universal credit could push more than 2m people into debt​

Citizens Advice says end of £20 top-up will affect half of claimants in ‘red wall’ battleground constituencies

'Universal credit cut hits 26,000 working Gloucestershire families'

"The majority of those affected by the £20pw cut to benefits this autumn will be families who are working," and many are key workers

www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk

DWP's universal credit cut will hit 26K working families in Gloucestershire alone​

Scrap benefits cut to stop millions falling into poverty, Boris Johnson told

Thinktank adds to pressure on PM from opposition to extend £20-a-week universal credit uplift

www.theguardian.com

Scrap benefits cut to stop millions falling into poverty, Boris Johnson told​

"The majority of those affected by the £20pw cut to benefits this autumn will be families who are working," and many are key workers

Universal Credit cut will be 'catastrophic', shows private government memo

The UK Government's own analysis of cutting the benefit warns it it will lead to more homelessness and more families relying on food banks.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Universal Credit cut by £20 will be 'catastrophic', shows private government memo​

The UK Government's own analysis of cutting the benefit warns it it will lead to more homelessness and more families relying on food banks.

Food poverty set to worsen as September’s Universal Credit cliff edge approaches - The BMJ

Food banks are trying to prepare for what looks set to be a busy and difficult winter, says Sabine Goodwin Independent food banks have come to expect a busy August [...]More...

blogs.bmj.com

Food poverty set to worsen as September’s Universal Credit cliff edge approaches​

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/artic...s-cut-to-universal-credit-will-lead-to-hunger

Foodbank charity warns cut to Universal Credit will lead to hunger​

'Wealth shouldn't decide whether you live or die,' say families as Universal Credit uplift ends

The row over Government plans to cut Universal Credit payments back down to pre-pandemic levels escalated further this week

inews.co.uk

Universal Credit: The people with incurable illnesses facing financial hardship when the benefit uplift ends​

 

[Yearbyred]

Did enjoy this from Twitter on this madness

Boris Johnson is set to announce compulsory long-bow training for all able men.

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

Did enjoy this from Twitter on this madness

Boris Johnson is set to announce compulsory long-bow training for all able men.

Followed by flicking the V's at the French

 

[Chris_Boro]

When you add more ways to make a mistake.

A $327million mistake...

Mars Climate Orbiter

Key Facts Launch December 11, 1998 Launch Site Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Launch Vehicle Delta II End of Mission September 23, 1999, Lost on arrival

solarsystem.nasa.gov

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

Surely as this is a football forum we all agree a penalty area is 18 yards and the 6 yard box is exactly thus. You retreat 10 yards when a corner or free kick is taken.

Anyway I'm off to watch a rerun of the 100m final, then going for a pint to discuss whether the England cricket team need a 90mph bowler for the ashes. Then hopefully a 5k run in the morning followed by a day at the races where no doubt my horse will lose by a nose or a short head after leading in the final furlong of the mile handicap.

 

[Johnny Vincents Motorbike]

a cricket pitch between the stumps is 1 Chain.


the govt have stopped the Furlong scheme, too many rich people fiddling it.

 

[NYboro]

10 chains in a furlong.

 

[Anton_Berg]

No gallons on the petrol pumps (took some getting used to), and yet MPG still in common use?

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

No gallons on the petrol pumps (took some getting used to), and yet MPG still in common use?

Yep, fuming that diesel costs over £1.30 a litre but at least my car does nearly 60 miles to the gallon

 

[Ziggy]

There’s one universal usage of imperial measurement ‘seemingly’ in use.
A drummer friend pointed out that size of drums and cymbals are always quoted in inches
He showed me a Japanese Amazon ad for a cymbal, containing Japanese characters, 22” appearing in the middle of it.
The kicker though is the weight of cymbals is always in grams.
The same applied to drums 14”x 5”….though, typically the US write the depth before diameter 5”x 14”
Bit useless….unless you’re a drummer

 

[Boroheath]

I really can't belive how much brexit is making us regress. Can't believe how backwards this country has become so quickly.

This should be the final straw for me. If I was single I'd leave the country right now. I've had enough of the stupidity and destruction of it all.

Sadly the other half won't leave so I'm stuck in this isolated little rock.

Never post on here always observe but here goes my second post…

How many different threads can you post in with this same drivel about wanting to move abroad but can’t because of the other half?

Very boring.

 

[Way_Out_West]

There’s one universal usage of imperial measurement ‘seemingly’ in use.
A drummer friend pointed out that size of drums and cymbals are always quoted in inches
He showed me a Japanese Amazon ad for a cymbal, containing Japanese characters, 22” appearing in the middle of it.
The kicker though is the weight of cymbals is always in grams.
The same applied to drums 14”x 5”….though, typically the US write the depth before diameter 5”x 14”
Bit useless….unless you’re a drummer

Pizzas are also exclusively in inches here, with not a cm in sight on a takeaway menu

 

[Blf]

I remember the change very well. I asked the green grocer for 5 pounds of potatoes. He said they are called Kilos now mate. I said ok I will have 5 pounds of Kilos then.
Flipping EU.

 

[red_harrington]

Never post on here always observe but here goes my second post…

How many different threads can you post in with this same drivel about wanting to move abroad but can’t because of the other half?

Very boring.

If you're new, here are a few tips:

1 - it's better to make friends than enemies

2 - if you don't have something nice to say about someone it's usually best to not say it at all

3 - if you really don't like someone, make use of the ignore button

 

[redcarbob]

I am 60 and was brought up using imperial and metric and it was carried on in the shipyard during my apprenticeship years.

Distance is always measured in imperial, it is our road system. If I am building anything, I use metric.

This will only confuse the life out of our kids, it did me as a youngster. Just leave it alone.

Exactly, same as me. I work in feet and centimetres

 

[Boroheath]

If you're new, here are a few tips:

1 - it's better to make friends than enemies

2 - if you don't have something nice to say about someone it's usually best to not say it at all

3 - if you really don't like someone, make use of the ignore button

I’m not new been using FMTTM for about 6 years… just pointing out sick of reading the same reply in every thread.

 

[ThePrisoner]

15cm sounds a lot longer than 6".

 

[red_harrington]

I’m not new been using FMTTM for about 6 years… just pointing out sick of reading the same reply in every thread.

New to posting then, same thing

 

[SmallTown]

New to posting then, same thing

I suspect I know who it is.

Best not to feed the trolls really