The Off Topic Topic

[Eddie Teach]

I'm confused, what unit do you use for breast milk?

[Grey Fox]

Wait a sec, when did the Raiders move to Las Vegas?

For the 2020 season.

[Razgovory]

I'm confused, what unit do you use for breast milk?

Cup size.

[The Minsky Moment]

For Duque - on measurements. This is depressingly accurate for me

I'm pro metric all the way, but surely pints of beer is a necessary and appropriate exception.

[Jacob]

For Duque - on measurements. This is depressingly accurate for me

I'm pro metric all the way, but surely pints of beer is a necessary and appropriate exception.

You get used to 500 mL pretty quick. I buy tall cans of beer and I have no problem with the 500 mL of the Euro imports compared to the 473 mL of the North American cans.

It's nice to get beer in Imperial pints, but that's only available in a limited number of establishments around here.

[Syt]

Nothing to see here, just a plant design in a small town in Hesse ....

[Josquius]

For Duque - on measurements. This is depressingly accurate for me

I'm not sure on most of this.
For short distances feet yes (you can pace them out. And football) but inches... Only for very specific things. I find even many older people will do short distances in mm.

And in weight it depends on the age of the person.
A baby people expect the weight in pounds. For adults however it's pure stone... Traditionally. Over my lifetime I'm seeing a shift there with the more sensible kg taking over.

[The Brain]

Inches are great for tabletop wargames with miniatures. I like that it's still standard there.

[Tamas]

For Duque - on measurements. This is depressingly accurate for me

I'm not sure on most of this.
For short distances feet yes (you can pace them out. And football) but inches... Only for very specific things. I find even many older people will do short distances in mm.

And in weight it depends on the age of the person.
A baby people expect the weight in pounds. For adults however it's pure stone... Traditionally. Over my lifetime I'm seeing a shift there with the more sensible kg taking over.

Is feet really easier to pace out than meters?

[Sheilbh]

I'm not sure on most of this.
For short distances feet yes (you can pace them out. And football) but inches... Only for very specific things. I find even many older people will do short distances in mm.

If you have a ruler sure - but in terms of your mental measurement for small distances I'd say it's probably inches.

And in weight it depends on the age of the person.
A baby people expect the weight in pounds. For adults however it's pure stone... Traditionally. Over my lifetime I'm seeing a shift there with the more sensible kg taking over.

Isn't that because it's a terrifying baby that ways more than a stone?

But that's the only context I ever hear ounces. I know and use stone/lbs and kilos for adult weight.

Edit:

Is feet really easier to pace out than meters?

Obviously this is from the perspective of a man - but I always assumed it was about the length of a foot if I needed to pace it.

Although again I use it to measure things (I know my height in feet and inches) but my mental measurements is more feet (and metres).

[celedhring]

I'm going to put more fear into Sheilbh with some pics/clips of lava burning houses in La Palma.





https://twitter.com/i/status/1439692352969494537

No one was injuried since everybody was evacuated in time. Yup, nature can be terrifying.

[The Brain]

Is that an Earth elemental or a Fire elemental?

[The Larch]

[...]

Just seen some video and I am, yet again, terrified of nature.

It's weird because personally I always associate volcanoes with sort of desolate land around them like, no offence Leg, bits of Iceland or New Zealand.

If it's any consolation, it happened in the outermost and one of the less populated islands of the Canaries (La Palma, pop. 85k), and has only affected sparse rural communities that were all evacuated on time.

[Duque de Bragança]

For Duque - on measurements. This is depressingly accurate for me

I'm not sure on most of this.
For short distances feet yes (you can pace them out. And football) but inches... Only for very specific things. I find even many older people will do short distances in mm.

No longer yards for football?  How many feet between the wall and the ball in a free kick? 9.15 metres, before you ask. 

[Josquius]

For Duque - on measurements. This is depressingly accurate for me

I'm not sure on most of this.
For short distances feet yes (you can pace them out. And football) but inches... Only for very specific things. I find even many older people will do short distances in mm.

No longer yards for football?  How many feet between the wall and the ball in a free kick? 9.15 metres, before you ask. 

True. Was half asleep posting there. Merged feet and yards in my mind I think.
That's about the only place I've ever seen a yard.
So where feet are actually used remains solely with people.

As mentioned however its pure feet. That the sub units are inches I think many don't even realise.
Just as with stone the relationship with pounds is nebulous.