Brexit and the waning days of the United Kingdom

[HVC]

How many inches in a yard again?

36

And how many in a mile?

Leave it to the Frenchman to attack his nations biggest fan

[Valmy]

QED

Hey the Ancien Regime had stupid units to.

[mongers]

Measurements aren't just abstract or even yardsticks*, but their set up have real world uses and advantages, that's why the yard has been successful, when marking material and making something,  a measure that is divisible by 2,3,4,6,9 and 12 is rather useful.





* I wonder what the OED has to say about it?

Metric is even divisible by 10, which is even more useful.  Divisible by 9, not really. Also conversions between imperial units? How many inches in a yard again? -milli to kilo is much more intuitive.

How often would a carpenter be asked to make 5 or 10 chairs to go with a table, vs say being asked to make a set or 2, 3, 4 or 6 chairs?

[Duque de Bragança]

QED

Hey the Ancien Regime had stupid units to.

So the Jacobine defends now the Ancien Régime? For shame, really.

[Duque de Bragança]

Measurements aren't just abstract or even yardsticks*, but their set up have real world uses and advantages, that's why the yard has been successful, when marking material and making something,  a measure that is divisible by 2,3,4,6,9 and 12 is rather useful.





* I wonder what the OED has to say about it?

Metric is even divisible by 10, which is even more useful.  Divisible by 9, not really. Also conversions between imperial units? How many inches in a yard again? -milli to kilo is much more intuitive.

How often would a carpenter be asked to make 5 or 10 chairs to go with a table, vs say being asked to make a set or 2, 3, 4 or 6 chairs?

More than 9 or 12, respectively. But then metric is flexible enough for 2 as well so I don't really see your point. Why don't you go back to the non-decimal pound as well while you're at it?

[Sheilbh]

Just to add further confusion, I use C for low temperatures ("Brrr, it's below zero") and F for high temperatures ("Phew, it must be over 80 out there").

This is quite common amongst Brits of a certain age.

Also the papers. Our extremes of temperatures go from -10 to 100 degrees

Like the rest of the Brits I'm a hodge-podge of imperial and metric.

[Duque de Bragança]

No pure "imperials" in Britain anymore?  Bigre ! Not even the elderly? Can't believe it.

[Sheilbh]

I think some things metric works better and is universal - celsius for example.

Some stuff I think is generational - food measurements for example.

Other stuff is for whatever reason universally imperial - weight of a person, distance, beer.

[Valmy]

So the Jacobine defends now the Ancien Régime? For shame, really.

Of course not. Lamenting how the English cutting the head off a King didn't lead to similar reforms

And where have I defended Imperial units?

[HVC]

Thinking about it for cm and below, as well as meter and above I use metric, but in between I use imperial. Using decimetre instead of inches and feet seems odd, as does saying 30 cm instead of 1 foot (approx.).

[The Brain]

I think some things metric works better and is universal - celsius for example.

Sweden rules.

[Josquius]

I don't think its fair to class beer as one for the imperials.
To my mind a pint is a pint. Its more than a unit of measure, its a standard serving of beer. I know in Belgium at the least they also use pint as standard and they're a pretty damn metric country (in Switzerland its just small or big )

Though thinking about it one area where I do use imperial is with pints of milk

[The Larch]

Yeah, lots of beer bars over here sell beer by the pint, it's a beer culture thing I guess.

[celedhring]

Yeah, lots of beer bars over here sell beer by the pint, it's a beer culture thing I guess.

None does here...  it's quinto, mediana, jarra, litrona.

Note: I avoid hipster beer places like the plague. It might happen there.

[Duque de Bragança]

Yeah, lots of beer bars over here sell beer by the pint, it's a beer culture thing I guess.

Is it an imperial pint or a metric pint (50cl)? The latter I think. Never saw imperial pints (56,8cl) in Belgium. Pintje is of a different size too, same as the demi in France(half-pint).