why do we...?
why do we...?
Stick with measuring distances in miles, then sell fuel in litres, and to top it off use miles per gallon to judge fuel economy?
Why did we never embrace km etc like our European cousins.
Why did we never embrace km etc like our European cousins.
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you want to go to the Sates Lee, everything is in feet and Inches …does me head in !!! even though I'm fluent with Imperial its not second nature to order a yard of timber !!!
we didn't embrace the metric set cos we are too victorian to move forward .
we didn't embrace the metric set cos we are too victorian to move forward .
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At least they stuck with one set.
Not pissing about with both.
Not pissing about with both.
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exactly ,,but if you run away form a cop out there, wether its 4 ft or 1.2 metres ,,he shoots you in the back !!!
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People are dying from not having access to clean water and you're whinging about this?... Jesus
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It's not just the UK. The whole world still uses imperial when it suits. Even the Japanese. What size rims do you all run on your bikes and cars?
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"As soon as he (Tozzi) started with the personal remarks I assumed he was struggling with the rest of his case", Ross Brawn 2009,
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Don't want to change to km as some nobber in a office somewhere would cock it up and all the road speeds would be reduced by mistake
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The whole world does it solely to annoy you, Lee. Just for our own sly amusement
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They would just leave the numbers and slap on KM stickersDaveace22 wrote:Don't want to change to km as some nobber in a office somewhere would cock it up and all the road speeds would be reduced by mistake
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I'm gonna give the missus 15mm tonight !
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