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[Kintamayama 45,543]

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[aderechelsea 125]

i voted but i don't feel any different.....

did my life change and i have no clue ????

[Manekineko 200]

KaioU way is the only way! (Blinking...)

[Fujisan 533]

I voted and now Im a metre taller-

WOW!

[Manekineko 200]

I voted and now Im a metre taller-

WOW!

(Sign of approval) (Dribbling...)

BTW, Fujisan, shouldn't be "three feet", or "a yard"? I thought you were still using imperial units in the UK. (Punk rocker...)

[Mark Buckton 1]

BTW, Fujisan, shouldn't be "three feet", or "a yard"? I thought you were still using imperial units in the UK. (Dribbling...)

Entered the UK scool system in 1976 and was always taught in mm / cm / m / km

so guess not Manekineko.

Classic stereotype that one. All Americans eat hamburgers and drink coke everyday. A million more fake stereotypes but.....

That said - older people in the UK can still use the systems you refer to and younger people do in certain areas - height, body weight and others but perhaps it is similar to the Japanese using 4 writing forms in daily life.

Limitation is so boring is it not? (Punk rocker...)

[Fujisan 533]

Actually Maneki I normally do go by 'Feet' not 'Metres' but I figured most here use Metres so I translated for your benefit.

[Kaikitsune Makoto 209]

Classic stereotype that one. All Americans eat hamburgers and drink coke everyday. A million more fake stereotypes but.....

Stereotype sure but still Americans do have immense consumption of hamburgers per capita according to studies. And same goes for coke consumption. And stereotype or not, my limited experience in communication with UK humans indicate that metric system is still not that popular there. I don't believe any counter arguments. Worst thing is when Syd Hoare uses the "stone"-measure occasionally! You should immediately change your traffic to normal right side traffic, get rid of stones and start all talking like Doreen Simmons with that lovely honed accent! B-)

[Mark Buckton 1]

And stereotype or not, my limited experience in communication with UK humans indicate that metric system is still not that popular there.

I don't believe any counter arguments.

So, based on admitted 'limited' experience you don't believe any counter arguments. B-)

Ever had any problems with flexibility :-) (and no wonder I sat at 33% warn rate during your last days! - disagreement is unacceptable it appears - a warn rate now zero you'll be pleased to know)

I can tell you that based on over 25 years of residency, education and work in the UK that metric is well established, is popular and is used daily moreso than imperial - bar with the oldies. This is particularly true in technical areas and areas involving international trade and industry.

Imperial is still used too and whatever your 'studies' on hamburgers can evaluate from that is irrelevant - you still wouldn't believe.

I could harp on about using 2 systems indicates more knowledge in users but don't think its true. It is just one of those anomalies that occurs the world over.

The earth is no longer flat you know - tis round. 34509800345612.23cm round.

I pity your lack of flexibility VS experience - previously documented by yourself in a rant some months ago.

I will not however make broad judgements on all in your nation as you do based on so 'limited' an exposure to the UK. :-) :-D

Edited June 14, 2004 by Adachinoryu

[Asashosakari 19,682]

34509800345612.23cm

Interesting number. What does it specify?

[Mark Buckton 1]

34509800345612.23cm

Interesting number. What does it specify?

Just a joke Asa-san - metric measurement of the earth's circumference. Isn't true - or if it is is a big big coincidence. B-)

[Kaikitsune Makoto 209]

So, based on admitted 'limited' experience you don't believe any counter arguments. 

Ever had any problems with flexibility

Hmmm...I wrote that "I don't believe any counter arguments" as a joke of a kind sir. Certainly I won't start arguing about this with a native British person.A statement like that would be absurd as you so wonderfully explain in your post.

and no wonder I sat at 33% warn rate during your last days! - disagreement is unacceptable it appears - a warn rate now zero you'll be pleased to know

I am sorry to ruin your image but I was the one who decreased your warn rate from 33% to zero couple of weeks after I became rijicho. So yes I know your warn rate is zero.

can tell you that based on over 25 years of residency, education and work in the UK that metric is well established, is popular and is used daily moreso than imperial - bar with the oldies. This is particularly true in technical areas and areas involving international trade and industry.

Imperial is still used too and whatever your 'studies' on hamburgers can evaluate from that is irrelevant - you still wouldn't believe.

OK. Good to know actually. I didn't really know how is the status of metric system in UK. Makes sense though that it is more and more used. The only reason I wondered about this is that I have heard also from younger British people appealing for "Can you say that in feet?" when talking in centimetres.

I pity your lack of flexibility VS experience - previously documented by yourself in a rant some months ago.

Sure pity away. You failed to see the true nature of my post and replied with a reasonably irritated manner but such is life.

[Naganoyama 5,949]

OK. Good to know actually. I didn't really know how is the status of metric system in UK. Makes sense though that it is more and more used. The only reason I wondered about this is that I have heard also from younger British people appealing for "Can you say that in feet?" when talking in centimetres.

Quite right actually. The metric and imperial systems run side by side in the UK. Due to EU regulations, it is mandatory to mark food weights in kg, but until very recently, the imperial weights were also marked. Supermarkets wrote enormous apology notices when these additional markings had (by EU law) to be removed and supplied little conversion tables to customers who asked 'What is xxx kg in imperial?'

Also a lot of British people have no feeling for temperatures in Celsius and need to convert them to Fahrenheit to have any idea as to whether the day is going to be warm. Fuel is of course now sold in litres and this just makes it harder for people to realise just how expensive it is. (Some people I know still convert the price into the per-gallon price to find out what they are getting.)

This doesn't just apply to old people but also to quite a few younger ones who learnt metric at school but took it in a theoretical sort of way. After all if your parents still use the old units, your cooker is still marked in Fahrenheit, recipes are in pounds and ounces (as are your bathroom scales), etc, etc, etc, you might be forgiven for having difficulty learning to think in metric.

Sure it becomes easier as time goes on and new appliances are built and books written which use purely metric.

[Asashosakari 19,682]

Also a lot of British people have no feeling for temperatures in Celsius and need to convert them to Fahrenheit to have any idea as to whether the day is going to be warm.

Of course, whenever one of us Celsius-based lifeforms travels to a place that still primarily uses degrees Fahrenheit (*cough*UnitedStates*cough*), we're afflicted with the same problem in the opposite direction. It's rather annoying. :-D

Personally, I do find it more difficult to "think" in degrees Fahrenheit than I do, say, pounds or gallons or feet, for some reason. Not sure why...maybe because temperature is something you can actually feel (so there's a certain level of experience that "warm" or "cold" must equal value X), rather than just measure... B-)

Edited June 14, 2004 by Asashosakari

[Kintamayama 45,543]

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[Zuikakuyama 1]

Wow, first poll in over a year. Taking a break? (Clapping wildly...)

[Kintamayama 45,543]

Wow, first poll in over a year. Taking a break? (Clapping wildly...)

Well, since we started having polls on this forum, we seemed to have covered every possible topic, so there wasn't a need for one.. This time, there was a big argument over the way I spell the shikona on the SML, so I thought it would be interesting to see what members' thoughts were..