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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
« Reply #15 on: 31 March 2011, 12:34:03 »
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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
« Reply #16 on: 31 March 2011, 13:03:57 »
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KPH/Metres/Litres/mm's - been tried before in various guises.

The Brits are too entrenched in feet/inches/furlongs/quarts/gallons/hogsheads et all to go metric.

despite it being the language of those designing their world for quite some years.....

.... says a luddite, educated in feet/inches/thou'/whitworth and the like, and force fed mils and mm's during the almost susceprible time whilst at college....   ;D


Quite right Broocie. I was entrenched in a hedgehog once.




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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
« Reply #17 on: 31 March 2011, 19:11:04 »
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KPH/Metres/Litres/mm's - been tried before in various guises.

The Brits are too entrenched in feet/inches/furlongs/quarts/gallons/hogsheads et all to go metric.

despite it being the language of those designing their world for quite some years.....

.... says a luddite, educated in feet/inches/thou'/whitworth and the like, and force fed mils and mm's during the almost susceprible time whilst at college....   ;D
Yup. Luddite sums us up. Europe impose certain metrics on us but we hang on to what we have left with the tenacity of a drunk Terrier despite it leaving us in the middle of nowhere.
  That's how we are & proud of it!!! :D
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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
« Reply #18 on: 31 March 2011, 22:19:32 »
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KPH/Metres/Litres/mm's - been tried before in various guises.

The Brits are too entrenched in feet/inches/furlongs/quarts/gallons/hogsheads et all to go metric.

despite it being the language of those designing their world for quite some years.....

.... says a luddite, educated in feet/inches/thou'/whitworth and the like, and force fed mils and mm's during the almost susceprible time whilst at college....   ;D
Yup. Luddite sums us up. Europe impose certain metrics on us but we hang on to what we have left with the tenacity of a drunk Terrier despite it leaving us in the middle of nowhere.
  That's how we are & proud of it!!! :D

And I will still buy a quater of pineapple chunks.... :y
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« Reply #19 on: 01 April 2011, 21:25:12 »
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KPH/Metres/Litres/mm's - been tried before in various guises.

The Brits are too entrenched in feet/inches/furlongs/quarts/gallons/hogsheads et all to go metric.

despite it being the language of those designing their world for quite some years.....

.... says a luddite, educated in feet/inches/thou'/whitworth and the like, and force fed mils and mm's during the almost susceprible time whilst at college....   ;D
Yup. Luddite sums us up. Europe impose certain metrics on us but we hang on to what we have left with the tenacity of a drunk Terrier despite it leaving us in the middle of nowhere.
  That's how we are & proud of it!!! :D

And I will still buy a quater of pineapple chunks.... :y
With a bag of chips & 5 grams of scratchings! :)
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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
« Reply #20 on: 01 April 2011, 21:40:50 »
well my speedo is mph but my odometer is kph :y
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« Reply #21 on: 01 April 2011, 21:58:21 »
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well my speedo is mph but my odometer is kph :y

Jimbob's odourometer is in decibels.  ;)
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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
« Reply #22 on: 01 April 2011, 23:07:05 »
Lets face it, it's a typical British muddle  ;D ;D ;D

Most of the Commonwealth countries bit the bullet and went fully decimal and now its completely normal in those places  :y  I have a few Canadian/Aussie/Kiwi mates who think it's totally barmy that we operate a sort of dual system  :o

I kind of like the quirkyness of all to be honest! Its one of the things that makes us Brits kind of unique in this world :)

But Thank God they did at least decimalise the currency!!! £/s/d seems like a nightmare to me  :-/
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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
« Reply #23 on: 01 April 2011, 23:24:36 »
if the eu say we got to do it, we have to do it. we cannot oppose new laws or changes to the treaty unless it is agreed by all member states. the pint was announced a couple of weeks ago it was being changed to be served by metric volume was it not
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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
« Reply #24 on: 02 April 2011, 01:26:04 »
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KPH/Metres/Litres/mm's - been tried before in various guises.

The Brits are too entrenched in feet/inches/furlongs/quarts/gallons/hogsheads et all to go metric.

despite it being the language of those designing their world for quite some years.....

.... says a luddite, educated in feet/inches/thou'/whitworth and the like, and force fed mils and mm's during the almost susceprible time whilst at college....   ;D
Yup. Luddite sums us up. Europe impose certain metrics on us but we hang on to what we have left with the tenacity of a drunk Terrier despite it leaving us in the middle of nowhere.
  That's how we are & proud of it!!! :D

And I will still buy a quater of pineapple chunks.... :y
With a bag of chips & 5 grams of scratchings! :)

Pineapple chunks are sweeties Guy... ::) ::) not the type that comes with Gamon and not bought with a bag of chips and scraps.... ::) ::) :D :D  And you are not allowed to used salt on your chips now... >:(


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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
« Reply #25 on: 02 April 2011, 01:30:04 »
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if the eu say we got to do it, we have to do it. we cannot oppose new laws or changes to the treaty unless it is agreed by all member states. the pint was announced a couple of weeks ago it was being changed to be served by metric volume was it not[/quote]


I do hope not, this is our heritage, I shall stop drinking any other units, next you will be telling me that whisky comes in 1.5L bottles :o actually that is not a bad size for a day to day drink.... :-X :D :D :D
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