tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712829.post114044627484625514..comments2010-01-04T20:11:26.594ZNeil Herronnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712829.post-1169148204077345602007-01-18T19:23:00.000Z2007-01-18T19:23:00.000ZWell I'm sorry you guys... the old system of yards & miles is a load of crap and the sooner we change to metric the better...<BR/><BR/>Whats a mile... whats a yard and how many yards are in a mile (bet most of the oldies dont even know that.)<BR/><BR/>I'm a 27 year old truck driver and the system in the uk is old and out of date. and dont be fooled by imperial units. Have you ever approched roadworks on the motorway and seen signs saying 600yds, 200yds etc. next time you do check your odometer. those 600yds etc are in metres realy.<BR/><BR/>I have been educated in metric and so have millions of others and the only way forward for the UK is to go fully metric. forget the old system for the older population because i dont wanna cause any offence, but they aint gonna be around for ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712829.post-1140736683147493652006-02-23T23:18:00.000Z2006-02-23T23:18:00.000ZThe revolution moves closer....Giles Pepperellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712829.post-1140620224796839782006-02-22T14:57:00.000Z2006-02-22T14:57:00.000ZTo convert road signs to metric seems to me to be a waste of money; there is no discernable economic benefit to so doing.<BR/><BR/>A couple of little metrication stories: some years ago I was installing a shower on a British boat in the South of France. I asked the local plmbers' merchant for some 15mm pipe. "15mm?" he said, "no, 14 or 16. Who on earth uses 15?". We sorted out some adaptors and I asked for a tap. "Half inch or three-quarter?" he said. So much for international standard metrication!<BR/><BR/>Second story: The Yak 52 is an ex-Russian Air Force trainer. The Russians use all metric units. For speed, that is not a problem except for the cruising speed; otherwise you just "fly the numbers". You need cruising speed in knots because all air trafic information and wind speeds are in nautical miles and knots, so you just mark the cruising speeds in knots in white ink. Height, though, must be in feet; that is a legal requirement in the UK. That being said, French aeronautical charts use a mixture of feet and metres - some for terrain and others for controlled airspace - but do not always note which is which. The advantage of this system is that, provided you don't fly into a mountain by mistake, it keeps you awake.<BR/><BR/>JeremyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712829.post-1140602789978156512006-02-22T10:06:00.000Z2006-02-22T10:06:00.000ZThe very fact that our ennobled friend Lord Kinnock of Bedwettie is backing this cause is proof of the desperation of the UKMA in their search for someone who might give weight and credence to their cause. Getting a clown such as Kinnock, who espoused, amongst other causes, the elimination of corruption within the E.U. bureacracy, while succeeding in sacking the only whistleblower who stepped forward is proof, to me at least, that there is no urge from within the ranks of NuLabour to push for another expensive debacle, especially after commencing the £19 billion I.D. card fraudGenghisBloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672723666658365509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712829.post-1140600390301804492006-02-22T09:26:00.000Z2006-02-22T09:26:00.000ZMr Kinnock in his typical EU propaganda fashion puts his mouth into gear before he uses his brain... but then maybe that doesn't help... the so-called modern metric system was developed in France during the Napoleonic reign in the 1790's.<BR/><BR/>If 200 years old is modern... then Neil Kinnock is a mere Foetus... and that probably says it all.<BR/>Roger HayesRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020702440396375132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7712829.post-1140545070208905112006-02-21T18:04:00.000Z2006-02-21T18:04:00.000ZOk, so I didn't read the whole post, but if they did put the whole road sign thing into metric units, I would be totally fucked...<BR/><BR/>"Junction 2km ahead"<BR/><BR/>Well where the fuck is that? I mean, can I stay cruising in the fast lane? I know that 1mile = 5/8km... or is it the other way round? Yep, 1km = 5/8 of a mile, but as I'm doing 87mph down the motorway am I really going to want to be doing some mental arithmetic ?<BR/><BR/>Well, even if I was fine with it - think of all those poor OAPs who will be bumbling along in their metros thinking: "what's a metre?" hmmm...<BR/><BR/>And then there's the whole speed thing... grrr.<BR/><BR/>Suffice to say these bloody politically-correct twats shd just shut up.<BR/><BR/>Oh and if they expect my taxes to pay for it all then may they burn in hell forever... rah!Raw Carrothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821195424482942896noreply@blogger.com