I used to work in the UK at the time of the change over to metric dimensions
and for me, being educated in metric, that was very funny. I still remember
a l
huge billboard with the print of a human foot and the text "This is not a
foot, it is 305 millimetres". That was (and still is) not exactly true as
millimeters are used to indicate small dimensions - when you say "It's a
foot wide" (or long) you do not want to be accurate within 40 thou. The
right text should have been "This is about 30 centimeters". Since our
change-over from Dutch Guiders into Euros I suddenly have far more
understanding for the people who still think in 'old' units, as I am one of
them!
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
1964 BJ8 29432
2009/8/3 andy pole <ampole@hotmail.com>
> Sorry Kees
>
>
>
> But here in the uk we still go into the the timber merchants (or builders
> supply's) and ask for a 6ft length of 3" x 2" and still get sheet material
> in
> 8' x 4'.
>
>
>
> the only difference is that you muppets outside the uk insist we follow Eu
> guidelines and label it as 2440 x 1220.
>
>
>
> And our bananas are still yellow and curved like everyone elses!
>
>
>
> cheers Andy
>
>
> >
> > In wood sizes it is even weirder. In the UK they have used metric
> > standard sizes for donkeys years. In Holland (and possibly the rest of
> > continental Europe) we still use inches for the standard sizes.
> > Kees Oudesluijs
>
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