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[Racerbvd]

[Porsche_monkey]

Byron: that is the most normal looking woman I have ever seen in picture with you. Sister?

[widebody911]

[widebody911]

Countries that still do not use the Metric System

[MichiganMat]

[teenerted1]

i don't see mel brooks in there anywhere

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by widebody911

Countries that still do not use the Metric System

UK not included?? don't they do still use MPH for traffic
i think Ireland recently changed all traffic signs, but UK hasn't

and i was once told that when it comes to engineering,serious engineering such as Nasa, submarines and jets, in the US the standard is Metric
i think it was an ex Boomer submariner who told me that, can't remember

[The Gaijin]

Base 12 is much better for most things. Divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6.

Makes for better proportions and better balance in architecture and other things.

Metric was dumbed down for those that count with their fingers..


Miles per hour is a much better scale. 100 is fast. kph is slow.

Fahrenheit as well. 100 degrees is Hot! And 0 degrees is cold!

100C and your dead. A scientific system forced on poor humans..

[masraum]

Yeah, the UK uses mph, pounds, stones, pints, etc....

[Saintly]

NASA also has issues remembering if they are adding up in metric or not.. makes for costly creators in mars

[Bob Goding]

Originally Posted by widebody911

Countries that still do not use the Metric System

Looks like the Asian country shown might be Thailand? I have been there and thought they were Metric! Found this on Google--
Apologies if I'm wrong.

Officially Thailand uses the metric system of measurement for units and weights. However, distance, size, area and weight are frequently quoted in either Imperial (pounds, yards, feet and inches) or metric (kilogrammes, metres and centimetres). Temperature is measured in degrees Celsius.

Thailand's Ministry of Energy has further information on the measurement system: Click here

[Bob Goding]

Sorry--- its Burma[Myanmar] That is shown!
I apologise

[nostatic]

It's Myanmar (Burma)

[rammstein]

Temperature should be measured in Kelvin. It works for everything.

[Oracle]

Originally Posted by masraum

Yeah, the UK uses mph, pounds, stones, pints, etc....

Here in Canada, everything related to at least home building isn't metric.

[Bob Goding]

[QUOTE=nostatic;4118474]It's Myanmar (Burma)

Thanks for telling us that! I guess my apology was unacceptable?

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by rammstein

Temperature should be measured in Kelvin. It works for everything.

I just find the thermometers awkward. It's hard to not think I'm running a temperature when I read 310 degrees. Plus, the thermometer is so long I usually break it trying to get to the other end to read it.