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Hard2Get
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 Posted - 2011/02/15 : 23:05:46
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Originally posted by redwingz:
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Originally posted by NekoShuffle:
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Originally posted by Andy_Influx:
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Originally posted by Ionosphere:
inches (or a few centimetres if your metric).
You're in the UK.... You're metric haha
Agreed with audio warfare, I don't think I measure anything in metric. Stones, lbs, Feet and Inches all the way!
Metric is rubbish! If you go up to alot of people in the street and tell them you have a mate who is 1 metre 65cm tall, a fair few would have no idea if thats tall or short. Say you have a friend who is 6ft 4in for example, everyone in the country would know that thats tall.
Same for weight, everyone understands stones and lbs, not many people will know their own weight in kilos
You do realise it's because you know one and not the other, right? Much as Lawlzy said lol.
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Posted - 2011/02/15 : 23:53:24
The discussion reminds of Asterix!
Everyone uses the metric system! Everyone? No, only a small Gaulish village...
It's just the same with driving on left side.
It is too boring spending time for discussions. A lot of people seem to be too stubborn or traditional minded (on both sides).
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Hard2Get
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 00:22:11
I suspect it's mostly to do with the fact that learning a whole new system requires effort.
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latininxtc
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 02:28:12
here in the US you're taught the metric system and how it works. but honestly i have no clue as to how the standard system (inches, feet, miles, etc) came about and its relation to each other. but i agree w/ lawlzy metric system makes more sense, it's used in every olympic sports.
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atomsk
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 04:37:37
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Originally posted by latininxtc:
here in the US you're taught the metric system and how it works.
Either mistype or idk... I was taught both metric and imperial, but mostly imperial...
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TheOneNOnly
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 13:32:15
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Originally posted by atomsk:
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Originally posted by latininxtc:
here in the US you're taught the metric system and how it works.
Either mistype or idk... I was taught both metric and imperial, but mostly imperial...
When I was in school we only used Metric in science classes. Any other class, straight imperial.
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latininxtc
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 18:23:12
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Originally posted by atomsk:
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Originally posted by latininxtc:
here in the US you're taught the metric system and how it works.
Either mistype or idk... I was taught both metric and imperial, but mostly imperial...
nah not a mistype we're taught what you call the imperial system too (i know it as the standard system) i just thought that was obvious so i didn't include it.
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atomsk
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 19:26:06
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Originally posted by latininxtc:
nah not a mistype we're taught what you call the imperial system too (i know it as the standard system) i just thought that was obvious so i didn't include it.
Maybe you are confused....
Imperial is mile/inch/pound
Metric is metre/litre/decimetre
Maybe I am miss reading...
Yeah I think I am miss reading...
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latininxtc
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 19:48:48
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Originally posted by atomsk:
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Originally posted by latininxtc:
nah not a mistype we're taught what you call the imperial system too (i know it as the standard system) i just thought that was obvious so i didn't include it.
Maybe you are confused....
Imperial is mile/inch/pound
Metric is metre/litre/decimetre
Maybe I am miss reading...
Yeah I think I am miss reading...
yes. yes you are.
let me rephrase it so that you can understand. I was taught both of them, but it seemed that they spent more time on explaining and using the metric system rather than the imperial/standard system. so by memory, i'm more familiar with the metric system than the imperial/standard system from the teachings of grade school, yet i don't use it in every day life
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Future_Shock
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 20:00:48
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Originally posted by atomsk:
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Originally posted by latininxtc:
nah not a mistype we're taught what you call the imperial system too (i know it as the standard system) i just thought that was obvious so i didn't include it.
Maybe you are confused....
Imperial is mile/inch/pound
Metric is metre/litre/decimetre
Maybe I am miss reading...
Yeah I think I am miss reading...
Dude you used so many weird measurements for the differences. Volume/length/weight
Imperial - ounce/inch/pound
Metric - millilitre/centimetre/kilogram
We only use metric and i don't even know what the **** a decimetre is lol
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 20:30:13
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Originally posted by Andy_Influx:
We only use metric and i don't even know what the **** a decimetre is lol
1 metre = 10 decimetre
10 decimetre = 10 centimetre
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 20:30:31
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Originally posted by Andy_Influx:
We only use metric and i don't even know what the **** a decimetre is lol
it's 10 centimeters 
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 21:16:31
I've never heard anyone use decimetre ever lol
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Hard2Get
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 21:21:15
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Originally posted by Andy_Influx:
I've never heard anyone use decimetre ever lol
Yes it just shows the lack of familiarity (his) with metric lol.
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atomsk
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Posted - 2011/02/16 : 23:21:52
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Originally posted by Andy_Influx:
Dude you used so many weird measurements for the differences. Volume/length/weight
I thought I used the same?
mile/metre = longer length
inch/decimetre = shorter length
pound/litre = weight/mass
It was correct, yes?
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Originally posted by Andy_Influx:
I've never heard anyone use decimetre ever lol
Its basically a millimeter, well I thought... Shows how good your school system is ;)
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