Hmm. But here in the UK we seem to use a stupid mixture.
Fuel is priced per litre, but distances measured in miles, speed in miles per hour, and fuel consumption in miles per gallon.
Beer is served in pints, but spirit measures are defined in ml. Milk… you can get in pints or litres.
I could tell you my height in feet and inches, but not in centimetres (unless I guessed, or bothered to work out the conversion), yet I know my weight in kg and not in stones.
For SCUBA diving, I use 6 pound weights, but we measure depths in metres. Oh, and speeds above the surface are recorded in knots.
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Hmm. But here in the UK we seem to use a stupid mixture.
Fuel is priced per litre, but distances measured in miles, speed in miles per hour, and fuel consumption in miles per gallon.
Beer is served in pints, but spirit measures are defined in ml. Milk… you can get in pints or litres.
I could tell you my height in feet and inches, but not in centimetres (unless I guessed, or bothered to work out the conversion), yet I know my weight in kg and not in stones.
For SCUBA diving, I use 6 pound weights, but we measure depths in metres. Oh, and speeds above the surface are recorded in knots.
It all makes no sense.
Comment on August 14, 2008 03:07 amI saw an interesting take on this picture that I thought I would share.
Change the caption to read: “Countries that have landed a man on the moon, oh and Liberia and Myanmar.”
Comment on August 14, 2008 03:20 amWhat’s that big red splotch in the top left corner? Russia?
Comment on August 14, 2008 10:42 am