UK pledges to restore pounds and ounces as Brexit benefit

[Apiarisnt]

When I first started work with Woolworths in the early 1970s virtually everything came in dozens or grosses ... I can still recite how many multiple grosses up to 12 gross .... 1728 ... there was a time when I could do the same with half gross ... the reason ... boxes of stuff were in 12's and 144's but our stock books were in singles ! Made you very adept at mental arithmetic ...

...and look what happened to Woolworths

 

[Robinredcar]

I'm a plumber/gas fitter we measure mild steel pipe, all thread sizes and threaded female sockets in imperial, all copper/plastic pipe and fittings are measured in metric! I'm 35 and all my life we have measured things in metric and imperial its mad!

 

[victor meldrew]

Then there’s brass threads to add to the mix .
sparkys like me were the last to go metric . I still can’t picture metric lengths.
Rule of thumb for me is 10’ which I can judge equates with 3 metres.

 

[Robinredcar]

Our brass threads are still imperial, even the German ones for shower valves come with imperial threads lol.
Yea I'm the same I can guess feet pretty well, and meters if it's not so long I guess in 3m lengths like pipes haha

 

[Markthebuilder]

I've always had a bit of a penchant for chains, furlongs and rods

too rough n ready for me . I much prefer silk scarfs for tying and a feather duster for spanking.

 

[gmonag]

So what was the imperial unit of capacitance?

Ahhh... good point.

 

[pargyle]

...and look what happened to Woolworths

Yes they rolled down hill after I left in 1977 ... they never quite recovered from the shock of me leaving ...Nix over 6 didn't really translate into modern currency ...

 

[Jules59]

Newborn babies are weighed in Kg by the staff and recorded as such, but the new mother's are told the weight in pounds. Is that so that Granny will know if its a good size or not?

But seriously, can those politicians really be serious about dragging England back to Imperial ?
I dont think the younger generation have much interest in our old imperial measurements. My children certainly dont, but they are both scientists and I suppose where you work makes a difference.
I'm 62 and pretty much stopped routinely using imperial measurements when I went to secondary school many years ago.

 

[user 20297]

Newborn babies are weighed in Kg by the staff and recorded as such, but the new mother's are told the weight in pounds. Is that so that Granny will know if its a good size or not?

But seriously, can those politicians really be serious about dragging England back to Imperial ?
I dont think the younger generation have much interest in our old imperial measurements. My children certainly dont, but they are both scientists and I suppose where you work makes a difference.
I'm 62 and pretty much stopped routinely using imperial measurements when I went to secondary school many years ago.

......me...same age...same thoughts.
We only need to look at beehive plans which are measured in inches to see how much harder that makes things now we have transitioned to metric measurements.

 

[Erichalfbee]

It’s a pity it all Langstroth are not the same though

 

[victor meldrew]

......me...same age...same thoughts.
We only need to look at beehive plans which are measured in inches to see how much harder that makes things now we have transitioned to metric measurements.

The old standard house brick was half a cubit long , ( 9” )
The cubit roughly equated to 18” the length of a mans fore arm !
Noah managed to make a water tight Ark using these measurements!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

seriously, can those politicians really be serious about dragging England back to Imperial ?

They seem determined to get us back to 'victorian values'.

The cubit roughly equated to 18” the length of a mans fore arm !
Noah managed to make a water tight Ark using these measurements!

It depends - there are more than three 'standard' cubit measures. Depends which 'civilisation' you choose

 

[roche]

They seem determined to get us back to 'victorian values' .


It depends - there are more than three 'standard' cubit measures. Depends which 'civilisation' you choose

BAN THE WHEEL!

 

[user 20297]

Sainsbury's milk comes in containers marked as "2.272 litres/4 pints"; all the legislation would do in that case is to allow it to read "4 pints/2.72 litres".
PS. Those containers are very useful, especially for measuring and mixing 2:1 syrup.

 

[pargyle]

Sorry everyone - can we stop this or it's going to be heading for the cupboard under the stairs - it's been fun so far and it would be a pity for it to turn into another political romp .... You know who you are ~ I'm not going to pollute the thread further by quoting you ..,..

 

[Apiarisnt]

Sorry everyone - can we stop this or it's going to be heading for the cupboard under the stairs - it's been fun so far and it would be a pity for it to turn into another political romp .... You know who you are ~ I'm not going to pollute the thread further by quoting you ..,..

To inject a little apiculture into the discussion...

When I first started beekeeping and read that I needed to make up 2 to 1 syrup to see my bees into the winter, I was perplexed as to what this might mean. Was this 2 to 1 by weight; was this 2:1 by volume?

My discovery that it meant 2 lb. sugar to 1 pint of water, introduced me to the 'traditional' approach to beekeeping that is often taken in the UK.

I now make up batches of syrup from eight kilogrammes of granulated sugar in five litres of water, which just about fills up my 10 litre mixing pot.

 

[Apiarisnt]

To inject a little apiculture into the discussion...

...and 460 mm is somewhat easier than 18 1/8th inches

 

[Erichalfbee]

Well Phillip did warn you all politely and some of you took no notice at all.

 

[Norton]

Aircraft speeds are in knots.
Hmmmmm

 

[pargyle]

....will do, but I'm not seeing dissenting opinions or punch-ups.................YET!!!

It would end in tears .... it always does ... and now its gone under thje stairs ... pity.

Personally ... I'm inclined to delete all those posts from people who decided that it was an opportunity for a political debate and put it back where it started out and where everyone apart from a few were quite enjoying it ...