Should we bring back miles per hour?

Ubi feles est?

As above.

fullstop

No.

incentsitive

TLDR.

Mr. Incognito

Surely.

It sounds wrong saying that did a runner at 100 km/ hr

Deebles McBeebles

Can we do yards per millisecond instead?

whisky_galore

Why?

LeinsterDub

We should get rid of the the pint too. Round it up to 600ml Give me a .6 of Guinness you would say.

malinheader

Don't know why they ever changed it in the first place.

kneemos

Easier to break the speed limit in kph as they're smaller increments.

Don't know OP.

I'll think about it over a 568ml and get back to you

punisher5112

I much prefered miles and still do.

Funny thing is we still use mpg.....

Cars should all now have digital display that you can change which some of course do.

Yaris is one that's had that option from the start.

backspin.

As below.

No.

punisher5112

malinheader wrote: »

Don't know why they ever changed it in the first place.

To be European...

incentsitive

Yeah, and make petrol sold by the US gallon. Just to keep things simple.

punisher5112

N11 is prime example.....

We had a 40mph limit which when converted became 37mph.

Now you do 5mph over you are guaranteed a fine of €80 and 3 points.

Motorways got an increase of 5mpg from 70 to 75 mph.

malinheader

punisher5112 wrote: »

To be European...

It's a wonder they never changed the side of the road we drive on to.

punisher5112

malinheader wrote: »

It's a wonder they never changed the side of the road we drive on to.

It would cause way too much issues and road deaths would be hugely increased.

Boom_Bap

We should measure distance in litres

kneemos

Inches and feet were far more practical for measuring small stuff.

punisher5112

You have used 1 inch of sticky tape.... God bless you....

lawred2

Ubi feles est? wrote: »

As above.

:rolleyes:

TheIrishGrover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tlEjyDbP1M

Twenty Grand

punisher5112 wrote: »

N11 is prime example.....

We had a 40mph limit which when converted became 37mph.

Now you do 5mph over you are guaranteed a fine of €80 and 3 points.

Motorways got an increase of 5mpg from 70 to 75 mph.

Just stick to the speed limit and you'll be ok

Raheem Euro

I travelled 300 leagues ere the sun rose and fell four times.

Guy:Incognito

kneemos wrote: »

Inches and feet were far more practical for measuring small stuff.

Than mm? How do you figure?

Dividing stuff by 10 or 100 is much easier than having to know multiple different amounts that make up different weights and measures and dividing by 12, 14 or 16.

topper75

punisher5112 wrote: »

To be European...

We are not European.

We definitely never were until the Brussels political ploys started.

We don't have their weather

We don't speak like them.

We don't farm like them.

We don't build like them.

We don't eat like them.

We changed to km as a political thing but I have no urge to change back as the old thing was just another imposition from another empire. I mean it was called Imperial for crying out loud. At least London had some honesty about it that Brussels slimebags don't.

Wibbs

kneemos wrote: »

Inches and feet were far more practical for measuring small stuff.

Well.... Being an old fart who grew up striding both I often mix both. I'm about half and half Kph/Mph, fully miles per gallon, litres per whatever does me head in. Litres and kilos for weight(except for bodyweight, there I'd use stones. Never got with kilos and pounds is too Yank™. I'd use metres for stuff metres long, inches/CM's kinda interchangeable, but below that defo millimetres. Sod that 8/15th's of an inch stuff.

Metric is so much simpler, more logical and better. One measurement it does miss out on is the foot. It's a very handy size as a unit of measurement. All the way back to the ancient world there was a measurement that was around the foot size. The cubit and similar hovered around the foot, to foot and a half. A third of a metre doesn't quite measure up(no pun).

Guy:Incognito

topper75 wrote: »

We are not European.

We definitely never were until the Brussels political ploys started.

We don't have their weather

We don't speak like them.

We don't farm like them.

We don't build like them.

We don't eat like them.

We changed to km as a political thing but I have no urge to change back as the old thing was just another imposition from another empire. I mean it was called Imperial for crying out loud. At least London had some honesty about it that Brussels slimebags don't.

Who's weather do we not have? Spain or Denmark?

Actually, hang on, best not to engage is this rubbish.

Grayson

topper75 wrote: »

We are not European.

We definitely never were until the Brussels political ploys started.

We don't have their weather

We don't speak like them.

We don't farm like them.

We don't build like them.

We don't eat like them.

We changed to km as a political thing but I have no urge to change back as the old thing was just another imposition from another empire. I mean it was called Imperial for crying out loud. At least London had some honesty about it that Brussels slimebags don't.

What are you trying to say? I have a feeling you're being too subtle.

punisher5112

Twenty Grand wrote: »

Just stick to the speed limit and you'll be ok

Ok

Grayson

malinheader wrote: »

Don't know why they ever changed it in the first place.

Because the metric system is fcuking amazing.

looksee

kneemos wrote: »

Inches and feet were far more practical for measuring small stuff.

Except for the truly weird American thing of dividing inches into tenths.

I am ambidextrous, I have no problem asking for 2 meters of 2 x 1 timber or 3 meters of 40" fabric. Or guestimating a room 4m x 3m by 8ft high.

Rory28

get an import. my bike is in old currency and its great. 100kph means nothing. 100 mileanhour on the other hand has a nice sound to it

AndrewJRenko

Ubi feles est? wrote: »

As above.

Old man shouts at cloud

https://youtu.be/z5-s-4KPtD8

Is there any news on when RTE is going to work out that we went metric 40+ years ago and stop telling us how many pounds the Operation Transformation yokes have lost?

Grayson

kneemos wrote: »

Inches and feet were far more practical for measuring small stuff.

Since centimetres are smaller surely they'd be better?

Plus for really, really small stuff you can't beat metric. Try measuring millimeters or nanometers in imperial measurements.



I was in the US for a month and trying to get my head around the fahrenheit scale was nuts.

kneemos

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Than mm? How do you figure?

Dividing stuff by 10 or 100 is much easier than having to know multiple different amounts that make up different weights and measures and dividing by 12, 14 or 16.

Much easier to read a tape in inches,16th's are instantly visible. Where as you need to look closely to see tenths.
Feet are also much handier as a small measurement.A metre is way too big,adding points just makes it harder to visualise.

Bannasidhe

looksee wrote: »

Except for the truly weird American thing of dividing inches into tenths.

I am ambidextrous, I have no problem asking for 2 meters of 2 x 1 timber or 3 meters of 40" fabric. Or guestimating a room 4m x 3m by 8ft high.

I have no issue with baking something using pounds of flour and grams of butter.
A rugby pitch is 100 m long and my son is 6 foot tall.

Simples :P

malinheader

Grayson wrote: »

Because the metric system is fcuking amazing.

Yep. Makes all them storm warnings sound terrifying

Grayson

malinheader wrote: »

Yep. Makes all them storm warnings sound terrifying

You would say that

https://www.met.ie/weather-forecast/malin-head-weather-station-donegal

malinheader

Grayson wrote: »

You would say that

https://www.met.ie/weather-forecast/malin-head-weather-station-donegal

I know. I did say that.

Grayson

malinheader wrote: »

I know. I did say that.

Thanks for ruining that for me.

Creamy Goodness

kneemos wrote: »

Much easier to read a tape in inches,16th's are instantly visible. Where as you need to look closely to see tenths.
Feet are also much handier as a small measurement.A metre is way too big,adding points just makes it harder to visualise.

You’re reading an inch tape, no wonder they’re easier to read :pac:

Raheem Euro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5-s-4KPtD8

DEFTLEFTHAND

I'm really bad on measurement systems. I was asked recently what my weight was in Kg and didn't have a clue.

Stones and pounds are the only units I can comprehend.

kneemos

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I'm really bad on measurement systems. I was asked recently what my weight was in Kg and didn't have a clue.

Stones and pounds are the only units I can comprehend.

Weight is better in metric.

Zorya

Yes, please. I am still constantly dividing by 8 and multiplying by 5 when driving, to know what speed I'm at, and holding my thumb and first finger an inch apart to get an idea how long 2.5 centimetres are in real life. I think of bags of potatoes in terms of half stones or stones, no-one will ever force me to do otherwise.

Then again, maybe that kind of constant mental arithmetic will stave off dementia, so carry on, as you were.

Oh by the way, here are some lovely weight and measure terms that are almost disappeared, nevermore to be heard - grains, scruples, drachms, fathom, pole, rod, perch, chain, furlong, league, imperial quarts and gallons, peck, bushel, chaldron. I collect old cookbooks that still use some of these terms If you don't have a scale handy, chaps, then remember 3 farthings is about the same weight as one quarter of an ounce :pac:

Rawr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8LtffE5mU8

Steve F

punisher5112 wrote: »

I much prefered miles and still do.

Funny thing is we still use mpg.....

Cars should all now have digital display that you can change which some of course do.

Yaris is one that's had that option from the start.

Vauxhall/Opel too

looksee

I remember chanting at school - 16 ounces in a pound, 14 pounds in a stone, two stone one quarter, four quarters one hundredweight, 20 hundredweight one ton. And two pints one quart, four quarts one gallon. I am sure there were others - 12 inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, and some impossible number of yards in a mile. There were furlongs in there too, but I evidently didn't learn that chant as well as the others

Ubi feles est?

I prefer mph to kph.

Zorya

malinheader wrote: »

It's a wonder they never changed the side of the road we drive on to.

Dagen H. 3 September 1967. The day Sweden changed the side of the road they drove on. Can you imagine what it would be like to do so now, with the speed and number of vehicles. Perhaps that boat has sailed.