Should we bring back miles per hour?

Ubi feles est? · 29-11-2018 03:50PM #1

As above.

fullstop · 29-11-2018 03:50PM

No.

incentsitive · 29-11-2018 03:54PM

TLDR.

Mr. Incognito · 29-11-2018 03:55PM

Surely.

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

Deebles McBeebles · 29-11-2018 03:55PM

Can we do yards per millisecond instead?

whisky_galore · 29-11-2018 04:05PM

Why?

LeinsterDub · 29-11-2018 04:07PM

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

malinheader · 29-11-2018 04:07PM

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

kneemos · 29-11-2018 04:08PM

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

29-11-2018 04:08PM

Don't know OP.

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

punisher5112 · 29-11-2018 04:09PM

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. · 29-11-2018 04:09PM

As below.

No.

punisher5112 · 29-11-2018 04:10PM

malinheader wrote: »

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

To be European...

incentsitive · 29-11-2018 04:11PM

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

punisher5112 · 29-11-2018 04:12PM

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 · 29-11-2018 04:13PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

To be European...

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

punisher5112 · 29-11-2018 04:14PM

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 · 29-11-2018 04:20PM

We should measure distance in litres

kneemos · 29-11-2018 04:22PM

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

punisher5112 · 29-11-2018 04:23PM

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

lawred2 · 29-11-2018 04:23PM

Ubi feles est? wrote: »

As above.

:rolleyes:

TheIrishGrover · 29-11-2018 04:24PM

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

Twenty Grand · 29-11-2018 04:27PM

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 · 29-11-2018 04:28PM

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

Guy:Incognito · 29-11-2018 04:28PM

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 · 29-11-2018 04:29PM

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 · 29-11-2018 04:31PM

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 · 29-11-2018 04:31PM

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 · 29-11-2018 04:31PM

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 · 29-11-2018 04:32PM

Twenty Grand wrote: »

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

Ok

Grayson · 29-11-2018 04:32PM

malinheader wrote: »

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

Because the metric system is fcuking amazing.

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