Things universal

Capt'n Midnight · 17-07-2020 6:07pm

WrenBoy wrote: »

The dates should be formatted in order Day/Month/Year not this Month/Day /Year nonsense.

Capt'n Midnight · 17-07-2020 6:10pm

Hello 2D Person Below wrote: »

Irish milk should be the only milk available worldwide.

You didn't think this through did you.

It would cost an absolute bloody fortune what with all the competition from China.

And it would probably go off by the time you got it to Kitwe unless you UHT'd it and that's an abomination.

Capt'n Midnight · 17-07-2020 6:18pm

For lighting BC22 bayonet was the universal standard in these parts.

But now shops are trying to flog off screw in , screw up E27 rubbish.

I've never had to tighten a normal bulb.The old incandescent E27's needed tightening every few months due to heating/cooling expansion. A valve grinding tool is handy for this complete and utter waste of time.

If you see a shop selling screw in lighting fixtures, it's only because they cheaped out.

Quantum Erasure · 18-07-2020 6:26am

Quantum Erasure · 18-07-2020 6:32am

murpho999 wrote: »

Car Number Plates. I think the irish year-county- number is great and simple. Should be everywhere.

and then we went and ruined it with our not-at-all superstitious 131..

Badly Drunk Boy · 18-07-2020 6:44am

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

For lighting BC22 bayonet was the universal standard in these parts.

But now shops are trying to flog off screw in , screw up E27 rubbish.

I've never had to tighten a normal bulb.The old incandescent E27's needed tightening every few months due to heating/cooling expansion. A valve grinding tool is handy for this complete and utter waste of time.

I'm so extremely strong that I don't expect these bulbs not to be crushed as I screw them in. So I vote for the bayonet too!

dmc17 · 18-07-2020 7:08am

Screw heads

Optimalprimerib · 18-07-2020 7:16am

The x button on controllers should be in the same place.

quickbeam · 18-07-2020 7:49am

Clothing sizes!! A size 12 should be a size 12 everywhere!

I Am Nobody · 19-07-2020 2:23am

One tablet that treats all your ills,instead of having to take 7 different ones.

Capt'n Midnight · 19-07-2020 9:10am

Chlorine trifluoride.

It's a great stain remover.
Also pretty good on removing labels and paint, and warts.

In fact it's very close to being a universal solvent too.
In the very, very literal sense of do not drag, roll, slide, or drop the container.

FanadMan · 19-07-2020 3:39pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Chlorine trifluoride.

It's a great stain remover.
Also pretty good on removing labels and paint, and warts.

In fact it's very close to being a universal solvent too.
In the very, very literal sense of do not drag, roll, slide, or drop the container.

That is some scary stuff! No known way to extinguish it when ignited and reacts violently with almost all substances.

WrenBoy · 20-07-2020 3:31pm

king_of_mayo wrote: »

Year/Month/Day is naturally self sorting.

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

I refuse, I believe everyone has a cause, one which defines their lives and may consume them mind body and soul. I will die before I write my dates differently than Day/ Month/ Year and will work to convert others to my side.

Am I a hero?,, well thats for others to say.

Montage of Feck · 20-07-2020 3:42pm

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

Clothes. How annoying is it getting up and having to decide what clothes to wear. Everybody should be issued with standard issue black outfits. Same goes for haircuts. "What'll it be?" - oh jog on, there should be a standard hairstyle for both men and women, ideally one for both but that might be pushing it.

Political parties. They are all the same anyway, we would save a lot of time and money if we did away with elections and all parties just merged into one and got on with it.

Music. Why are there so many styles and genres? There should only be a small selection of approved songs that everyone could listen to, preferably all dedicated to Michael Martin

You had me upto Michael Martin

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El_Duderino 09 · 20-07-2020 3:48pm

The calendar we use is bollox. There should be a calendar with a set number of days per month. E.g. 13 months with 4 weeks per month, so standard 28 day months and account for the lead year at the end of every fourth year.

That way the days would be fixed to dates of the month. Every 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd of each month would be the same day of the week every month for 4 years in a row. So much simpler and so much easier to plan into the future.

P.S. Julius Caesar did well to come up with the current calendar when he did. Things had gone to sh1t in Rome when he took over, to the extent that they had lost track of the date and were about 40 days out. But i think we could do a lot better now and the standardised calendar would be much better

quickbeam · 20-07-2020 3:51pm

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

The calendar we use is bollox. Thee should be a calendar with a set number of days per month. E.g. 13 months with 4 weeks per month, so standard 28 day months and account for the lead year at the end of every fourth year.

That way the days would be fixed to dates of the month. Every 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd of each month would be the same day of the week every month for 4 years in a row. So much simpler and so much easier to plan into the future.

13 x 28 = 364. Unless you're planning to add five days every fourth year?

Plus, having the same date fall on the same day every year would suck. Imagine your birthday landing on a Monday four years in a row! No thanks.

El_Duderino 09 · 20-07-2020 3:56pm

quickbeam wrote: »

13 x 28 = 364. Unless you're planning to add five days every fourth year?

Plus, having the same date fall on the same day every year would suck. Imagine your birthday landing on a Monday four years in a row! No thanks.

Why would you care if your birthday is on the same day every year? I spend 5 out of every 7 birthdays in work and just mark the day at the weekend or whenever suits.

quickbeam · 20-07-2020 4:04pm

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Why would you care if your birthday is on the same day every year? I spend 5 out of every 7 birthdays in work and just mark the day at the weekend or whenever suits.

Because some days are suckier than others and at least a change in day each year is something different.

El_Duderino 09 · 20-07-2020 4:08pm

quickbeam wrote: »

Because some days are suckier than others and at least a change in day each year is something different.

I can't think of a good or bad day to have a birthday. What are some examples of good and bad days?

Feisar · 20-07-2020 4:21pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

You didn't think this through did you.

It would cost an absolute bloody fortune what with all the competition from China.

And it would probably go off by the time you got it to Kitwe unless you UHT'd it and that's an abomination.

endacl · 20-07-2020 4:27pm

Metric system. Unless you can calculate poppyseeds to the ton in your head. In which case you’ll have no problem understanding the metric system when the rest of us use it.

randd1 · 20-07-2020 4:29pm

Have 13 months.

The first 6 months have 30 days each.
Then the 7th month (we'll call it Midyear for the craic) happens, which will contain just 5 days, and 6 days on leap years.
The last 6 months have 30 days each.

Birthdays re-arranged as necessary (31st of January becomes 1st of February etc). Simples.

Necro · 20-07-2020 4:33pm

randd1 wrote:

The first 6 months have 30 days each. Then the 7th month (we'll call it Midyear for the craic) happens, which will contain just 5 days, and 6 days on leap years. The last 6 months have 30 days each.

And Midyear shall be a complete holiday, time off for everyone!

endacl · 20-07-2020 4:35pm

randd1 wrote: »

Have 13 months.

The first 6 months have 30 days each.
Then the 7th month (we'll call it Midyear for the craic) happens, which will contain just 5 days, and 6 days on leap years.
The last 6 months have 30 days each.

Birthdays re-arranged as necessary (31st of January becomes 1st of February etc). Simples.

That wouldn’t be a universal standardisation though. It’d be a rearrangement which nobody but you would adopt, thereby adding (albeit on an insignificant scale) to the overall confusion.

Also, Dave Gorman...

quickbeam · 20-07-2020 4:52pm

randd1 wrote: »

Have 13 months.

The first 6 months have 30 days each.
Then the 7th month (we'll call it Midyear for the craic) happens, which will contain just 5 days, and 6 days on leap years.
The last 6 months have 30 days each.

Birthdays re-arranged as necessary (31st of January becomes 1st of February etc). Simples.

Yeah, but the Southern Hemisphere would probably want their mid year in January. So it could not be universal.

randd1 · 20-07-2020 4:59pm

quickbeam wrote: »

Yeah, but the Southern Hemisphere would probably want their mid year in January. So it could not be universal.

Stick it in at the end of September-ish time of the year. New Years would then be in start of April-ish time of the year. Suits everyone.

And if they complain about it then feck the southern hemisphere altogether, the northern hemisphere has the greater population, they can put it in place and the southern will have to follow.

Capt'n Midnight · 20-07-2020 6:31pm

endacl wrote: »

Metric system. Unless you can calculate poppyseeds to the ton in your head. In which case you’ll have no problem understanding the metric system when the rest of us use it.

Which type of poppies ?

Water content of the seeds ?

Which ton 907.18Kg , 1,000Kg , 1,016.05Kg* , 1088.62 kg ??

*Rounded down to 1,016 Kg in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Capt'n Midnight · 20-07-2020 7:35pm

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

The calendar we use is bollox.

You should try Ethiopia.

https://time.et/

Yes it's 03:35 on the 13th of Ḥamle 2012

endacl · 21-07-2020 2:08pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Which type of poppies ?

The type that’s a subdivision of the barleycorn.

[Deleted User] · 01-08-2020 6:18pm

Traffic lights is another. Let it be green, yellow, red, yellow, green. And when late or quiet, do Like Italy and have blinking yellow on all directions of the junction.

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