| Goose666 | 30 Apr 2011 2:19 p.m. PST |
Bullocks.. nothing wrong with CM's. only numpties cannot use CM's.. I prefer CMs but can easily use inches too. Infact i don't know if it is even possible not to buy a measuring tape in the UK that does not have both.. Welcome to the modern world.. glad to see GEG leading the way.. your loss if you don't give it a try.. :) |
| platypus01au | 30 Apr 2011 3:07 p.m. PST |
Arthur wrote; "To be serious for a moment:
My experience as a schoolteacher is that most UK children today have no understanding of yards, feet or inches, as their lessons in Maths and Science use metric measurements." Quite true. Australia went metric in the 1970's when I was in Primary School. I don't have a clue what a pound or stone is, knowing only kilos. I only know about inches because I use them sometimes in wargaming!!! Australians adopted to metric quite quickly, now having its own slang. Kilometres are called "kays", as in "How many kays to Goulburn" or "He was doing 120 kay" (for kilometres per hour). Our American cousins should look to Australia as an example of a successful transition. The world did not end. We just needed a Government with the guts to say "shut up, stop whinging and get over it". Cheers,
JohnG |
 oldbob  | 30 Apr 2011 3:27 p.m. PST |
Wow just got my copy in the mail, hard bound which was a bit of a shock. If nothing else it going to look great on my book shelf, also some very nice miniatures came with it and very pretty pictures. Cm or inches, it's an easy adjustment, most measuring devices have both. |
| 6milPhil | 30 Apr 2011 4:50 p.m. PST |
Hmmmm Clash of Empires in name and Clash of Empires in nature. Still not sure which battle the French won to rule us so… |
| Bowman | 30 Apr 2011 5:19 p.m. PST |
I thought an Englishman, John Wilkens from the Royal Society, proposed the metric system ahead of the French. France, however, was the first country to adopt this system. I also understand that Thomas Jefferson was an early proponent, and presented this system for adoption to the US Congress. He failed. |
| Bowman | 30 Apr 2011 5:21 p.m. PST |
I thought anEnglishman, John Wilkens from the Royal Society, proposed the metric system ahead of the French. France, however, was the first country to adopt this system. I also understand that Thomas Jefferson was an early proponent, and presented this system for adoption to the US Congress. He failed. |
| General Jumbo | 01 May 2011 5:19 a.m. PST |
Having sifted through and simplified the clutch of double negatives used by Goose 666 earlier, it would appear that he has never seen a tape with both systems on it.
Bullocks. |
| raylev3 | 01 May 2011 8:58 a.m. PST |
Actually, I'd rather work in CM and MM. It's just so much easier to work those measurements. I was reminded of this last night when I was reviewing Age of Eagles and the good colonel noted that an artillery battery base size is based on the number of guns in a battery, with 3/16 inch frontage per gun. Now, quick, what is the frontage of a six gun battery? An eight gun battery? Much easier to do in MM. |
| IronMarshal | 03 May 2011 2:42 p.m. PST |
To do division, you need to know your goesintos. ..Shudder.. |
| Jemima Fawr | 03 May 2011 4:16 p.m. PST |
I prefer the feel of a pair of threepenny bits… Not to be confused with two-bob bits, as that would be awful… |
| General Jumbo | 04 May 2011 1:50 p.m. PST |
Ahem …. in MY day, a woman's "Threepenny Bit" firstly was not issued in pairs, and secondly could only be felt AFTER the engagement ring was firmly in place …… |
