In favour of metrication ;0)

General
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A few weeks back I did an epic Coker ride. Hours an’ hours it took, over rough muddy tracks, tussocky fields, baked rutted ground, main roads and all sorts. I was tired and in a state of seat-induced posterior agony at the end. On the basis that I’ve done 20 miles on a 20 and 20 on a 26 (the latter on much worse terrain) I estimated I’d done 40 odd miles.

So today I worked it out on the map and it was only a piddling 31.6 miles.

On the other hand, that’s over 50 kilometers! ;0) 50.85 of 'em.

See how much difference a sensible and relevant unit of distance can make? ;0)

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lol also works the other way around if ur trying to get to a destination! :slight_smile:

Trev

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Yes, 15 centimeters has always sounded much more impressive than 6 inches.

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I agree, I feel so much better when my bathroom scale shouts to me in kilograms rather than pounds.

B

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Are you sure you don’t want it to be in slugs (the US unit for mass)?

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Hey, that sounds pretty good…8.86 slugs. What a bargin!

Bruce

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Re: In favour of metrication ;0)

On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:02:55 -0500, harper
<harper.aop2z@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:

>Yes, 15 centimeters has always sounded much more impressive than 6
>inches.

I’m not overly impressed, Harper :slight_smile:

Klaas Bil

If you had this signature, I have forged it.

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Klaas (a.k.a. Klass),

Just curious what you would call an inch worm.

Bruce

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The inch worm would have to be called the 2.54cm worm. :slight_smile:

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I fear the level of intelligence in this post, for once, has exceeded mine. :frowning:

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Here’s a bit of trivia:

Ever wonder why 2.54 cm = 1 inch?

In 1866 the US government, by act of congress, passed a law making it so!

Steve Howard

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YA! YA! YA ! YA !!!1

GO METRIC!!!

-MIKE

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hey,in this PC world we live in today where its all the rage to accept people & things that are differant;howbout showing a little tolerance twords the poor and opressed inch? :roll_eyes:

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Re: In favour of metrication ;0)

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:48:02 -0500, yoopers
<yoopers.arrhz@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:

>Klaas (a.k.a. Klass),
That should be (a.m.a. Klass)

>Just curious what you would call an inch worm.
Took me some Googling to find out what that is. Truth is that for many
years, studying butterflies and moths (and their various stadia) was
an important hobby of mine. So the Dutch word for inch worm is
spannerrups.

But, getting back to the topic at hand, I am curious as to what you
would call a 6 inch worm?! :slight_smile:

Klaas Bil

If you had this signature, I have forged it.

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So what about that anecdote about deciding the measure of an inch to be the nose-lenght of the English king?

is dat iets als mierenneuker?

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Re: Re: In favour of metrication ;0)

I’d call it good bait!

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Re: In favour of metrication ;0)

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:14:08 -0500, leo
<leo.ashvy@timelimit.unicyclist.com> wrote:

> So what about that anecdote about deciding the measure of an inch to be
>the nose-lenght of the English king?
I’ve always thought it had to do with some dimension of a thumb rather
than a nose.

>> So the Dutch word for inch worm is spannerrups
> is dat iets als mierenneuker?
Warning for all non-Dutch speaking parents. Keep the D-E dictionary
away from your children.

Klaas Bil

If you had this signature, I have forged it.