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Old 05-19-2010, 02:46 PM   #251 (permalink)
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How queer. And backward...."stones"... :\
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Old 05-19-2010, 02:49 PM   #252 (permalink)
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Well that's an epic bummer.
The UK's ruined for me... I guess France is indeed the one for me.
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Old 05-19-2010, 03:06 PM   #253 (permalink)
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You's never knew that?! Seriously? When I hear kilo's and kilometres I never know heavy or how far it is... until its converted into stones/pounds and miles... I never knew people were under the impression that we did things another way...
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Old 05-19-2010, 03:11 PM   #254 (permalink)
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I think it's because 99% of the civilized world uses the metric system
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Old 05-19-2010, 04:01 PM   #255 (permalink)
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Old 05-19-2010, 04:21 PM   #256 (permalink)
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Well, you and the US

The metric system is used here for the most part. The metric system is taught in math class up until grade 8 here and then in a high school math class they teach both systems. We measure long distances in kilometres and not miles. Gas is priced in litres and not gallons and car odometers are also in kilometres, not miles. But if you go into a hardware store or are measuring things for building or repairs, everything's in the imperial system. For cooking and baking, the imperial system is used. But when we measure temperature, we use Celcius instead of Farenheit. I used to have fun fooling my cousins and their friends in California when they would ask how cold or hot it can get in Canada. I would just give a number (ie, the average summer temp is about 35 degrees in Toronto) and they would just assume it's in degrees Farenheit. So by saying our summers can get as hot as 35 degrees, they'd be thinking, "wow that's pretty fucking cold!" But then I would tell them it's in Celcius

Now I have a question - why do some Americans think it snows here all the time? Today it's 25 C/77 F, with a little humidity. Not terribly hot (here with humidity the temps can reach almost 110 F), but WAY too hot for snow!
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Old 05-19-2010, 04:30 PM   #257 (permalink)
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I think it's because 99% of the civilized world uses the metric system
Which is an inaccurate system btw.

Which is what happens when you rely on the French to do things for you.
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Old 05-19-2010, 04:35 PM   #258 (permalink)
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You don't use the metric system ?! :O
this has nothing to do with anything but I have to tell you that I think you have the coolest avatar in the history of mb.

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Old 05-19-2010, 05:07 PM   #259 (permalink)
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You's never knew that?! Seriously? When I hear kilo's and kilometres I never know heavy or how far it is...
Another reason to use the metric system: simpler equivalences. For instance: 1 litre of water = 1 kilo.

If it's a litre, it weights a kilo. And that's it.
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Old 05-19-2010, 05:15 PM   #260 (permalink)
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^Exactly. 1km = 1000m, and 1Gb=1000Mb (or do you need to invent some new system for the digital world also?)

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this has nothing to do with anything but I have to tell you that I think you have the coolest avatar in the history of mb.

congrats.
Thank you!
That picture makes me instantly happy, I needed to share it with the world.
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