The 'look at what I did today' thread

Post by **Gayno** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 3:47 pm

lewd lude lover wrote:My car weighs 138.4 me's and is 2.43 me's long. Thats an official measurement.

but how many otters is that?!

Post by **SPYDOR** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:39 pm

The irony is that it was the British who invented the whole Metric system in the first place but we stuck with the Imperial system for one reason or another, then our European buddies took up the Metric system and started to make it a Euro standard.

Just don't tell the French, they would hate knowing another system they support was invented by us!

Post by **Gayno** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:43 pm

I thought it was the French who invented it?

I think the official 1kg block is stored in France somewhere

Post by **SPYDOR** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:48 pm

Gayno wrote:I thought it was the French who invented it?

I think the official 1kg block is stored in France somewhere

That's the commonly accepted belief but apparently it was the British a few hundred years ago. I think it was part of some boring documentary I saw a few years back. Probably by Fred Dibnah!

Post by **Donald** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:55 pm

wurlycorner wrote:A litre of beer is hard to picture and you can't weigh up if you're getting good value for your £ or not

At that point why would you not start using dm^3? That way you can visualise that a litre would occupy a 10cm cube.

Post by **Donald** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:56 pm

Fahrenheit was German, Celcius was Swedish.

Kelvin is defined by the triple point of water.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:57 pm

Donald, you need a blow job. Go and sort it out.

Post by **Donald** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:58 pm

Post by **SPYDOR** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:59 pm

lewd lude lover wrote:Donald, you need a blow job. Go and sort it out.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:02 pm

What if he doesn't bend that way?