29-11-2020, 05:29 PM
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Re: Weighing machine
Originally Posted by Percy Vere
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So were we but it wasn't until the dreaded EU (hawk, spit 
) forced us to adopt the metric system for weights and measures generally, that most people really became aware of it. I'm happy using both systems but what floors me mentally is converting pounds weight to stones.
29-11-2020, 05:36 PM
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Re: Weighing machine
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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Metric was much earlier than the EU. Actually around 1795.
29-11-2020, 05:37 PM
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Re: Weighing machine
Originally Posted by pauline3
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Correctly so in your opinion.I was brought up with imperial and will continue to use it.....
But if you want ounces, pounds, stones, hundredweights, tons.....
29-11-2020, 05:42 PM
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Re: Weighing machine
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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SI is so much easier.But if you want ounces, pounds, stones, hundredweights, tons.....
As I have said imperial is easy to me,why would I want to change,it’s not as though I’m in a profession where I must use it...then it would obviously change,whereby I would learn the new weights and measurements.
I love change...but in that area I have no need to change.
29-11-2020, 05:42 PM
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Re: Weighing machine
Originally Posted by Percy Vere
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I don't dispute that, it's just that we didn't, as a nation, fully adopt the system until it was forced down our throats. I worked in laboratories and technical engineering roles that demanded my use of metric weights and measures.
29-11-2020, 05:47 PM
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Re: Weighing machine
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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Really? I was using CGS in school science since about age fourteen. Later I used MKS then SI since late teens/early twenties.
29-11-2020, 06:01 PM
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Re: Weighing machine
Originally Posted by pauline3
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As I have said imperial is easy to me,why would I want to change,it’s not as though I’m in a profession where I must use it...then it would obviously change,whereby I would learn the new weights and measurements.I love change...but in that area I have no need to change.
Take a gander at your fridge for example. Brown sauce is metric. Rice bones for my dog is a pack of 18 kg. My camera is metric. And so on.
29-11-2020, 06:04 PM
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Re: Weighing machine
Originally Posted by Besoeker
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It's just simpler. Much simpler. Take a gander at your fridge for example. Brown sauce is metric. Rice bones for my dog is a pack of 18 kg. My camera is metric. And so on.
Not interested Besoeker,..if my memory serves me well....it was you...who was like a dog with a 🍖......you just couldn’t let it go.
On the last thread about imperial and metric.
I have voiced my opinion and don’t need to force it onto anyone,so I will leave you to it.
29-11-2020, 06:07 PM
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Re: Weighing machine
Originally Posted by pauline3
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Not interested Besoeker,..if my memory serves me well....it was you...who was like a dog with a 🍖......you just couldn’t let it go.On the last thread about imperial and metric.
I have voiced my opinion and don’t need to force it onto anyone,so I will leave you to it.
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