NationStates Jolt Archive

Huzah!

The Irish are finally measuring distance in kilometres.

Woop dee doo.

Yay!

I've never understood miles, feet, yards and whatever you crazy Americans call them. Yay for the decimal system! ;)

Edit: I'm tired. I meant to say "the metric system".

They did that in 1996 when I was there.

Woop dee doo.
Don't be all jealous mily boy

Don't be all jealous mily boy

I'm in a jealous rage. grr.

They did that in 1996 when I was there.
But now they've replaced every roadsign in the country. Heard it in the news late yesterday

But now they've replaced every roadsign in the country. Heard it in the news late yesterday


Good. Now it's time for the Brits and Americans to do likewise....

Good. Now it's time for the Brits and Americans to do likewise....

Not a chance. Imperial measurements or death!

Yay!

I've never understood miles, feet, yards and whatever you crazy Americans call them. Yay for the decimal system! ;)

You can blame the Brits for that system :D And it still rules!!!

Huzah!

The Irish are finally measuring distance in kilometres.

Ah, the metric system.

Not only is its sensible, its European, and of French origin.

Lovely.

The Americans should be banned from ever being allowed near anything as good.

Ah, the metric system.

Not only is its sensible, is European, and of French origin
I predict a compromise whereby the USA will begin measuring in "freedom metres"

You can blame the Brits for that system :D And it still rules!!!

It'd be nice if us and the US were at least consistent with imperial measurements. I was in the US this summer and ordered a pint at a bar. I thought it looked a bit small and I was about to tell the barman that I'd asked for a pint, until a random fact struggled up from my memory 'US pints are only 16oz, not 20 like a real pint' Aargh!

It'd be nice if us and the US were at least consistent with imperial measurements. I was in the US this summer and ordered a pint at a bar. I thought it looked a bit small and I was about to tell the barman that I'd asked for a pint, until a random fact struggled up from my memory 'US pints are only 16oz, not 20 like a real pint' Aargh!

:eek: Silly people....pint only 16oz....what were they thinking?!?!

:eek: Silly people....pint only 16oz....what were they thinking?!?!
Why not make it a litre pint?

:eek: Silly people....pint only 16oz....what were they thinking?!?!

20 oz. pints of beer? I like their thinking. :)

Good for them! Now can we hijack this thread and turn it into Irish jokes? OK, I'll go first;
What's the latest Irish invention?
a)Fireproof matches
b)Fly screen windows for submarines
c)Motorbike Ash-tray
d)Solar torch
e)Radio for the deaf

Irish Murphy was a long time patron at the diberdy diberdy dibberdy MacDougal's bar and was known to come in and order three drinks every night which he would drink on his own. It was well know he drank one for himself, and one for each of his two brothers. One week he came in and ordered two drinks, the bar went silent. The bar keeper smiled sadly at him and said, "I think I speak for everyone here when I offer you our condolences for the death of your brother," to which Murphy replied, "My brothers are fine, I've just quit drinking. Not the other two though, bloody alcoholics!"

A cop comes over to Irish Murphy who's kneeling under a street lamp and asks what he's doing at this hour? Murphy replied he was searching for his keys, "Where did you drop them?" asked the copper. "Over near my car," Murphy pointed, "Then why are you looking here?" "The light is better."

:D:D:D:D:D

Always liked tze irish...
Nice to be proven right once in a while!

Welcome to the club Éire.

I'm just worried about a litre of beer, the ratio of trips to bog to glasses of beer would drastically alter.

And a half litre? That's like a half-pint, but with more in! It's just wrong!

Yes, I do feel very strongly about this, probably the same as a religious person who is told that God doesn't exist or something.

Anyway, think of the difference, if you have to order a litre of beer instead of a pint.

And what about milk? A litre of milk? doesn't sound so bad...

Just say 'I want a big beer', thats what we do. It is the same as the pint. I was in Ireland in August so I know.

Not a chance. Imperial measurements or death!

I wouldn't touch that system with a 90cm pole ;)

And what about milk? A litre of milk? doesn't sound so bad...

Here milk come in 1, 2 & 3L cartons, plus 600ml, unless you mean flavoured milk which also comes in 400ml but not 3L.

Just for those who don't know :D

1 Imperial pint = 0.568261485 litres

Here milk come in 1, 2 & 3L cartons, plus 600ml, unless you mean flavoured milk which also comes in 400ml but not 3L.
3L... :eek:

0.5/1/1.5/2 L milkcartons in Holland

Why anyone uses anything other than the metric system is completely beyond me. Who can withstand the simplicity of a system where 1 litre of water = 1 cubic decimeter = 1 kilogram?

A thread comparing the size of milk cartons! soooooo much better than another damn abortion thread!

But now they've replaced every roadsign in the country. Heard it in the news late yesterday

Nah: they have had roadsigns showing distances in kilometers for years, the recent replacements were the changeover from having speedlimits displayed in mph to having them showing kmph.

They can mesure beer in cubic centemeters as far as I care - so long as the yard of ale remains an valid option.

Just for those who don't know :D

1 Imperial pint = 0.568261485 litres

Here, in the UK, things have to be measured in metric, so they started selling milk in 568ml bottles. Until the shops realised they could sell it in .5l bottles for the same price :(

Here, in the UK, things have to be measured in metric, so they started selling milk in 568ml bottles. Until the shops realised they could sell it in .5l bottles for the same price :(

I know, i used to stack the things at sainsburys......nothing worse than being surrounded by good alcohol that you can't drink....

As for the systems, i use both, as imperial is easy for fractions and can be divided by more numbers than metric (like the old pound used to be able to divide by 2,4,6,8,12,24,36, etc etc where as the new metric one is only divisable by 2, 5, 10, 20 etc etc), but metric is so much better for percentages, decimals etc, and in many cases more practical.

The real advantage of metric is that it all fits together nicely i.e. 1 cubic metre of water weighs one ton (not sure if that should be ton or tonne. I never can remember which is metric).

The advantage of imperial, for me anyway, is that it's what I've grown up with. It'd just seem pointless to change all our road signs to kilometres as it'd make no real difference and a load of peoplewould kick up a fuss.

What's confusing is the way that Americans don't subdivide their units i.e. saying someone weighs 144lb when you could say 10st 4. It helps to keep measurements in perspective.

The real advantage of metric is that it all fits together nicely i.e. 1 cubic metre of water weighs one ton (not sure if that should be ton or tonne. I never can remember which is metric).

The advantage of imperial, for me anyway, is that it's what I've grown up with. It'd just seem pointless to change all our road signs to kilometres as it'd make no real difference and a load of peoplewould kick up a fuss.

What's confusing is the way that Americans don't subdivide their units i.e. saying someone weighs 144lb when you could say 10st 4. It helps to keep measurements in perspective.

Yeah, like watching the joke that is WWE, they always say this guy ways so much and i'm like, "Divide by 14, thats....wait....hang on....man he's fat!!!"

Royale with cheese.

Royale with cheese.

Precisely *nod*

ill just have to remember that a speed limit of 100 is km/h and not mph next time i head south

Now if only the Irish would start driving on the correct side of the road as well now.

Now if only the Irish would start driving on the correct side of the road as well now.

Erm, that was the French again that got people on the other side of the road....

If i remember rightly, before Napoleon, people rode their horses/walked on the left side (that which the Brits, Japanese and whoever else there is drives on....) so that people walking the other way would not be able to grab their swords/daggers/other sheathed weapons (as the majority of people are right handed) from where they were sheathed on their left side. The Napoleon came along and all hell broke loose... :D

I'm just worried about a litre of beer, the ratio of trips to bog to glasses of beer would drastically alter.

And a half litre? That's like a half-pint, but with more in! It's just wrong!

Yes, I do feel very strongly about this, probably the same as a religious person who is told that God doesn't exist or something.

Anyway, think of the difference, if you have to order a litre of beer instead of a pint.

And what about milk? A litre of milk? doesn't sound so bad...


yes, you can buy litres of milk... in Ireland anyway! as for the metric - feck it i'm not impressed at all...
all the road signs had to be changed by 20th jan (today) and all that plus the ad campaign and stuff run on tv cost the govt. about 8 million!!
what a waste!!!!!! we were all perfectly happy the way it was...so what if a few tourists get confused - thats what makes a holiday memorable ;)
huh so thats my mini- rant for the day....

Erm, that was the French again that got people on the other side of the road....

If i remember rightly, before Napoleon, people rode their horses/walked on the left side (that which the Brits, Japanese and whoever else there is drives on....) so that people walking the other way would not be able to grab their swords/daggers/other sheathed weapons (as the majority of people are right handed) from where they were sheathed on their left side. The Napoleon came along and all hell broke loose... :D

And now it is us lefties who have the advantage when we pass armed people on the road!

ill just have to remember that a speed limit of 100 is km/h and not mph next time i head south

The new speed limit signs do actually specify that they are in km/h as opposed to mph.

As I am currently an engineering student I thought I'd just slip in that the American/Imperial units of measure suck, horribly. SI is where its at.

Nooooo I can't work in kilometres. Feet, yards, miles - all so much easier (to me at least lol) Must be the way I was taught as a kid.

The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.

The new speed limit signs do actually specify that they are in km/h as opposed to mph.
so it says 100km/h or something on it instead of just 100?

And now it is us lefties who have the advantage when we pass armed people on the road!

Not if you're right handed and carry your firearm on your strong side (which most do). :D Very little of this cross-draw crap with a pistol.

Huzah!

The Irish are finally measuring distance in kilometres.
We in the US should switch to metric. All this nonsense with feet being divided into 12 inches and three feet in a yard and all that is baffling to me.

As an aside, has anybody heard the song (Lord It's Hard to be Happy When You're Not) Using the Metric System by Atom and his Package?
It's hilarious.

so it says 100km/h or something on it instead of just 100?

Yup. However, the distance signs continue to just give a figure without specifying units (they are km, by the way).