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I'm sure I have seen wine being described as 75cl and travel-sized whisky 5cl.
I'm sure I have seen wine being described as 75cl and travel-sized whisky 5cl.
I think bottles of Evian are in cl
Am I right in thinking that ETCS only works in km/h and related units? Mind you it is fair to say that mainland Europe is metric-only, as is Eire and most of the non-American english-speaking world (e.g. Australia, New Zealand).
Am I right in thinking that ETCS only works in km/h and related units? Mind you it is fair to say that mainland Europe is metric-only, as is Eire and most of the non-American english-speaking world (e.g. Australia, New Zealand).
Well I'm afraid that your link shows an error. That figure equates to 4ft 8.514 in..
So you would be out of gauge by 14thou!
Someone posted somewhere that ETCS can work in mph but Network Rail chose to adopt km/h for the Cambrian scheme and presumably will do so for future installations.
Incidentally all our tramways use the same design of speed signs with black figures on a white diamond, but Metrolink's are in mph with everyone else's in km/h.
What about TW Metro on the shared section with National Rail?
You are correct, it should be expressed in metres only or millimetres. We officially use the MKS system which is the standard for SI measurement where there is no such thing as a centimetre.
Topically, remember that standard gauges track is 1435mm, not 143.5cm, 14.35dm, however 1.435m would be acceptable.
Has anyone noticed how The Mile seems to be playing second fiddle to the Kilometre when used as a benchmark for distances in a lot of British Media Outlets.
Television and Newsprint seem to be equally guilty of this heinous crime :cry:
Popular units of time include the blink of an eye, in a flash, a season, and of course yonks (which are never used in the single) and eons.Well they have been measuring height and depth in Nelsons columns, double deckers and football pitches along with Olympic sized swimming pools for more years than I have been alive
Perhaps we should go back to having 240 pence in a pound too by your reckoning. :roll:
Incidentally all our tramways use the same design of speed signs with black figures on a white diamond, but Metrolink's are in mph with everyone else's in km/h.
Having a bus fare be two pounds one hundred and sixty pence? Blimey O'reilly, I don't have that much change!
Do you know, when I were a lad you could get a tram down into t'town, buy three new suits an' an ovvercoat, four pair o' good boots, go an' see George Formby at t'Palace Theatre, get blind drunk, 'ave some steak an' chips, bunch o' bananas an' three stone o' monkey nuts an' still 'ave change out of a farthing.
or you could just tender three quid, get a rollicking from the conductor for not having any less and six shillings & eightpence change in as much copper as he/she could muster to help you pay exactly next time.
If you run into Olive as the clippie, you might find all your change in sixpences.
Load of crap, This is Britain, we should be using BRITISH weights & measures, never mind all the foreign rubbish. Why should we change? the likes of America don't change. A mile, a foot, an inch and a pound & pence, gallon, pints. loosing our identity.
As for mesuring heights in Nelsons Columns, isn't that local to the nation? The French use the Tour Eiffel and the Americans the Empire State. Conversions between the systems are not used.
27 shackles = 1 gobbledygook squared
Now then, young moderator, I am old enough to have commenced my education in 1950 at the age of 5 and can well remember as part of our school books, there being one with a red cover that on the outside back cover was a full page listing of what many of our young forum members would view today as incomprehensible.....rods, poles, perches, ells, chains, bushels being some that one would expect to be found somewhere in the text matter of the King James Bible...
Ah yes, wasn't the brand "Silvine", with a shiny red cover, slightly stiffer than usual? I seem to remember it also covered scruples and drachms...remember as part of our school books, there being one with a red cover that on the outside back cover was a full page listing of what many of our young forum members would view today as incomprehensible.....rods, poles, perches, ells, chains, bushels ...
Ah yes, wasn't the brand "Silvine", with a shiny red cover, slightly stiffer than usual? I seem to remember it also covered scruples and drachms