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Re: LEGO Queen Mary 2 - Making-of
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lugnet.boats
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Sun, 7 Jun 2009 18:20:50 GMT
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In lugnet.boats, Ross Crawford wrote:
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Yeah that’s just a bit more confusion that imperial measures brought us. It’s
all explained
here.
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You mean the bit where it’s stated that if God intended for us to use Metric, he
would have seen to it that Jesus had 10 disciples?
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Good think all the sensible countries are moving to metric ;)
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No we’re not. And it’s telling that no country in the world has voluntarily
undergone the metrication ordeal, but rather the people who use measurements in
their daily lives have been forced to switch by bureaucrats who generally do
not. It’s even more telling that the same individuals who use weights and
measures on a daily basis often find ways to circumvent the metric system, which
is beautiful on paper, but entirely impractical in real-world situations. It’s
all explained quite beautifully
here. And
here. And
here.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Well, you'd think the ten fingers things would have been hint enough... (...) Huh. What real world are you working in? In my professional life, which I suspect uses actual weights and measures a bit, English units are just something we joke (...) (15 years ago, 8-Jun-09, to lugnet.boats)
| | | Re: LEGO Queen Mary 2 - Making-of
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| (...) That has nothing to do with the confusion between short (US) tons and long (imperial) tons, which was what led us here. (...) ROFL!! I had hoped you'd realise I was being humourous, or maybe you did and decided to bite anyway, in which case (...) (15 years ago, 8-Jun-09, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Queen Mary 2 - Making-of
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| (...) Yeah that's just a bit more confusion that imperial measures brought us. It's all explained (URL). Good think all the sensible countries are moving to metric ;) ROSCO (15 years ago, 6-Jun-09, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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