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| (...) and (...) given (...) calling (...) We changed over in the UK way back in the 70's. At that time we were all ripped of as products were generally down sized to metric sizes by a few few grams or millilitres.... but the prices stayed just the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) But you still use MPH on the roads... Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Metric is bigger than Imperial.. a 2 liter soda bottle holds more per "ounce" than a 2 quart bottle... same with a gallon of milk.. 4 quarts is less than 4 liters. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Saying that one of the systems is bigger or smaller than the other is meaningless. A meter is bigger than a foot, but smaller than a yard. And _my_ foot is the same length, no matter what you measure it with. [1] It's just a matter of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| But a inch is biger than a centemeter, a mile biger than a kilo metter (...) few (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Bigger, smaller, whatever. I probably could have picked a better example. *grin* (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Matthew Miller wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) chose (...) A yard is not bigger than a meter, a meter is roughly 39.39 inches, so a little more than a yard ;-) Mike (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| yes, i know. see my other post. (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) <nitpick> It's not. A meter is a little over 39 inches; a yard is 36. A furlong maybe? Something perhaps for us to fathom (please, no, don't send me to lugnet.off-topic.pun!)... </nitpick> (Actually, this just shows how confusing it is. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) This is a good point, and I do not see it changing in the short term. Every new car in the UK comes both mph and kph on the speedo. The cost of change (signs and accidents) would be huge. Additionally, just last week, my supermarket started (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) You can check out Robert Munafo's research on this very subject: (URL) short, it appears that LEGO bricks are neither, but hovering at some fudge factor in-between. Most likely, they started out using imperial measurements, were adjusted (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) While my yard is much bigger than a meter, a yard is less than a meter. A yard is only 91.44cm. Steve (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| <snip> (...) Neither, I htink I wrote a program that converts between TLS(the lego standard) and Imperial, and metric...gotta be on my comp somewhere, if anyone wants it just e-mail me at Matt@rapturesoft.hypermart.net I might stick on my website (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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