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macliam wrote:"I need some six by four timber for me new byre" said Seamus
"Ah now Seamus, ye need to keep up with the times" said the man from the creamery, "We don't use them measures at all now, it's all gone metrical. Ye'll need to ask for some 15cm by 10cm timber now" he continued
".... and if ye want some it'll be 3 Euros a Foot!"
now 700ml that's a pint with a good head - non of yer flat stuffkevinchess1 wrote:1960mackem wrote:Not round Here - a pint is a pint (not your fancy 568ml)kevinchess1 wrote: We are slowly inching towards Metricification
And mackem wouldn't drink his whisky any other way
That takes me back - Yes if I remember correctly, Whitworth spanners measure across the diagonal of the screw-thread whereas a standard imperial AF spanner measures "Across the Flats" of the hexagonal head. Since the head is always bigger than the screw thread, a Whitworth spanner claiming to be 1/4" would be too large for a 1/4" AF, but perfect for a 3/8" - so they're both Imperial, but different....kevinchess1 wrote:When i was an apprentice ages and ages and ages ago
They use to use not just Metric and old money
but a size called 'Whitworth?'
which was also completely different
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