Author Topic: its cold (Read 967 times)

capt. apathy · « **Reply #15 on:** January 18, 2003, 09:15:49 PM »

"And why the heck is the US not on the Metric system?"

'cause I'd have to buy new tools

Hangtime · « **Reply #16 on:** January 18, 2003, 09:29:10 PM »

I've never had such a lousy winter. Freakin 'cold' is not descriptive enough. The proverbial 'witches tit' sounds warm.

Why not metric? Because we'd all have to get 'spanners' instead or wrenches.

Airhead · « **Reply #17 on:** January 18, 2003, 09:53:51 PM »

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Originally posted by Duedel
Man u US guys really have funny units

How many US units have you seen?

Krusher · « **Reply #18 on:** January 20, 2003, 01:09:24 PM »

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Originally posted by funkedup
"The guy next door left his sprinklers on and my driveway was a sheet of ice ! "

Why are you posting here instead of stomping his guts out?

because I would be charged with a hate crime... he is hispanic

oh btw its 74 today LOL

Boroda · « **Reply #19 on:** January 20, 2003, 01:24:12 PM »

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Originally posted by capt. apathy
"And why the heck is the US not on the Metric system?"

'cause I'd have to buy new tools

Russian Empire switched to Metric 100 years ago.

But we still have many things in old measurement system. Gun calibers are the most obvious example.

Food cans, pencils, cigarettes, many other things have dimensions like 76.2mm, 152mm, 305mm. All because the tools and instruments were designed more then 100 years ago, and new ones were made by the same measures only to be compatble.

BTW, all water pipes are still in inches.

Horn · « **Reply #20 on:** January 20, 2003, 01:40:13 PM »

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Originally posted by Hangtime
Why not metric? Because we'd all have to get 'spanners' instead of wrenches.

...and keep them in the boot.

dh