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Pitchfork Omega Baron Offline Barndances & Morris Posts: 2493 Tadley (near Basingrad) Gender: Drives: 2006 Citroen C5 Diesel Estate	Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts! Reply #15 - 31. Mar 2011 at 12:34 Bring back the Groat!
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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
Reply #16 - 31. Mar 2011 at 13:03

hotel21 wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 22:38:

KPH/Metres/Litres/mm's - been tried before in various guises.

The Brits are too entrenched in feet/inches/furlongs/quarts/gallons/hogsheads et all to go metric.

despite it being the language of those designing their world for quite some years.....

.... says a luddite, educated in feet/inches/thou'/whitworth and the like, and force fed mils and mm's during the almost susceprible time whilst at college.... Grin

Quite right Broocie. I was entrenched in a hedgehog once.

Oh...sorry...hogshead.. Embarrassed

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Reply #17 - 31. Mar 2011 at 19:11

hotel21 wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 22:38:

KPH/Metres/Litres/mm's - been tried before in various guises.

The Brits are too entrenched in feet/inches/furlongs/quarts/gallons/hogsheads et all to go metric.

despite it being the language of those designing their world for quite some years.....

.... says a luddite, educated in feet/inches/thou'/whitworth and the like, and force fed mils and mm's during the almost susceprible time whilst at college.... Grin

Yup. Luddite sums us up. Europe impose certain metrics on us but we hang on to what we have left with the tenacity of a drunk Terrier despite it leaving us in the middle of nowhere.
That's how we are & proud of it!!! Cheesy

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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
Reply #18 - 31. Mar 2011 at 22:19

Amigo MX5 wrote on 31. Mar 2011 at 19:11:

hotel21 wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 22:38:

KPH/Metres/Litres/mm's - been tried before in various guises.

The Brits are too entrenched in feet/inches/furlongs/quarts/gallons/hogsheads et all to go metric.

despite it being the language of those designing their world for quite some years.....

.... says a luddite, educated in feet/inches/thou'/whitworth and the like, and force fed mils and mm's during the almost susceprible time whilst at college.... Grin

Yup. Luddite sums us up. Europe impose certain metrics on us but we hang on to what we have left with the tenacity of a drunk Terrier despite it leaving us in the middle of nowhere.
That's how we are & proud of it!!! Cheesy

And I will still buy a quater of pineapple chunks.... Thumbs Up!

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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
Reply #19 - 01. Apr 2011 at 21:25

Vamps wrote on 31. Mar 2011 at 22:19:

Amigo MX5 wrote on 31. Mar 2011 at 19:11:

hotel21 wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 22:38:

KPH/Metres/Litres/mm's - been tried before in various guises.

The Brits are too entrenched in feet/inches/furlongs/quarts/gallons/hogsheads et all to go metric.

despite it being the language of those designing their world for quite some years.....

.... says a luddite, educated in feet/inches/thou'/whitworth and the like, and force fed mils and mm's during the almost susceprible time whilst at college.... Grin

Yup. Luddite sums us up. Europe impose certain metrics on us but we hang on to what we have left with the tenacity of a drunk Terrier despite it leaving us in the middle of nowhere.
That's how we are & proud of it!!! Cheesy

And I will still buy a quater of pineapple chunks.... Thumbs Up!

With a bag of chips & 5 grams of scratchings!

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hercules Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1031 sunnyudders Gender: Drives: bighorn,the lotus edition	Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts! Reply #20 - 01. Apr 2011 at 21:40 well my speedo is mph but my odometer is kph
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Nickbat Omega Lord Offline Posts: 7167 London NW7 Gender: Drives: 2002 2.6CD Auto	Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts! Reply #21 - 01. Apr 2011 at 21:58 hercules wrote on 01. Apr 2011 at 21:40: well my speedo is mph but my odometer is kph Jimbob's odourometer is in decibels.
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Reply #22 - 01. Apr 2011 at 23:07

Lets face it, it's a typical British muddle Grin

Most of the Commonwealth countries bit the bullet and went fully decimal and now its completely normal in those places Thumbs Up!

I have a few Canadian/Aussie/Kiwi mates who think it's totally barmy that we operate a sort of dual system Shocked

I kind of like the quirkyness of all to be honest! Its one of the things that makes us Brits kind of unique in this world

But Thank God they did at least decimalise the currency!!! £/s/d seems like a nightmare to me Undecided

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Richie London Omega King Offline A HANDSOME DEVIL OF A MAN!! Posts: 10146 heathrow Gender: Drives: a blinking lovely 2001 2.5 elite auto.	Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts! Reply #23 - 01. Apr 2011 at 23:24 if the eu say we got to do it, we have to do it. we cannot oppose new laws or changes to the treaty unless it is agreed by all member states. the pint was announced a couple of weeks ago it was being changed to be served by metric volume was it not
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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
Reply #24 - 02. Apr 2011 at 01:26

Amigo MX5 wrote on 01. Apr 2011 at 21:25:

Vamps wrote on 31. Mar 2011 at 22:19:

Amigo MX5 wrote on 31. Mar 2011 at 19:11:

hotel21 wrote on 30. Mar 2011 at 22:38:

KPH/Metres/Litres/mm's - been tried before in various guises.

The Brits are too entrenched in feet/inches/furlongs/quarts/gallons/hogsheads et all to go metric.

despite it being the language of those designing their world for quite some years.....

.... says a luddite, educated in feet/inches/thou'/whitworth and the like, and force fed mils and mm's during the almost susceprible time whilst at college.... Grin

Yup. Luddite sums us up. Europe impose certain metrics on us but we hang on to what we have left with the tenacity of a drunk Terrier despite it leaving us in the middle of nowhere.
That's how we are & proud of it!!! Cheesy

And I will still buy a quater of pineapple chunks.... Thumbs Up!

With a bag of chips & 5 grams of scratchings!

Pineapple chunks are sweeties Guy... Roll Eyes

not the type that comes with Gamon and not bought with a bag of chips and scraps.... Roll Eyes

And you are not allowed to used salt on your chips now... Angry

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Re: So who thinks that soon we'll have KPH readouts!
Reply #25 - 02. Apr 2011 at 01:30

[quote author=657E747F7E72657E747F170 link=1301516337/23#23 date=1301696676]if the eu say we got to do it, we have to do it. we cannot oppose new laws or changes to the treaty unless it is agreed by all member states. the pint was announced a couple of weeks ago it was being changed to be served by metric volume was it not[/quote]

I do hope not, this is our heritage, I shall stop drinking any other units, next you will be telling me that whisky comes in 1.5L bottles Shocked

actually that is not a bad size for a day to day drink.... Lips Sealed

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