• cogman@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        The only issue I have with this is there’s a British gallon (that is DIFFERENT from the American gallon) that is used to measure milk. :D. That was the only place I saw gallon being used.

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          1 year ago

          I mean there is have metric ton, british ton and american ton. Or tonne. Idk, its all the same in our language.

        • TheEmpireStrikesDak
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          1 year ago

          When I think tonne, I think 1000kg. When I think ton, I just think of the vernacular “tons of stuff” type expression.

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        1 year ago

        Actually, as much as I dislike imperial units, when it comes to body temperature I do think in Fahrenheit. Mostly because that’s how my mum would tell if we were too sick to go to school. 99 - just a little ill, but you can have the day off. 100 - pretty ill, probably at least 3 days off. 101+ - super mega ill, off all week.

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      1 year ago

      I believe England, GB maybe, is very much a mixed bag when it comes to measurement standards.

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          1 year ago

          For some reason I think, driving distance is kilometers, while driving speed is miles per hour. Is that right?

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              If you read the Highway Code, you’ll learn that it’s all over the place. Long distances on signs are in miles. But distance markers are placed in metres. But emergency phones are placed every mile. And distance markers, which are placed in metres and indicate distances in meters can also have a distance to the next emergency phone in fucking yards. One sign, two numbers, no letters, two systems. FUCKING HELL!!!

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      Reminds me article name from USSR newspaper about plane crash: “Gallons let down”/“Подвели галлоны”.