mike carey Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 As for the Antepode Region @mike carey is probably old enough to remember Imperial System units from his childhood as Australia went metric in 1966 although maybe not enough to actually use them. Lol, in 1966 we changed our currency to decimal, but it wasn't until 1974 that we went metric. I still have some rulers that are 12 inches long. Oh, and I still remember when peoples' weight was measured in stones (14 pounds). RealAvalon and + Gar1eth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ azdr0710 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 piece of trivia.....Interstate 19, between Tucson and the international border at Nogales, is the only US highway signed in metric.....it was built during the peak of the metric craze (remember that??!!) and planners were thinking ahead!!.....now, nearly 45 years later, the signs remain in place + Gar1eth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Gar1eth Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Thanks for the info about Myanmar. I didn't know that. Actually the U.K. is a mishmash. Look at RM ads. I'll bet you see many (?most) of the UK escorts from the U.K. quote their tallywacker sizes in inches. I've also read that while petrol is dispensed in liters (or litres if you prefer) that engine efficiency is still in miles per gallon. And there are other places the Imperial system still holds sway. As for the Antepode Region @mike carey is probably old enough to remember Imperial System units from his childhood as Australia went metric in 1966 although maybe not enough to actually use them. He and his classmates probably had to throw out all their old wooden rulers. What a waste!! Gman Lol, in 1966 we changed our currency to decimal, but it wasn't until 1974 that we went metric. I still have some rulers that are 12 inches long. Oh, and I still remember when peoples' weight was measured in stones (14 pounds). Thanks for the clarification. I googled Australian metrification, but I only skimmed the article and came up with 1966. I shoud have read further. ? From Wikipedia- "Metrication in Australia effectively began in 1966 with the conversion to decimal currency under the auspices of the Decimal Currency Board. The conversion of measurements—metrication—commenced subsequently in 1971, under the direction of the Metric Conversion Board and actively proceeded until the Board was disbanded in 1981." Gman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceHardware Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Well, the USA did somehow adapt to the 2-liter/litre bottle of soda/pop without Communists taking over, so maybe we can continue inching metering our way toward the metric system. RealAvalon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 piece of trivia.....Interstate 19, between Tucson and the international border at Nogales, is the only US highway signed in metric.....it was built during the peak of the metric craze (remember that??!!) and planners were thinking ahead!!.....now, nearly 45 years later, the signs remain in place You know you've definitively gone metric when the distances are in kilometres but there is just the number and no 'km' label after it on the road signs. RealAvalon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 You know you've definitively gone metric when the distances are in kilometres but there is just the number and no 'km' label after it on the road signs. Maybe the Canadians aren't quite there yet? (Though, to be honest, they don't put km on most of their signs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Gar1eth Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Gman Becket, DaveOrDavid, Kevin Slater and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealAvalon Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 You know you've definitively gone metric when the distances are in kilometres but there is just the number and no 'km' label after it on the road signs. Not often, but occasionally if I'm really not paying attention to being out of the country, I've found myself driving 60 and people are just whizzing by me. And I remember ... oh that's 100 down here mike carey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Gar1eth Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Not often, but occasionally if I'm really not paying attention to being out of the country, I've found myself driving 60 and people are just whizzing by me. And I remember ... oh that's 100 down here Where are you at? Gman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ pitman Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 When it all just gets to be too much...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXJJUQlCAcA + Autumnal and + bigjoey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealAvalon Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 When it all just gets to be too much...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXJJUQlCAcA One thing that I always notice in the USA are advertisements for prescription drugs. We don't have those in Canada. There're ads for over the counter stuff - allergy medications etc. - but for prescription drugs. None. + pitman and + azdr0710 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ pitman Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 One thing that I always notice in the USA are advertisements for prescription drugs. We don't have those in Canada. There're ads for over the counter stuff - allergy medications etc. - but for prescription drugs. None. You probably also have less need for Phucumol. Kevin Slater 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealAvalon Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 You probably also have less need for Phucumol. But it would be funny seeing bus loads of USA seniors crossing the Canadian border looking for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Gar1eth Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 One thing that I always notice in the USA are advertisements for prescription drugs. We don't have those in Canada. There're ads for over the counter stuff - allergy medications etc. - but for prescription drugs. None. We didn't used to when I was growing up Looking it up the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) allowed them in 1997. Gman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Gar1eth Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Gman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 [MEDIA=twitter]1285754717981732864[/MEDIA] + Autumnal and Kevin Slater 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Gar1eth Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 [MEDIA=twitter]1285754717981732864[/MEDIA] Over my head!! Gman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Over my head!! Gman Binary numbers are base 2 rather than base 10. Binary numbers only have two options for the digits used, 1 and 0, rather than the ten (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0) that can be used in base 10. In a binary number, from the right, the digits are ones, twos, fours, eights and so on not ones, 10s, 100s and 1000s. The number '10' used in the tweet is a visual pun, because we automatically read it as 'ten'. '10' as a binary number is two. (11 is three, 100 is four, 1000 is eight.) So, the tweet is playing on the ambiguity created by the base of the number not being stated. If you had assumed it was in base 2 rather than base 10 (or any other base) it would have read as, 'There are two types of people ...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Gar1eth Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Binary numbers are base 2 rather than base 10. Binary numbers only have two options for the digits used, 1 and 0, rather than the ten (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0) that can be used in base 10. In a binary number, from the right, the digits are ones, twos, fours, eights and so on not ones, 10s, 100s and 1000s. The number '10' used in the tweet is a visual pun, because we automatically read it as 'ten'. '10' as a binary number is two. (11 is three, 100 is four, 1000 is eight.) So, the tweet is playing on the ambiguity created by the base of the number not being stated. If you had assumed it was in base 2 rather than base 10 (or any other base) it would have read as, 'There are two types of people ...' I understand what binary is. It was the pun part I didn't get. Gman mike carey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealAvalon Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 [MEDIA=twitter]1285754717981732864[/MEDIA] There's another joke with Roman numbers circulating. A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers, to order five beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ poolboy48220 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Gman This is the premise of a new showing starting on CBS All Access August 9, "Star Trek: Lower Decks". A comedy focusing more about the support crew than the command crew. The trailer has one crewmember assigned to "Holodeck cleanup", and another crewmember says "That's Klingon prison stuff!" I'm looking forward to it. I'm fond of the "Lower Decks" episode of Next Generation, focusing on four junior crew members; in no small part influenced by one of the junior crew members is played by Dan Gauthier... + Gar1eth and + bigjoey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsc Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I was always taught there are only three kinds of people in the world, those who count and those who don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisParr Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Dickmatize - forgot how funny this is - an oldie, but goodie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisParr Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Two retired gay gentlemen, residents at the local nursing home were having a conversation on the porch. Saul: Okay, Abe, we’re both in our 90’s - do you still get horny? Abe: Hell yes, I do. Saul: So what do you do about it? Abe: I suck a lifesaver. Saul: (ponders a moment) Who drives you to the beach? + Oliver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Gar1eth Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Dickmatize - forgot how funny this is - an oldie, but goodie I wonder what the casting notice for this looked like? gman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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