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I grew up with a mixture of imperial and metric. I gauge things a lot easier in imperial then convert to metric. Anyone 20 or younger will likely be 99% metric.

I'm kinda of the opinion that you pick one or the other & you'll be fine. There's only an issue when you try & transpose between the two. I remember my parents had difficulty with decimalization (or whatever it was called)....when the £ went from 240 pence (or 260??) to 100 pence...how could it be any simpler??
Wasn't the maths so much as the mindset that caused the confusion.

I use a combination. Metric at work. Inches for none critical sizes (like my belly, furniture, inseam) MPH for the roads.

In NZ even back in the 70-80’s we were metric. That’s all I learnt.

Then I joined the Air Force and worked on US & UK aircraft and had to learn 2 types of imperial.. like why the f**k does a US gallon have to be 3.9 L??? ( I know why D, don’t bother)

But because my working life was imperial for over 15 yrs I am happier with imperial sized tools, thou of an inches. My current industry is mainly metric and I have to convert sizes because I instinctively go “that’s 5/8’s” not 16 mm. And as Ops I’m not on the tools enough to recalibrate.

DIY around home, it’s mm. Far less chance of me cutting a bit of timber short and that’s the standard I learnt when I did architectural draughting (2 yrs prior to Air Force)

Speeds I use km’s because that’s the national standard in NZ & Aussie, but I can easy swap between kms and miles because a lot of cars in NZ when I learnt to drive were UK/Euro imports. My first three cars read in miles. We ( the older ‘we’) still refer to 100 mile/hr as the ‘ton’.

With my aviation experience as mentioned it’s still feet for altitude and inches of mercury for cabin pressurisation and PSI for other pressures.

With my diving it’s metres and Bar/atmospheres.

In all my preference is a mix of both due to what I’ve used through life and what my mind is calibrated too.

And yup I’m guessing the drug mule was loaded.

At least a line is a line where ever you go!

I didn't know why the gallons here are different....but apparently it's because of Queen Anne.
Then again, I don't really know who Queen Anne is either.

D41 wrote:I didn't know why the gallons here are different....but apparently it's because of Queen Anne.
Then again, I don't really know who Queen Anne is either.

Yup, Queen Anne gallon was a wine measure. English averaged out all their measures and settled on a standard gallon. US stuck to the wine measure. Had to read that from a encyclopaedia when I first joined the AF, no google back in those days

This sort of reminds me of music....where the different tunings & pitches can vary a bit....Europe is usually 440Hz for concert pitch, but occasionally 442Hz...US is typically just 442Hz, so one step, or one "flat" below normal....and that can vary a lot too with genres, or even between bands, songs, etc.

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No wonder there are so many nasties there.

Holy fcuk!! That's very clever...and puts things into perspective a bit.

Lolz @ Switzerland....still landlocked !!!!!!


Why is there two Austrias??

When I first moved here I quickly learned that’s ‘just up the road’ can mean a full day trip

Best I’ve done is 1400 km in one day. Took just over 16 hours.

What's your longest ride in Oz? I've done some long days in Europe but it doesn't compare to the nothingness that you could have. How would you cope with the distance between fuel stops? I presume there are many signs saying last fuel stop for xxxxx miles.

duke63 wrote:What's your longest ride in Oz? I've done some long days in Europe but it doesn't compare to the nothingness that you could have. How would you cope with the distance between fuel stops? I presume there are many signs saying last fuel stop for xxxxx miles.

Along the populated areas, east coast, lower west coast and along Vic & SA southern coasts it’s not a problem. But outback you have to do a bit of planning and in some cases carry fuel.

Biggest I’ve don’t in a day on a bike was the D6 and that was 900 km. But part of a three day trip. The other days were 3-400 kms. And it pissed down 90% of it

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Summer has arrived

Is it **** you time already. That went quick.

That's too hot to ride in.

Do you go out early doors?

Blade wrote:That's too hot to ride in.

Do you go out early doors?

I’m pretty comfortable riding in heat up to about 35 deg C, after that it gets a bit uncomfortable. I try not too purposely go out in heat on the bike after I nearly killed Jess on that 45 deg C ride a few years back (for the record I wanted to ditch the ride but she insisted, trying to hard to be the good gf )

Any temps 38-39 or greater I do limit what I do outside and all the blinds stay down in the house.

kiwikrasher wrote:

Blade wrote:That's too hot to ride in.

Do you go out early doors?

I’m pretty comfortable riding in heat up to about 35 deg C, after that it gets a bit uncomfortable. I try not too purposely go out in heat on the bike after I nearly killed Jess on that 45 deg C ride a few years back (for the record I wanted to ditch the ride but she insisted, trying to hard to be the good gf )

Any temps 38-39 or greater I do limit what I do outside and all the blinds stay down in the house.

I think 30+ is my limit in the UK. Although I am usually also in my work gear under my bike gear, which doesn't help.