US car tires are usually PSI and kPa. I don’t remember seeing bars (1 bar = 100 kPa) anywhere, but I’m not going to drag a bicycle out this late.
IANA equestrian, but according to Wikipedia, hands (4 inches) are a unit used in US, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and UK for the height of horses.
Thanks. We have one, but I didn’t buy it and never felt the need. Also, I’m not sure if the recipes I remember are for cooking or baking, as it might be more important to be specific for the latter.
Which is funny because the measurements became more precise. When talking about LCDs, 50" is 50" diagonally, but with CRTs, a 17" monitor may be smaller when you measure the screen because it’s the size of the tube, including the hidden parts.
Why is cocaine measured in kilos but weed is measured in ounces?
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But when CrimeStoppers tells me the alleged accused is 173cm tall, my eyes just glaze over and I have NO idea how tall he is! QUOTE]
Seriously. I have no idea if I should be on the lookout for a giant or a dwarf.
The same distinction between metric and non-metric units for those substances applies in the UK, although it’s obviously more often grams than kilograms at the consumer level.
Personal hight was certainly one of the last hold outs! (And still is in medical care) But I recently saw a bank door that had the scale (for estimating the height of bank robbers as they leave) only marked in centimetres. Oddly enough, bookshelves were another long-term hold out: long after most things were converted, bookshelve were still sold in feet and inches. Truck heights were a short-term hold out: the bridge signs were very quickly converted to metric, then very quickly converted back to metric / imperial, after a very quick series of bridge/truck collisions.
Mens clothing is sold in psuedo-metric: the sizes 92, 97, 102, 105 map to 36, 38, 40, 42. Canned goods were psuedo-metric for a long time (presumably, until the machinary wore out)… Imported goods are, of course, often in relabled American units.
I still use a 6-inch ruler, and people who were only 5 at the time when inch-rulers were made illegal (fines or prison) would know what I mean - I’m not sure younger than that. Nuts and Bolts to a limited extent - for esample, computers aren’t metric.
In the US, how bicycle tires and tubes are measured depends on the type of bike. Road bikes are all in metric, usually 700 mm for inside diameter and 19 through 25 mm for diameter of the actual tube. Mountain bikes tires, on the other hand are usually, but not always, in inches. Pressure is always in PSI, though.
A lot of other bicycle parts are also in metric, but that’s because virtually all of them come from France, Japan, or Taiwan. Or at least sold by companies from those countries, even if they’re now made in China. Cyclists just got used to having parts denominated in cm or grams or whatever. This may not apply so much to mountain bikes; I’m a road cyclist so I’m more familiar with those.
Groceries will convert to a new system as often as they are able to so they can shave off a bit of what you’re used to getting for the same price. I’m sure beans will be sold in 10 Xaktarian grelub cans 2 days after the invasion.
But all the flyers that the grocery stores put out are showing prices in pounds, and quite often in their stores too.
While distances are in kilometres and gasoline in litres, I still mostly hear people discussing fuel consumption in miles per gallon. Nobody seems to use the “official” terminology lt/100 km. Although I am starting to see some car manufacturers use km/lt.
I recall when Canada went metric, the Canadian government threatened to take a carpet company to court for advertising carpet in yards and not metres. They wisely backed off.
Ummmm…who cares about whether it’s marked in centimeters or inches?..I’m trying to wrap my head around the idea that banks routinely measure their robbers.
I suppose the poor bank can’t afford security cameras; or maybe there’s no need for them, anyway. Because, obviously, when the robber sees the measuring scale, he will suddenly stand still, remove his shoes, and stand with his feet flat, his spine straight and his back pressed to the wall- like a kid in the doctor’s office.
It’s a lot easier if you think 1.73 meters. 2 meters is a bit over 6 feet 6 inches (or 78 inches) This is a bit under 7/8 of that so a bit under 70 inches (5’ 10") so it’s pretty average for a man and a bit tall for a woman.
The last time I was on a Canadian ferry, all the distances painted on the bulkheads for use by the cars was in feet. and fishing weights were in ounces.
Coincidence between two words of completely different origins.
A robada is the area which would give you a robo of cereal (a volume of 28.13cl, which of course isn’t its original definition). And yes, robo in its most usual aception means robbery. But in this case it comes from the Arabic rub (don’t know how to spell it in Arabic), meaning quarter, rather than from the Middle Ages Latin raubare, to steal.
The last time I was consulting Canadian/Ontario CSA safety regulations (2006 or so), most things were still Canadian Imperial, such as the heights requiring fall prevention equipment, ladder heights, and so on.
about 10 years I was on trip to Toronto and a consultant and were discussing specs at my (American) plant. He kept asking questions and I kept answering in English units which slowed down the conversation because of conversion. He kept admonishing the US for not converting to the Metric System, the Rest of the World was on the Metric (yada yada yada)
Anyways, we go out to eat at a steakhouse and he orders a 20 oz Ribeye. After the waiter took our order, I asked him how come he didn’t order a 567 gram Steak.
Property is theft, indeed. 