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alan_t
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 Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject: statute or metric |
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am i being thick here????? 
but what does it mean?
and being in the uk, does it need to be set to metric? |
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cantgetlost
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Yes you abeing thick
Miles and MPH and kilo thingameforeignjobs and KPH  |
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alan_t
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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...so set to metric it is then.
mind you would be easier if it was listed as kph and mph. :D |
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neil01
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| alan_t wrote: | | ...so set to metric it is then. ... |
I assume that you are being carcastic - if you are not, then just wrong! |
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MaFt
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| statute is miles, metric is kilometers. for uk set it to statute |
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alan_t
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| Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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yeh statute is what i have it set to.
must admit though, i cant ever recall hearing the term "statute" before. |
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MaFt
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| yeah, it's usually referred to as 'imperial'. something i never understood was when britain changed from imperial to metric why they didn't change the sweets to mint metrics?! |
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Tim Buxton
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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More to the point, why did they change at all? Or why not go the whole hog (not that I'd prefer that option but at least we'd know how to express mpg in l/100km)?
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neil01
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| Tim Buxton wrote: | | More to the point, why did they change at all? Or why not go the whole hog (not that I'd prefer that option but at least we'd know how to express mpg in l/100km)? |
Probably because we Brits are perverse. An example of just how perverse we can be, is that many (most?) of us thing in Celcius when it is cold, yet Farenheight when it is hot! |
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