Originally posted by SSGGeezer Sometimes I change my GPS to KM just to remember my equivalencies from when I drove in Korea. I also think in Kilometers for distance from lots of map work while I was in the military. Does that make me Bi-lingual? Bi-measurement? Or maybe something else?
Versatile?
I just find that relating driving at 100 kmh to the time to drive somewhere is a whole lot simpler in your head than 60 miles an hour. But perhaps folks in the USA are able to think in base 12 better than me.
Originally posted by swanlefitte The USA has 87-96 octane. Europe has 98 and Japan can go over 100 octane. Yet octane is a different thing in different countries. RON, AKI, MON.
I didn't know that. We use RON in Australia, and frankly I have no idea what it means. I'm just glad that my current car doesn't require 98 octane.
Originally posted by c.a.m Building products with varied units: a 4x8 foot sheet of plywood, 12 mm thick.
Wouldn't that be half an inch thick?
(and yes, I know that an inch is 25.4mm)
Quote: Order a beer in a pub, and you'll certainly be offered choices in pints, half-pints, 20 ounces, or even quarts. No metric here!
"It comes in pints?"
Originally posted by savoche In Norway we use litres/10 km - a Scandinavian "mile" being 10 km that would be read as "litres to the mile". Fish is measured in hectolitres (in the industry, not in the shops!). It's a unit rarely used for anything else, I think. Fluids tend to be measured in milli-, centi- and decilitres as well as litres, but you'll never see decalitres or kilolitres. Larger amounts than what's convenient to measure in litres will usually be measured in tonnes or cubic metres (which both are close enough to equivalent to 1,000 litres in daily life).
Lots of measurements which I never see in Australia. The only situation I've seen where "hecto" is used is for atmospheric pressure in hectopascals which equates closely to millibars.
Originally posted by lesmore49 When it comes to units of measurement I would say I'm a Renaissance man.
Referring above, extremely versatile! On the other hand I'm glad I don't have to worry so much about non-metric measurements anymore unless I want to fly a plane.
Or drive in the USA.
Or try to get my head around the weight of a Saturn V.