Tam &Toby do Europe ...Take two

[Grianan]

In the Uk all the mway marker posts are in kms & tenth markers yet everything else is in miles ?

Isn’t it nonsense ... I teach school kids messire in mm/cm/m/km yet we measure height, road distance etc in imperial ...

 

[tacr2man]

Isn’t it nonsense ... I teach school kids messire in mm/cm/m/km yet we measure height, road distance etc in imperial ...

Its not beyond attainment to be able to do both surely , I did it at school

 

[tacr2man]

No, I never bite them, don't like all the dog hair in my mouth!!

I find the same with Pussies !









plus they can scratch a lot

 

[Grianan]

Its not beyond attainment to be able to do both surely , I did it at school

Age 7? Well maybe. Depends what else you’re trying to teach in

 

[Feltwell]

In the Uk all the mway marker posts are in kms & tenth markers yet everything else is in miles ?

Good point - though I guess they’re not really for general guidance use, more for breakdown and emergency response.

God, can you imagine the uproar if they tried to move from miles to km for speed limits and distances in the UK!

I confess that despite being born just as decimalisation was taking place, I think in a mixture of imperial and metric but prefer imperial - easier to envisage.

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[gus-lopez]

God, can you imagine the uproar if they tried to move from miles to km for speed limits and distances in the UK!

The best way would be to just do it. 50mph signs get changed to 80kph. Mway 70 becomes 110 . People will soon realise when the fines come through & that will pay for the changeover + a profit

 

[busby]

Ermmm, litre?

I always loved the Irish approach - for years the distances were in km and the speed limits in mph! Only in Ireland!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Ireland

Fuel in uk was delivered in the 70s to garages in litres but sold at the pump in gallons.BUSBY.

 

[Val 3 dogs]

Vive la difference!
Long may we have a Royal Family, Guards at Buckingham Palace and a British sense of humour (warped).

 

[Lenny HB]

What's wrong with going down to the timber yard and asking for 3m of 4"X2", I still do it.

 

[Northernraider]

What's wrong with going down to the timber yard and asking for 3m of 4"X2", I still do it.

Mange tout moname


My French is really coming on

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[mitzimad]

Good point - though I guess they’re not really for general guidance use, more for breakdown and emergency response.

God, can you imagine the uproar if they tried to move from miles to km for speed limits and distances in the UK!

I confess that despite being born just as decimalisation was taking place, I think in a mixture of imperial and metric but prefer imperial - easier to envisage.

im the opposite i work with metric all day but envisage in imperial then convert mentally luckily most building matierials are realy still in imperial just converted hence sheets are still 8x4timber is still 2x1etc pipe threads are still imperial as is steel pipe

 

[Podney]

Mange tout moname


My French is really coming on

So,next time you see a young lady you fancy,just say to her:

Voudriez-tu venir au lit avec moi?

Good luck!


Edit.....other genders are available if that’s your fancy.

 

[Janine]

Sing Voulez vous couchez avec moi in a cheesy 70’s way. That’ll impress them

 

[Val 3 dogs]

but I thought he was back in Spain again now?
It must be my age, I am getting bewildered!

 

[Lenny HB]

Mange tout moname


My French is really coming on

I don't think so.

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[Lenny HB]

Always amuses me that nearly all continental countries use BSP threads for plumbing.

 

[Northernraider]

Sing Voulez vous couchez avec moi in a cheesy 70’s way. That’ll impress them

I always thought it was voulez vou a shay a guitar sista

 

[Northernraider]

but I thought he was back in Spain again now?
It must be my age, I am getting bewildered!

Sacreblue moname zis es correctamundo

 

[Northernraider]

Always amuses me that nearly all continental countries use BSP threads for plumbing.

Except in this case where their using mine

Who's got probs with their plumbing ?

 

[Northernraider]

So I stayed at colonia guell last night on the free aire , there was a british plated sprinter van there with this hippy couple in ...she was half Nigerian/Scottish and he was Austrian but had lived in the UK 10 years...nice couple

So I topped up with water etc this morning and then I drove to sitges this morning where I had lunch and a walk along esplanade, popped in to decathlon for an extension for my bike handlebars as I'm starting to feel like quasi modo ...also got another pair of sandals and 2 vest tops.

Left there and drove to porta roma, nice beach here real sand again not that gravelly crap, had a walk along beach and now back to Toby for an I've lolly
Sky is black it looks like there's a storm coming but might blow over.

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[Momo]

Brilliant from Castellón down! Some bad weather coming in across Portugal & Galicia and will hit most of inland Spain...except for South of Tarragona and down to the very South of Spain where temperatures will remain good! Inland not good, Cataluña not good!
(They deserve all the bad weather they get!) So stay on the coast, Tam, and get away from Cataluña as quickly as you are able as the temperatures are going to drop 10ºC very soon which won't do your tan any good!

 

[Northernraider]

Brilliant from Castellón down! Some bad weather coming in across Portugal & Galicia and will hit most of inland Spain...except for South of Tarragona and down to the very South of Spain where temperatures will remain good! Inland not good, Cataluña not good!
(They deserve all the bad weather they get!) So stay on the coast, Tam, and get away from Cataluña as quickly as you are able as the temperatures are going to drop 10ºC very soon which won't do your tan any good!

Surprising too as it's been really warm up here up till now. Even now it's pleasant it's just got a bit cloudy here today.

 

[dalspa]

I always loved the Irish approach - for years the distances were in km and the speed limits in mph! Only in Ireland!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Ireland

I once asked an Irishman to dig a hole 2m deep. He looked puzzled and asked “What is that?” I thought for a moment to explain, when suddenly he said “ Don’t tell me, I know, it’s 1m 3ft 3”.

 

[tonyidle]

im the opposite i work with metric all day but envisage in imperial then convert mentally luckily most building matierials are realy still in imperial just converted hence sheets are still 8x4timber is still 2x1etc pipe threads are still imperial as is steel pipe

Most pipe threads in use on the Continent are Imperial BSP. UK sheet material isn't 8 x 4 it is 2400 x 1200 (= 94.5" x 47.2"). Don't ask me how I found that out .

 

[gus-lopez]

Most pipe threads in use on the Continent are Imperial BSP. UK sheet material isn't 8 x 4 it is 2400 x 1200 (= 94.5" x 47.2"). Don't ask me how I found that out .

T thought they standardised it at 2500 x 1250 ?

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[tonyidle]

T thought they standardised it at 2500 x 1250 ?

See below:

https://www.jewson.co.uk/building-m...sterboard/plasterboard/standard-plasterboard/

I lowered my bathroom ceiling, placed the joists at 16", as they were on the original, then went to buy plasterboard. I had to affix battens along each joist where an 8ft sheet adjoined the next to take up the difference.

 

[Northernraider]

Who the feck started this metric v imperial nonsense I'm lost on my own thread


Where's @chaser when you need him.



It's been peeing down all morning, got soaked with dogs , got soaked coming out of mercadona....I'm now parked in salou as I've never been so thought I'd take a nosey.

I'm parked in the shitty part of town , rain has stopped at the minute but still dull so I've not ventured out yet

 

[Val 3 dogs]

Sounds more like your old self Tam

 

[Northernraider]

Sounds more like your old self Tam

Suns oot .....I'm going to show the tourists ma puppies

 

[Scotch mist]

Suns oot .....I'm going to show the tourists ma puppies

This tourist Would be happy if some female motor homer wanted to show me her puppies

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