What do you call the thing we use here in the US, that is not the Metric system. English, right? As in, stuff can be in Metric units or English units?
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tommyrot - Jun 17, 2007 6:37:17 pm PDT #3520 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hil R. - Jun 17, 2007 6:37:59 pm PDT #3521 of 10001
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I've heard it called English or Standard.
Kathy A - Jun 17, 2007 6:39:07 pm PDT #3522 of 10001
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Went down to Dad's for the day. He ended up having a good day--all the kids/stepkids called, he got together with everyone who's in the area either today, yesterday, or tomorrow, we went to his favorite restaurant, and his favorite NASCAR driver won today's race.
He did give me some money to get a new mattress set, and he told me that if I haven't bought it by the next time he comes up to my place sometime in the next month, he's not giving another penny ever, so I guess I'd better use it for a new bed. I'd been meaning to pick one up with next year's tax refund, but like Dad said, I said that about this year's refund, which ended up going to bills instead. So, I'm going to test sleep mattresses this week and do some comparison shopping so I can get the best deal possible.
Any suggestions on good mattresses?
tommyrot - Jun 17, 2007 6:41:17 pm PDT #3523 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I've heard it called English or Standard.
I took a hex bolt to a hardware store, looking to get an allen wrench for it. I told the guy, "I think it's English." That totally confused him. So I said, "You know, not Metric." And he says, "Oh, you mean American."
I'm not going to call it American. That's not what is is. (Happens to be what we use here, but still....)
And it turned out I was wrong - it was Metric.
§ ita § - Jun 17, 2007 6:49:17 pm PDT #3524 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I call the system Imperial.
Thanks, Lee. I'll tell him you said so, in case he wonders where the remnants of his life went.
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Lee - Jun 17, 2007 6:50:18 pm PDT #3525 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'll tell him you said so, in case he wonders where the remnants of his life went.
Hey, it was your idea!
dcp - Jun 17, 2007 6:51:23 pm PDT #3526 of 10001
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tommyrot - Jun 17, 2007 6:51:49 pm PDT #3527 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I call the system Imperial.
Oh yeah. Except that's still another system, at least when it comes to liquids. An Imperial gallon is five quarts. They used to sell gas that way in Canada.
tommyrot - Jun 17, 2007 6:53:27 pm PDT #3528 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think it's more fun to ask than to google. Because then we can guess....
Vortex - Jun 17, 2007 6:54:10 pm PDT #3529 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
An Imperial gallon is five quarts. They used to sell gas that way in Canada.
so, now I'm wondering how many gallons it takes to fill up a Death Star.