How many feet in a mile: is this common knowledge

And before any deductions for 'lawwwtery' tickets.

 

How many of you fuckers knows what a troy ounce weighs in grams, or even that it's different than our regular ounce?

 

~31 grams, used for precious metals.

 

I only know what it is because I used to get "troy ounces" from a local distributor.

 

You kids and your fancy divisibility by 10. When I was young, 10 hadn't even been invented! And fingers to count on were a luxury!

a pound of 6992 grains, a stone of 14 pounds, a woolsack of 26 stone...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoirdupois

 

Not me either, even as geeky as I am, would have to look both of those answers up.

 

You mean an OZ-T ?

 

The equivalent of 90 kilos of pure bullshit?

 

well aren't you precious...

 

Well done eh!




Gold is almost at 1600 an ounce! Woot!

 

Aver...avor...avard...

 

That's not an OZ-T... that's a Woolsack

 

No, I'm not singling you out, you're not special! I meant all ya'll.




Just trying to throw ya'll for a loop.

 

woolsacks, my baby's got 'em

 

Aardvark.

 

Obviously it is. I mixed the two systems exactly because that (endless conversions) is precisely what will be required if the USA ever truly tries to switch to metric. Of course, the existing Imperial system used here is already well known in this country and works just fine (we've built skyscrapers, ships, jet fighters, and put men on the moon using it), so there's really no need whatsoever to switch.

 

You mixed the two systems like when NASA crashed that Mars lander for the same reasons

You're right , best leave things the way they are

 

That is a good point. When I saw stewartx's original post, I figured it was tounge in cheek. The US public in general is very familar with the english system, no matter how quirky, so no big need to change it. Those working in jobs using mostly metric know how to do that as well. Others working where they need to know the english system are trained on that. People who's work requires them to convert from one to another learn the factors they need the most, and have the others at their fingertips.

 

And 1760yds. I knew that when I was in elementary school.
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