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  1. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Metric system? You use STONES! That's not the metric system, we use kilograms... Anyway, that's a tangent, on-topic from now on.
     
    Seph, Jul 26, 2008
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    we don't use pounds and stones any more, we used to. We use metric for weights now.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 26, 2008
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  3. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Right, you're supposed to, but you don't. Hell there was even a recent UK television show that used stones, and they used a weight scale measuring stones and not kilograms. So you might be supposed to use the metric system, but it's certainly not something that's generally done. But I suppose that's really too much to expect anyway, if we were to change to the imperial system it'd take years too.
     
    Seph, Jul 26, 2008
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  4. equitypetey

    equitypetey Well-Known Member

    we use stones when it is the weight of someone e.g. how fat they are but in terms of every other measurement we use the metric system
     
    equitypetey, Jul 26, 2008
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  5. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Aside from milk and beer, which are still allowed to be sold in pints (although milk is heading towards being sold in litres), speed, which is measured in miles per hour, and road distances, which are measured in yards and miles. The metric system is the only system taught in schools now.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 26, 2008
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  6. Cahos Rahne Veloza

    Cahos Rahne Veloza The Fart Awakens

    Horses are still measured in hands are they?
     
    Cahos Rahne Veloza, Jul 26, 2008
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  7. cjdogger

    cjdogger Guest

    I didn't think he made a joke about fat...
     
    cjdogger, Jul 26, 2008
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  8. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    'hands' is specific to equinine measurements and thus is neither metric nor imperial.
     
    Loonylion, Jul 26, 2008
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  9. n0thealthy

    n0thealthy Well-Known Member

    Back on topic.

    BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse

    Lucky I'm with O2 then!
     
    n0thealthy, Aug 8, 2008
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  10. Rhamsey

    Rhamsey Member

    yeah, im pretty sure this is true. its based in the faith of Americas economy, and that it is worth what the government says it is. also, because of this you can no longer take a dollar and go to the reserve and get gold for it instead (like the old days). however, i havent taking a global or us history class in about 3 years, but im sure this is how it works.
    oh, and dont forget, not only gold has been used for currency, the most early forms of it were things that were necessarily to live. like foods, sure this is like trading, but if you have something worth food, and trade it to someone, who uses it to get food. thats pretty much currency.

    did anyone see the economics cartoon in high school where the islanders used shells as their form of currency?

    oh, and i read that article, does anyone know if they are doing something similar in the US? (or have already) and it seems to only involve media like music and maybe movies. but they are going after the uploaders too, thats not nice
     
    Rhamsey, Aug 9, 2008
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  11. insanecrazy07

    insanecrazy07 Well-Known Member

    there's some random place that uses donut-shaped rocks as their currency.
    the bigger the rock, the more its worth.

    and they put them outside of their houses.
    imagine trying to pay something with a 100 lb. donut shaped rock?
     
    insanecrazy07, Aug 11, 2008
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