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European Union abolishes the British acre
The Telegraph ^
| 7/21/2008
| Andrew Porter
Posted on 07/20/2008 9:15:56 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: bruinbirdman
This will bring the British Empire to its knees. /s
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:20:21 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: bruinbirdman
Whether we use hectares or acres should be a matter for Britain to decide, not the EU.Absolutely right. Those countries gave up a lot of soveriegnty. Personally, I wish we in the US would switch over to meters, kilograms, and liters. Much easier to work with and you don't have to have nearly as many wrenches.
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:21:43 PM PDT
by
MovementConservative
(John Roberts and Sam Alito.... Thank you GWB)
To: bruinbirdman
Canada has been metric since 1975. Its time for the UK to get on with the conversion.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:22:24 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: bruinbirdman
"the Government only sent Jonathan Shaw, a junior minister at the Department for Environment Farming and Rural Affairs"
At least they're not sending a racist, Marxist junior Senator to the Presidency, unlike some others on this planet.
To: bruinbirdman
One by one, centimeter by centimeter, the nations of New Europe surrender their distinctive identities.
They have preserved only one tradition.
They all hate American Conservatives.
To: bruinbirdman
Does anyone remember, “Metric Mike?”
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:31:48 PM PDT
by
preacher
(A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
To: bruinbirdman
The official survey on my place here in Texas is still measured in Spanish
varas.
Big deal... Calculators are cheap nowadays -- and conversion factors are readily available on the internet.
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:32:21 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...!!)
To: MovementConservative
Why? What is to gained by that?
Remember back roughly twenty years ago when the metric craze was brought on in this country by the metric crazies. Politician bought onto the craze. Highway signs were in both English and metric.
All gone!!!!!!
Thank God! It was stupid and cost a lot of money and no one liked it or paid any attention to it.
Furthermore, as has been previously posted, conversion calculators are readily available on the net and are very easy to use.
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:36:59 PM PDT
by
Parmy
To: bruinbirdman
They should have just switched to arpents.
And, for those who aren’t familiar with land measurements, an arpent is about .85 acre (and apparently the FR spell checker hasn’t ever looked at Louisiana land records).
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:41:32 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: aculeus; Billthedrill; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; Charles Henrickson; Larry Lucido; ...
Ping to some notorious wisehectares.
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:42:43 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: goldstategop
Every time I look at a Canadian road sign I have to multiply 8/5ths. What will they do with the PLSS all built on miles and acres?
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:50:17 PM PDT
by
the_daug
To: MovementConservative
"I wish we in the US would switch over to meters, kilograms, and liters..." Yeah, then the speed limit would be 105.
yitbos
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:51:03 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." - Ayn Rand)
To: bruinbirdman
Yeah, then the speed limit would be 105. And how long befor e some idiot with a mph speedometer tried to go at that speed?
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posted on
07/20/2008 9:55:39 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(In Cleveland: No one may kill a mouse in the streets without a hunting license)
To: Oztrich Boy
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posted on
07/20/2008 10:01:51 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." - Ayn Rand)
To: zeestephen
UK and USA should switch to the metric system to be honest, but I do agree that it should be up to the ppl in thsoe country to decide
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posted on
07/20/2008 10:09:24 PM PDT
by
4rcane
To: dighton
notorious wisehectaresI resemble that.
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posted on
07/20/2008 10:18:20 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Keep the change.)
To: goldstategop
“Canada has been metric since 1975.”
And, we’ve learned if you give them 2.54 centimeters; they’ll take 1.6 kilometers.
To: Parmy
I was driving through Yellowstone National Park in June. At some point, we got stuck behind some jackass driving about 30 MPH in a 45 MPH zone. We both turned off to view the Fountain Paint Pot area. The jackass walks by and says in a thick German accent, "This is a national park, not the Autobahn". I replied, "This is America. We post speeds in miles per hour, not kilometers per hour. Learn to read the speed signs." 45 kilometers per hour converts to 28 miles per hour...just the speed at which the ignorant tourist was driving.
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posted on
07/20/2008 11:00:43 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: Oztrich Boy
And how long befor e some idiot with a mph speedometer tried to go at that speed?The error goes both ways. See my post at #19.
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posted on
07/20/2008 11:02:59 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
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