Uhhh, yeah...... about that. You see, America is (for whatever reason) kind of behind the times on this whole "proper weights and measures" thingy the rest of the world seems to have adopted.
I don't know why. But that's the way it is.
Easier number to remember: Standard unit of distance: 100 or 12 Water freezes at: 0 or 32 Basic unit of weight: 1,000 or 16
Totally makes perfect sense to stick with 12, 32 and 16 amirite?
Uhhh, yeah...... about that. You see, America is (for whatever reason) kind of behind the times on this whole "proper weights and measures" thingy the rest of the world seems to have adopted.
I don't know why. But that's the way it is.
Easier number to remember: Standard unit of distance: 100 or 12 Water freezes at: 0 or 32 Basic unit of weight: 1,000 or 16
Totally makes perfect sense to stick with 12, 32 and 16 amirite?
My nana was always trying to teach me imperial measurements when I was little (because that's what her generation used), and my mum was like "what are you teaching him that nonsense for?"
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Uhhh, yeah...... about that. You see, America is (for whatever reason) kind of behind the times on this whole "proper weights and measures" thingy the rest of the world seems to have adopted.
I don't know why. But that's the way it is.
Easier number to remember: Standard unit of distance: 100 or 12 Water freezes at: 0 or 32 Basic unit of weight: 1,000 or 16
Totally makes perfect sense to stick with 12, 32 and 16 amirite?
I don't want a large Farva. I want a liter of cola.
Uhhh, yeah...... about that. You see, America is (for whatever reason) kind of behind the times on this whole "proper weights and measures" thingy the rest of the world seems to have adopted.
I don't know why. But that's the way it is.
Easier number to remember: Standard unit of distance: 100 or 12 Water freezes at: 0 or 32 Basic unit of weight: 1,000 or 16
Totally makes perfect sense to stick with 12, 32 and 16 amirite?
My nana was always trying to teach me imperial measurements when I was little (because that's what her generation used), and my mum was like "what are you teaching him that nonsense for?"
i thought you guys used "stones" and "hogs heads" down there
Uhhh, yeah...... about that. You see, America is (for whatever reason) kind of behind the times on this whole "proper weights and measures" thingy the rest of the world seems to have adopted.
I don't know why. But that's the way it is.
Easier number to remember: Standard unit of distance: 100 or 12 Water freezes at: 0 or 32 Basic unit of weight: 1,000 or 16
Totally makes perfect sense to stick with 12, 32 and 16 amirite?
You should run for office on the metric system platform, I am sure you would get lots of support...
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