BHP

[Mito Man]

I'm always disappointed in the sizes here after coming back here from Germany. The sizes are pretty irrelevant now though as we're paying for 3 pints and getting 1...

[jamcg]

i like our daft systems with every measurement specific to the context.

People height in feet and inches, but car height (carpark barriers) in metres.

Construction all in mm but property rented in sqft.

Fuel sold in litres but consumed in gallons.

etc…

Never thought about the issue of context. Think you’ve definitely hit the 70mm nail on the head with the 20oz hammer

[Swervin_Mervin]

I’m also a big fan of paper sizes…

A0 is 1 m2, then each size is halved with the width becoming the length of the next size down. Someone thought that one through!

I love that tyre sizes are a mix of units. I bet that really annoys someone somewhere though

[Mito Man]

I liked the old measurement for wood as it was quite silly. You bought it based off the dimensions before it was planed. Now it’s all in mm and accurate and boring.

[Rich B]

I’m also a big fan of paper sizes…

A0 is 1 m2, then each size is halved with the width becoming the length of the next size down. Someone thought that one through!

I love that tyre sizes are a mix of units. I bet that really annoys someone somewhere though

oooh, yeah - that one’s great! inches, mm and a percentage - all presented with no units!

[Swervin_Mervin]

I’m also a big fan of paper sizes…

A0 is 1 m2, then each size is halved with the width becoming the length of the next size down. Someone thought that one through!

I love that tyre sizes are a mix of units. I bet that really annoys someone somewhere though

oooh, yeah - that one’s great! inches, mm and a percentage - all presented with no units!

It has the potential to annoy both hard-line imperial and metric advocates equally

[RobYob]

I was briefly astounded at the apparent closure of one of the largest mining companies in the world.