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Former Fake Republican Lincoln Chafee Announces His Intent to Embarrass Himself for President
He's running as a parody of a lifestyle-liberal progressive-signalling machine.
Get a load of this shit:You know why we should adopt the metric system? To apologize to the world for the war in Iraq.
A deeply longshot presidential candidate has announced his campaign with a deeply longshot proposal: Let's adopt the metric system. Lincoln Chafee, the former Republican, independent, senator and governor of Rhode Island, joined the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday with a plea to change the way Americans measure stuff.
"Earlier, I said let's be bold," he said from George Mason University in Virginia. "Here's a bold embrace of internationalism: Let's join the rest of the world and go metric. I happened to live in Canada. And they've completed the process. Believe me, it's easy. It doesn't take long before 34 degrees is hot. Only Myanmar, Liberia and the United States aren't metric, and it will help our economy."
Asked why metric during a question-and-answer session after his address, the candidate, who's campaign platform is focusing in on the Iraq war, said the switch would be "a symbolic integration of ourselves in the international community after the mistakes" of the last 10 to 15 years.He also ran against the War on Terror and said we should legalize drugs. I have a nuanced position on the metric system, because, unlike most liberals, I've used it. Yes, as a onetime science major, I've had to do measuring and calculating in metric. And here's what I think of it: It's a fine system. It has advantages over the imperial system in some ways. On the other hand, it has some disadvantages, too, as it was not crafted to reflect actual human practice and needs, but rather to serve a conception of Rationalism favored by the French Revolutionaries. For example: Ten is an inconvenient division point for most human purchases and measurements. Knock the silly three-feet-to-a-yard division, but dividing the yard into three -- not ten, not one hundred, but a smallish number like three -- is convenient in human-scale affairs. It's convenient that a gallon is broken up into four quarts -- rather than ten decigallons. Now, the metric system is, as I said, better suited for some things. But that's why the scientific and medical community have already completely adopted the metric system. Everything with the left is Cargo Cult and signaling. They think that because a scientist uses metric for science purposes, they'll be MOAR SCIENTIFIC if they use metric for non-scientific purposes. They actually think that if you flip the speedometer so that it's the KPH that's big and on top, and MPH that's small and on bottom, then driving is now Moar Scientific than it was before. Or, if you purchase a two one-liter bottles of Coke (yes, they have them-- how scientific!) that's Moar Scientific than purchasing the 32 ounce size. Because, and I do mean this: They are fucking imbeciles. Having used the metric system myself, it is not some Talismanic Sci-Fi Thing to me. It is simply a convention of measurements. But to the Cargo Cult Wymyn's Herstory major, who has not been in science class since 3rd grade, the idea of using meters to denominate distance fills her wit ha frisson of scientific adventure, like she's about to set foot on Mars!!! Plus, of course: So European, you guys. People who work with measures routinely shuttle back and forth between systems, based on convenience. All mechanics and carpenters and contractors, for example, do some measuring in feet (16 inches between studs) and many in metric (15 mm bolt). This is not some difficult thing. But people who do not do science or math want to feel like they're doing science and math, so they continue pestering us about doing the Science of converting yards to meters. (The Science is simple: for all practical purposes, a meter equals yard (and a touch). If you want to Do Science, just start estimating distances, but instead of saying "that looks ten yards away," say: "That looks just slightly under ten meters away." Science Performed!!!) And just shut the fuck up, you stupid, ignorant, infantile know-nothings and fashionistas of mind. By the way: Real Scientists frequently use alternative methods of measurement, so there just isn't any such thing as a Metric Standard used exclusively across the board. Scientists often talk in earth-masses, or solar masses, or astronomical units, or parsecs, for example. Scientists make up imaginary units of convenience for their thought experiments -- see, here, a discussion of the vacuum catastrophe, in which the authors make up fake units of convenience the "jiffy" and the "blip" because they want to set their base units all equal to one and thus get rid of most of the math. (In fact, they want to define units in terms of each other, so that all the units of measurement actually divide out and drop out of the equations entirely.) This idea that there is one measurement system used by Science! is the sort of thing that only a non-scientist could believe.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 03, 2015 07:38 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 03, 2015 07:38 PM (00MXy)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 03, 2015 07:38 PM (0HooB)
i have always felt as if Lincoln Chafee was a woman in a man's body. I will call her Linda from now on.
Posted by: imp at June 03, 2015 07:38 PM (XIXZz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 03, 2015 07:40 PM (00MXy)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 07:40 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2015 07:40 PM (ZW39H)
Posted by: nnptcgrad at June 03, 2015 07:40 PM (iF4ab)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 07:40 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: The Stonecutters at June 03, 2015 07:40 PM (xsnUW)
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at June 03, 2015 07:41 PM (jpm+0)
Talk about an unnecessary headache.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 07:41 PM (k2QA3)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 07:41 PM (7gCCJ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 03, 2015 07:41 PM (0O7c5)
*stares*
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 07:41 PM (LFZ1X)
1. We put men on the Moon with the English system of measurement.
2. Jimmah Cahtah already tried that back in the '70's. Dude, try to keep up.
3. Fuck the rest of the world.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 03, 2015 07:41 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Skip
I was at the battle of Wounded Duck. Many good transpersons were lost.
Posted by: Elizabeth "Little Running Joke" Warren at June 03, 2015 07:41 PM (tgnRB)
Let's instead explore why some women need to travel with their vibrators.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 07:42 PM (7gCCJ)
Don't get me wrong, I love the metric system, but is our system of weights and measures the biggest issue facing us?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 07:42 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 07:42 PM (1QUkh)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 03, 2015 07:42 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 07:42 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 03, 2015 07:42 PM (00MXy)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 07:42 PM (Jm0fb)
Game changer.
Posted by: Bivalve Curious at June 03, 2015 07:42 PM (/JdQf)
Posted by: Lincoln Chafee at June 03, 2015 07:42 PM (sQzB6)
Posted by: rickl at June 03, 2015 07:42 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 03, 2015 07:43 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: newrouter at June 03, 2015 07:43 PM (uWaCs)
I reached a bigger audience than Lincoln Chafee did on MSNBC.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at June 03, 2015 07:43 PM (Tnmav)
the Thing That Lives Under The Stairs is back.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 07:43 PM (7gCCJ)
Posted by: The Guy Who Wants To Bring Back Esperanto at June 03, 2015 07:43 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: tinfoilbaby at June 03, 2015 07:43 PM (jhPT5)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 03, 2015 07:43 PM (W5DcG)
A meter is what -- 1 millionth of a the length of a line drawn from the equator to the north pole, passing through Paris?
And everything else is based on the meter?
And it was devised and adopted by a bunch of 18th-century bloodthirsty guillotine-weilding proto-communists?
Yeah. Let's go metric.
Posted by: zombie at June 03, 2015 07:43 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: freaked at June 03, 2015 07:44 PM (JdEZJ)
Fuck the international community.
(I know, Backwards Boy already said that, but I thought it warranted repeating.)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 07:44 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 07:44 PM (LFZ1X)
Posted by: Cryin' John Bonac the Magnificent at June 03, 2015 07:44 PM (zbYR/)
Posted by: TSA certification exam at June 03, 2015 07:44 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 03, 2015 07:44 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Dr Spank at June 03, 2015 07:45 PM (KHgyS)
Posted by: Abe Simpson at June 03, 2015 07:45 PM (tgnRB)
That would be comical...
Posted by: Timon at June 03, 2015 07:45 PM (ZDJwC)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 07:45 PM (oKE6c)
Such as the ones he is taking.
Posted by: Horatius at June 03, 2015 07:45 PM (UKhBB)
^..^(____)~~~
Posted by: Cheshirecat at June 03, 2015 07:45 PM (e8vZc)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 03, 2015 07:45 PM (00MXy)
Posted by: zombie at June 03, 2015 07:45 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 07:45 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at June 03, 2015 07:45 PM (JgC5a)
On the other hand, every four or eight years the rest of the world discovers that American has a completely new foreign policy.
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 07:45 PM (1QUkh)
When are Huntsman and Ayotte announcing?
Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at June 03, 2015 07:46 PM (NHtMs)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 07:46 PM (LFZ1X)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 03, 2015 07:46 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2015 07:47 PM (jDqfn)
Posted by: Hepcat at June 03, 2015 07:47 PM (IeR2g)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 03, 2015 07:47 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: freaked at June 03, 2015 07:47 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie
Your mileage may vary.
Posted by: Edward II at June 03, 2015 07:47 PM (tgnRB)
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 03, 2015 07:47 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Rick James at June 03, 2015 07:47 PM (xGNLA)
Posted by: River Guide at June 03, 2015 07:47 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: John Boehner at June 03, 2015 07:47 PM (sQzB6)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 03, 2015 07:47 PM (g1DWB)
Our lack of love for the metric system and "futbol" is sooooo embarrassing for liberals.
Posted by: ElKomandante at June 03, 2015 07:48 PM (APQ2q)
Posted by: Cicero
Maybe we could just invent a new system and tell the rest of the world it'll prevent global warming. GET WITH IT REST OF THE WORLD
Posted by: Bruce at June 03, 2015 07:48 PM (8ikIW)
Yeah. Let's go metric.
Posted by: zombie at June 03, 2015 07:43 PM (jBuUi)
Actually, it was the only decent thing they did. But having said that, this proposal is ridiculous. We've got crushing debt, terrorists running buck wild overseas, Communists running buck wild here, 12% of the population and three-quarters of every city is pretty much a write-off, and this numbnuts is worried about the metric system??
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 07:48 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 03, 2015 07:48 PM (00MXy)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 03, 2015 07:48 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 07:48 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 03, 2015 07:48 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 03, 2015 07:48 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 03, 2015 07:49 PM (W5DcG)
And for some crazy reason, Chafee wants men to masturbate using only their left hand.
Posted by: Hepcat at June 03, 2015 07:47 PM (IeR2g)
that's because most people are right handed and it would be hard to do anything with a pregnant hand........jeez
Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 03, 2015 07:49 PM (0O7c5)
Talk about an unnecessary headache.
Yeah, this isn't a problem.
The real problem is a shitty economy, a subversion of our legal system, corruption in high places, renewed racism and a general sense that everything in our country is being destroyed before our very eyes by the people we send to DC to act in our place..
All brought on by Progressivism and this administration.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 03, 2015 07:49 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 03, 2015 07:43 PM (V70Uh)
You are absolutely right! 5 points plus bonus for you! ^..^(____)~~~
Posted by: Cheshirecat at June 03, 2015 07:49 PM (e8vZc)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 03, 2015 07:49 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Nick Gillespie at June 03, 2015 07:49 PM (LFZ1X)
Posted by: River Guide at June 03, 2015 07:49 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 03, 2015 07:50 PM (5AvFV)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 07:46 PM (LFZ1X)
How else are all the illegal aliens going to know how far it is to Atlanta?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 07:50 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 07:50 PM (Jm0fb)
10 sounds better than 6.
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 03, 2015 07:51 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich
It's a demotion from the Obits assignment.
Posted by: Aviator at June 03, 2015 07:51 PM (sQzB6)
Posted by: freaked at June 03, 2015 07:51 PM (JdEZJ)
And for some crazy reason, Chafee wants men to masturbate using only their left hand.
'Cause that's how they do it in Australia!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 07:51 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Grey Fox at June 03, 2015 07:51 PM (a42f0)
Posted by: Nick Gillespie at June 03, 2015 07:51 PM (LFZ1X)
Chafee is a typical leftist know-nothing totalitarian.
Let's fuck with something that doesn't need fucking with!
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 07:52 PM (7gCCJ)
You wanna fix the world? Get the Brits, Hong Kong, the Antipodes, etc. driving on the other side of the road. THAT would be useful.
Posted by: The Devoceleraptor at June 03, 2015 07:52 PM (o+SC1)
And this would fck with almost everything in our lives - maps, manufacturing, school curricula, even recipes and kitchen measures - EVERYTHING.
Could there be a more expensive, less useful way to fck with everyone's lives, everyone's business??!!???
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 07:52 PM (k2QA3)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 07:52 PM (LFZ1X)
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 07:52 PM (1QUkh)
Doesn't matter, women will still be bad at math.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 03, 2015 07:53 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 07:53 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 07:53 PM (LFZ1X)
Posted by: Aviator at June 03, 2015 07:53 PM (sQzB6)
Ive opened a business selling landmines disguised as Islamic prayer rugs.
Prophets are thru the roof.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 03, 2015 07:54 PM (sdPF/)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 03, 2015 07:54 PM (00MXy)
Um, yoohoo!!
Posted by: Obamacare at June 03, 2015 07:54 PM (8ZskC)
Seems both messy and even less precise than cups.
Posted by: nnptcgrad at June 03, 2015 07:54 PM (iF4ab)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at June 03, 2015 07:54 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: Noah at June 03, 2015 07:54 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at June 03, 2015 07:54 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: wth at June 03, 2015 07:54 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: Yakov Smirnoff at June 03, 2015 07:54 PM (tgnRB)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 07:52 PM (k2QA3)
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Please don't challenge them to improve.
Posted by: RioBravo at June 03, 2015 07:55 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: inch at June 03, 2015 07:55 PM (XIXZz)
Posted by: FireHorse at June 03, 2015 07:55 PM (8dNrT)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 03, 2015 07:48 PM (oVJmc)
It's kind of hard to call somebody out when you've been willowed.
Posted by: rickl at June 03, 2015 07:55 PM (sdi6R)
What's a cubit?
Posted by: Noah at June 03, 2015 07:54 PM (+jijM)
It's like a squarit, only more so.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 07:55 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: freaked at June 03, 2015 07:55 PM (JdEZJ)
What's one "artificial vagina" in Imperial units?
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2015 07:56 PM (jDqfn)
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at June 03, 2015 07:56 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 07:56 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 07:56 PM (LFZ1X)
Posted by: Aviator at June 03, 2015 07:56 PM (sQzB6)
Actually, weighing is supposed to be more precise. Lots of ingredients can have the same weight but different volumes.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 03, 2015 07:56 PM (10ydV)
Seriously.
The "English system" (as it's called -- it's actually a combination of several systems) is primarily based on either the human body, or everyday things we instictively understand.
A "foot" is -- get this -- the length of a human foot.
A "cup" is -- shock!!! -- the size of a container that fits in a human hand.
A "yard" is the length of a human step.
Divisors of 8ths, 12ths or 16ths are actually easier to quickly calculate that decimal divisors.
Etc. etc.
Everthign about the English system is "natural," and human-centric.
The metric system, by contrast, is based on completely artificial non-human scales, and the only reason that a "meter" is approximately one yard long is that the French purposely came up with a substitute length the same as a "yard" because otherwise no one would understand the system.
If we're going to get all scientific, it would make MUCH more sense to measure things in physical absolutes, like the speed of light, and not the absurd randomness at the root of the metric system.
So, for example, you should say that the liquor store is 0.0000000000236546725367 parsecs from your house. And that you just bought 10^72364.344662 molecular units of Val-U-Rite Vodka.
Posted by: zombie at June 03, 2015 07:56 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Some Scruffy Starship Pilot at June 03, 2015 07:56 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Nick Gillespie at June 03, 2015 07:56 PM (LFZ1X)
Posted by: RioBravo at June 03, 2015 07:57 PM (NUqwG)
Seriously, like not having the metric system is holding us back.
You, Lincoln Chafee are a grasping dumbass.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 03, 2015 07:57 PM (A98Xu)
anyway, back to my favorite topic; which hollywood gay ordered the hit on hastert?
Posted by: bjk at June 03, 2015 07:57 PM (x2rNW)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 03, 2015 07:57 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Ace Hates America at June 03, 2015 07:57 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 07:58 PM (LFZ1X)
Posted by: Fat German Guys at June 03, 2015 07:58 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Buzzion at June 03, 2015 07:58 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 07:58 PM (1QUkh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 07:58 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 03, 2015 07:58 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 03, 2015 07:58 PM (0O7c5)
Half Nice Clone
Laconic Elf Hen
Lone Fecal Chin
Neon Face Chill
Clean Chino Elf
Posted by: Hepcat at June 03, 2015 07:59 PM (IeR2g)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 03, 2015 07:59 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: Grey Fox at June 03, 2015 07:59 PM (a42f0)
In addition, the English system is more poetic than metric. Who wants to watch Green Hectares or walk 2 kilometers in another man's shoes?
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at June 03, 2015 07:59 PM (tgnRB)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 03, 2015 07:59 PM (0HooB)
A meter is what -- 1 millionth of a the length of a line drawn from the equator to the north pole, passing through Paris?
...
yeah, it's either just as arbitrary, or, as you say, more arbitrary.
I know why a yard's a yard, for example: It's a man's long pace.
That make sense. A yard equals a long step, as when you're measuring land.
A foot... is about equal to your foot.
Anyway, these measures, while arbitrary, were selected because they had some tangible relation to the sorts of measures people commonly did in real life.
a liter is... um, one tenth of a meter cubed. not ONE METER cubed, which, when you think about it, is what it should be. no, it's .1 m cubed... because they realized a meter cubed (a thousand liters!) was too huge an amount of liquid to set as the standard.
So the metric system tried to move closer to the dimensions of human understanding... but kind of did it half-assed.
Posted by: ace at June 03, 2015 08:00 PM (PA7DS)
Posted by: Skip at June 03, 2015 08:00 PM (ZW39H)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 08:00 PM (Jm0fb)
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The Europeans are just as phucked as we are!
Posted by: RioBravo at June 03, 2015 08:00 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Obamacare
Still think it would have a bigger impact, every industry would have to convert whatever measurements they use. Just think of what you would have to do yourself- car w/km odometer and speed in km/hour, new kitchen measures and cookbooks, property/room measurements updated, thermostat/oven update to centigrade, etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 08:01 PM (k2QA3)
From my experience living overseas, in my opinion--( gawd I hate being stuck on this phone)...
When you live overseas some people have an immediate inferiority complex in regards to America.
If you are American you are made to defend America, and when you smack the hell out of them they end up wimpering--
"Ya,but, but the metric system, we are superior!"
It comes from an inferiority complex.
Liberal Canadians might be particularly plagued by this because they are a bit like the little brother who has had to live in the shadow of his super hero older brother--Captain America.
Posted by: River Guide at June 03, 2015 08:01 PM (RJMhd)
Incidentally, I'm getting a kick out of Outlander.
For the first 4 episodes she kept yapping about how much she loves and misses her husband. By the 5th episode she's making googly-eyes to a young strapping Scot. By the 7th episode she marries him and gives him a BJ!
By the 10th episode all they do is sex each other -- she's naked almost all the time. (And if her new Scot lad husband isn't giving it to her, then a British captain is.) She's pretty much fucking and sucking everybody in the 1700's and having a great time.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 08:01 PM (7gCCJ)
Posted by: Smarter-Than-You Leftist at June 03, 2015 08:01 PM (2mJMN)
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 08:01 PM (1QUkh)
Posted by: Max Planck at June 03, 2015 08:01 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Hermocrates at June 03, 2015 08:01 PM (2Vi+8)
Posted by: just saying at June 03, 2015 08:01 PM (wkuqO)
measure things in physical absolutes, like the speed of light, and not
the absurd randomness at the root of the metric system.
Actually, the meter is now defined in terms of wavelengths of one of the atomic spectral lines of krypton that is used in Kr lasers, IIRC.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:02 PM (oKE6c)
Fahrenheit is based on typical extremes of the human temperature experience. It has much higher articulation for temperatures that people actual experience. It ranges from really fucking lethally cold to not quite as lethal but still pretty dangerously fucking hot.
Centigrade is based on two points that have dick fuck to do with one another. So water boils at 100 and freezes at zero? Who gives a fuck? Water is only relevant as far as it's the most common substance that humans interact with, and most humans don't experience 2/3rds of the 0-100C scale.
Meanwhile, science is typically conducted in numbers that fall well outside the human range of comfort, meaning the utility of one scale over the other is nonexistent.
Posted by: Funkotron at June 03, 2015 08:02 PM (c7rW1)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 08:02 PM (LFZ1X)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 08:02 PM (Jm0fb)
I'm starting to wonder if I'm the right audience for Outlander..
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 08:02 PM (7gCCJ)
You have no idea of the amount of problems that the metric system causes in machine shops.
And don't get me started on European blueprint standards...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 03, 2015 08:02 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 03, 2015 08:02 PM (4ucw8)
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Nekkid Twister.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 03, 2015 08:02 PM (uiVGU)
#TheMoreYouKnow #Science
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/606245872280735745
Posted by: kbdabear at June 03, 2015 08:02 PM (GrXXa)
If you follow recipes - teaspoons, tablespoons, cup, ounce, pint, gallon, etc.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 08:02 PM (k2QA3)
a bit like the little brother who has had to live in the shadow of his
super hero older brother--Captain America.
*swoon*
Posted by: Palin Steele at June 03, 2015 08:03 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 03, 2015 08:03 PM (29QAY)
Remember how many of those signs got peppered with buckshot?
Makes me happy just to think about it.
Posted by: Splunge at June 03, 2015 08:03 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: zombie at June 03, 2015 08:03 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: rickl at June 03, 2015 08:03 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: zombie
In addition, the English system is more poetic than metric. Who
wants to watch Green Hectares or walk 2 kilometers in another man's
shoes?
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at June 03, 2015 07:59 PM (tgnRB)
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Actually, it would be "walk 1.609344 kilometers in another man's shoes."
Posted by: Hepcat at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (IeR2g)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (4ucw8)
Posted by: Palin Steele at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (oVJmc)
I think it is less about being artificial and random (which I see your point), but about being base 10 ...which some would argue is just as artificial, BUT like the non-metric based measurements based upon body parts (feet, inches, hands), it is based upon the number of fingers/thumbs we humans typically have.
Posted by: dogfish at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (jWtyG)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (00MXy)
Posted by: L, Elle at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (QjxTy)
Posted by: Lickin Calfee at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (1QUkh)
Only Myanmar, Liberia and the United States aren't metric, and it will help our economy."
............................................
Well, Myanmar uses Burma-units and Liberians can't count so we're special.
Posted by: wth at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: Golfman at June 03, 2015 08:05 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 08:05 PM (7gCCJ)
Posted by: The Meter at June 03, 2015 08:05 PM (LFZ1X)
A foot... is about equal to your foot.
Yeah, but the English system is a nightmare for many other purposes. How many BTUs does it take to heat a cubic foot of water to 1 F?
Take the evening off and work that one out. Scientists generally love the metric system, because the corresponding calculation in the metric system can be performed mentally.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:05 PM (oKE6c)
Gun control for infidels sounds like a good idea?
http://cnn.it/1dNhZFu
Posted by: Tmitsss at June 03, 2015 08:06 PM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at June 03, 2015 08:06 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:06 PM (oKE6c)
Without even having read your post, it looks like we are in agreement on F v. C.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (4ucw
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Phuckers
Posted by: The Kelvins at June 03, 2015 08:06 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Golfman at June 03, 2015 08:06 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: Secretariat of State Kerry at June 03, 2015 08:06 PM (xsnUW)
Posted by: Buzzion at June 03, 2015 08:06 PM (z/Ubi)
Posted by: Peter North at June 03, 2015 08:06 PM (Dwehj)
You guys are reading my mind today. Stop it.
Seriously thought, same complaint regarding the metric system. newsflash, everyone who needs to use the metric system in the united states already uses the metric system in the united states. Where the metric system isn't used is where it doesn't really matter what system you use.
Morons like Lincoln Chafee wouldn't know that of course.
Posted by: PT Barnum at June 03, 2015 08:07 PM (/EkKm)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 03, 2015 08:07 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: The Who at June 03, 2015 08:07 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Tmitsss
The fox guarding the henhouse was unavailable for comment.
Posted by: This is CNN? at June 03, 2015 08:07 PM (tgnRB)
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/606233902135402496
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/605815842513653761
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/605463316153147392
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/605463055514910721
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/605462811003777024
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/605462569818705920
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/605402746582376448
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/605402540386217985
https://twitter.com/kbdabear/status/605401966819332096
Posted by: kbdabear at June 03, 2015 08:07 PM (GrXXa)
Because Mrs. Planck wasn't that impressed.
Posted by: Palin Steele at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (oVJmc)
I propose a new unit of length: the Viagra.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:07 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: eman at June 03, 2015 08:07 PM (6WYKh)
Posted by: Iblis at June 03, 2015 08:07 PM (9221z)
Posted by: Jay Guevar
Yeah, but that's only a back-formation, retroactively used to cover up for the fact that the measurement was arbitrarily devised in the first place.
One could just as easily -- and more sensibly -- back-derive a human-centric measurement (such as a foot) in terms of wavelengths. At least that would still make sense to the human mind. And it would have the exact same amount of "scientific absolutism" as the metric back-derivation.
Posted by: zombie at June 03, 2015 08:07 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Achmed at June 03, 2015 08:07 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: PT Barnum at June 03, 2015 08:08 PM (/EkKm)
Posted by: Marlee Matlin at June 03, 2015 08:08 PM (zbYR/)
Posted by: Base16 at June 03, 2015 08:08 PM (LFZ1X)
Posted by: Golfman at June 03, 2015 08:08 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: NASA at June 03, 2015 08:08 PM (wkuqO)
Tsk tsk, Mr. Chafee. you really don't want us engineers to get mad.
Posted by: wth at June 03, 2015 08:08 PM (wAQA5)
I always thought that when Canadians talked about "liters/100km" they were referring to the rate of consumption of alcohol while roadtripping.
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2015 08:08 PM (jDqfn)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 08:08 PM (k2QA3)
Don't give the any ideas. The French Revolutionaries tried that, but it didn't take. I don't want them trying again.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 03, 2015 08:08 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: Ace Hates America at June 03, 2015 07:55 PM
________
I take it that Hates - your grandfather, perhaps your great-grandfather - was an important member of family. I admire that you honor him by including your middle name when you identify yourself.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 03, 2015 08:08 PM (8dNrT)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 08:08 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 03, 2015 08:09 PM (00MXy)
Posted by: Splunge at June 03, 2015 08:09 PM (qyomX)
Moar science.
With that I'll beckon Golflady.
Posted by: Golfman at June 03, 2015 08:09 PM (48QDY)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 03, 2015 08:09 PM (F0Cog)
Posted by: PT Barnum at June 03, 2015 08:09 PM (/EkKm)
I don't care either way. In my part of Canada, a person's weight is still measured in pounds at the doctor's office and the imperial system is routinely used in many ways - ex. recipes.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 03, 2015 08:09 PM (AC0lD)
I think we are even at the point were other Americans want to retreat from that position--the problem is I doubt that most Americans would want to live in an America that is not the envy of the world.
It can never be reduced to that because corrupt despots the world over will continue to use America as a scapegoat and distraction for their failure to improve the conditions of their citizens. Unfortunately we will always be the target of terrorists--there is not much we can do to change that, at best-we can only manage it. That situation is not going to change in our lifetimes.
Posted by: River Guide at June 03, 2015 08:10 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 08:10 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Bergerbilder at June 03, 2015 08:10 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 03, 2015 08:10 PM (xSCb6)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 03, 2015 08:10 PM (PL4+Q)
Posted by: rickl
(1 / L/100km) x (62.131 mi/1 100km) x (3.785 L/G) = MPG
Give or take.
Posted by: dogfish at June 03, 2015 08:10 PM (jWtyG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 03, 2015 08:10 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Lincoln Chaffee, "A Lincoln, Not A Ford" at June 03, 2015 08:11 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 03, 2015 08:04 PM (00MXy)
The reason was that it was possible to reproduce the length exactly anywhere in the world, without reference to a physical standard (which used to be an iridium bar in Paris with two engraved lines on it).
With the wavelength standard the distance is now a function of counting wavelengths of an extremely well-defined frequency of light, i.e., moving from a continuous to a discrete measure.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:11 PM (oKE6c)
What's your point?
Posted by: Nisal Hassan at June 03, 2015 08:11 PM (k2QA3)
Posted by: Splunge at June 03, 2015 08:11 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 08:11 PM (LFZ1X)
Posted by: Albert Einstein at June 03, 2015 08:11 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: The gazers at June 03, 2015 08:11 PM (NUqwG)
The Stanley Cup is named in honor of my white mother, Stanley Dunham.
She was known to throw a great puck.
Bamster
Posted by: seamrog at June 03, 2015 08:12 PM (ilmTe)
What about the Brits? They still have pints, don't they? Or do they now
say "Let's head down to the pub for 0.568 liters of ale?"
Posted by: Splunge at June 03, 2015 08:09 PM (qyomX)
Fairly sure they still occasionally wander into weighing things by "stone," as well.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at June 03, 2015 08:12 PM (yxw0r)
Posted by: Splunge
The EU tried outlawing pint glasses and making pubs serve .5 litres of beer. Popular uprising quashed that quick.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at June 03, 2015 08:12 PM (tgnRB)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 03, 2015 08:12 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Willis Hawley at June 03, 2015 08:12 PM (zbYR/)
Posted by: Measurement Conservatism is evil at June 03, 2015 08:12 PM (F1Z8f)
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 08:12 PM (1QUkh)
Why does one cause angsty people to have a nervous breakdown but the other doesn't?
We could just keep using miles and liters, Farenheit and millimeters, and not freak out about it.
Let the Europeans demand everything be metric because no one over there can divide by anything but 10 without a calculator.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 03, 2015 08:12 PM (bLnSU)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at June 03, 2015 08:12 PM (ZfqnD)
Take the evening off and work that one out. Scientists generally love the metric system, because the corresponding calculation in the metric system can be performed mentally.
Posted by: Jay Guevara
Ding ding ding!
Exactly! You proved my point.
There is no need for scientists to use the same systems as everyday people.
Let scientists use the system they want. Let average people use the system they want. There need not be a conflict.
Posted by: zombie at June 03, 2015 08:13 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Base16 at June 03, 2015 08:08 PM (LFZ1X)
001011001111000111010101110000.
Also, 100110111011.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:13 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 03, 2015 08:13 PM (oFCZn)
Let scientists use the system they want. Let average people use the system they want. There need not be a conflict.
Posted by: zombie at June 03, 2015 08:13 PM (jBuUi)
I agree!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:13 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 03, 2015 08:13 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: River Guide at June 03, 2015 08:13 PM (RJMhd)
he thought it was un-scientific that barrels of oil were sold in, well, barrels, which equaled (no idea, just a guess) something like 212.5 liters.
His idea? Buy new smaller barrels that would be 100 liters in size. MOAR SCIENTIFIC!!!
You see what's going on here? he's taking the metric system to be a mathophobe's paradise -- he wants to change everything so that he doesn't have to hurt his brain doing trivial math.
and in industries he doesn't even work in.
and he wants to then call this mathophobic impulse "Science."
Posted by: ace at June 03, 2015 08:13 PM (PA7DS)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 03, 2015 08:14 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 03, 2015 08:14 PM (F0Cog)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 08:11 PM (LFZ1X)
Well we've got fuck-tons.
Posted by: Iblis at June 03, 2015 08:14 PM (9221z)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 03, 2015 08:13 PM
Give the man some credit. He finally figured out which party he belongs to.
Posted by: Splunge at June 03, 2015 08:14 PM (qyomX)
Fuck, how come *I* never thought of that excuse?!
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 03, 2015 08:15 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Chris M at June 03, 2015 08:15 PM (6RZos)
By the way, in times of serious trouble this is exactly what happens. People begin to focus on the trivial, like Bruce Jenner's sex, and the metric system, and ignore the impotent, like, I dunno, ISIS, unrestricted immigration, and the deficit. It is really scary when elites stop talking about real problems and focusing on trivialities because 1) It means they think the problems are hopeless and unsolvable 2) they are trying to distract you from their own massive failures. 3) They are okay with terrible things that will ruin the lives of most people. They themselves are not threatened, unless of course you realize they had a hand in making this stuff happen. So they spend their time hiding.
Tell you what, my pick for president is the first candidate, when asked about Bruce Jenner or the metric system, says "who gives a fuck?"
Posted by: PT Barnum at June 03, 2015 08:15 PM (/EkKm)
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 08:15 PM (1QUkh)
Posted by: Lea at June 03, 2015 08:15 PM (vmMMi)
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at June 03, 2015 08:12 PM (yxw0r)
I say.... we often use that unit of measurement...
but the standard is.... is she Heavier than Emma Stone?
Does she weigh TWO Stones.... which makes her a rather large Woman...
Posted by: Some Brit Guy... in a pub... at June 03, 2015 08:15 PM (qh617)
Posted by: River Guide at June 03, 2015 08:15 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at June 03, 2015 08:12 PM (yxw0r
Just people. "How much do you weigh?" "Oh, about 12 stone." "Oh." (said while multiplying by 14).
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:16 PM (oKE6c)
No, I'm pretty sure what disqualifies him is that he is a world class assclown. If this is all you know of Lincoln Chafee then you are in for a treat over the next few weeks until he implodes.
He's pretty close to bug fuck nuts.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 03, 2015 08:16 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at June 03, 2015 08:16 PM (ZfqnD)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 08:16 PM (LFZ1X)
And he's not the one who has to buy new barrels.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 08:16 PM (k2QA3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 03, 2015 08:14 PM (W5DcG)
I have big hands so there are only small horses.
Posted by: NASA at June 03, 2015 08:16 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 03, 2015 08:16 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 03, 2015 08:17 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: fixerupper at June 03, 2015 08:17 PM (NHQQx)
Posted by: Mr. Foo Foo at June 03, 2015 08:17 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: The Imperial Hat at June 03, 2015 08:17 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: The .9144MeterBirds at June 03, 2015 08:17 PM (JdEZJ)
Drinkin' a beer, sitting outside on a nice cool eve in Ohio. Mosquitos haven't hatched yet, so there's that. Kids last day of school today.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 03, 2015 08:17 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:17 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: The Decahat at June 03, 2015 08:18 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:18 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 03, 2015 08:18 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Lincoln Chaffee, "A Lincoln, Not A Ford" at June 03, 2015 08:11 PM
________
A Lincoln, not a Ford - indeed, you're not.
But both were presidents - and cars, as well.
To hear a speech in verse would hit the spot;
But poetry's not metric! What the hell?
Posted by: FireHorse at June 03, 2015 08:18 PM (8dNrT)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 03, 2015 08:10 PM (xSCb6)
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Good fricken point. Shit, American lefties would crap their pants if we had Mexican immigration policy.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 03, 2015 08:18 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: tu3031 at June 03, 2015 08:18 PM (EDYaR)
Take the evening off and work that one out. Scientists generally love the metric system, because the corresponding calculation in the metric system can be performed mentally.
...
this is the sort of thng a non-scientist says, as if science consisted chiefly of knowing third-grade level conversions.
incidentally, while the joule is defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram by one degree Centrigrade -- who the fuck cares?
Do you realize that that this is the ONLY simple thing about the joule? This boiling-water question? All other joule-related calculations involve uneven numbers!!!
How many joules are contained in 300 grams of beef? I'll tell you one thing, it's not "1" or "100" or some base-10 conforming number.
It's like you think scientists spend most of their time heating one gram of water by one degree.
And, in fact, scientists frequently use the calorie for these purposes -- even though it's not SI.
Posted by: ace at June 03, 2015 08:18 PM (PA7DS)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 03, 2015 08:18 PM (F0Cog)
What is the problem?
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 08:18 PM (1QUkh)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:18 PM (zOTsN)
Lies are the currency of Obama's America.
Posted by: Iblis at June 03, 2015 08:19 PM (9221z)
Why does one cause angsty people to have a nervous breakdown but the other doesn't?
I'm pretty sure they'd have us all speaking Esperanto if they could.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 03, 2015 08:19 PM (10ydV)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 08:19 PM (LFZ1X)
and in industries he doesn't even work in.
and he wants to then call this mathophobic impulse "Science."
Posted by: ace
By Jove, I think you've unearthed the psychological roots of Metric-philia!
Posted by: zombie at June 03, 2015 08:19 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: River Guide at June 03, 2015 08:19 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:17 PM (oKE6c)
Well.... its worked Sooooo well for their measurement of the economy....
Posted by: BB Wolf at June 03, 2015 08:19 PM (qh617)
in Ohio. Mosquitos haven't hatched yet, so there's that. Kids last day
of school today.
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 03, 2015 08:17 PM (7RXcs)
*******
Oo-rah.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at June 03, 2015 08:19 PM (yxw0r)
Posted by: ace at June 03, 2015 08:18 PM (PA7DS)
That's what Grad students are for...
Posted by: The Doctoral hat at June 03, 2015 08:20 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: Bill Nye the Science! guy at June 03, 2015 08:20 PM (tgnRB)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 03, 2015 08:20 PM (P2NCJ)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:21 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Charlene at June 03, 2015 08:21 PM (YB89a)
Posted by: MaxMBJ at June 03, 2015 08:21 PM (Uq9ly)
Posted by: AmishDude at June 03, 2015 08:21 PM (WmQFZ)
Posted by: simplemind at June 03, 2015 08:21 PM (BTnAK)
Posted by: River Guide at June 03, 2015 08:21 PM (RJMhd)
A few years ago, when I did roadway design, one of our customers (City of Jacksonville) demanded that we base our design on The Metric System. So, we did. When we bid the contract (in Metric 'Merican Dollars) all the contractors wanted to know was, "Is a 6"HDPE pipe the same as 152mm?"
Needless to say, all the time we spent converting and designing stuff was a freaking waste of time and money.
Posted by: Pecan Scandi at June 03, 2015 08:22 PM (oVOJz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 03, 2015 08:22 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 03, 2015 08:22 PM (10ydV)
It would cost billions...
Woo hoo! That'll improve the economy bunches!
Posted by: Thomas Friedman at June 03, 2015 08:22 PM (0xTsz)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 03, 2015 08:22 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at June 03, 2015 08:22 PM (0HooB)
________
They used to, but people got tired of ordering a metric tonne of this or that and getting shipments of magnesium.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 03, 2015 08:22 PM (8dNrT)
Posted by: Franz Liszt at June 03, 2015 08:22 PM (zbYR/)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:23 PM (zOTsN)
It's like you think scientists spend most of their time heating one gram of water by one degree.
And, in fact, scientists frequently use the calorie for these purposes -- even though it's not SI.
Posted by: ace at June 03, 2015 08:18 PM (PA7DS)
Ace, you do know I AM a scientist, right?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:23 PM (oKE6c)
Because Europe is so much cooler then us.
They want to play-- follow the litre.
Posted by: seamrog at June 03, 2015 08:23 PM (ilmTe)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:23 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 08:23 PM (LFZ1X)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 03, 2015 08:23 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Splunge at June 03, 2015 08:24 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Abraham Simpson at June 03, 2015 08:24 PM (7YlUk)
Posted by: zombie at June 03, 2015 08:24 PM (jBuUi)
https://screen.yahoo.com/dan-aykroyd-metric-alphabet-050000965.html
Posted by: MaxMBJ at June 03, 2015 08:24 PM (Uq9ly)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:23 PM (zOTsN)
No way! Imperial fuck ton or nuthin!
Posted by: Iblis at June 03, 2015 08:24 PM (9221z)
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 03, 2015 08:24 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: That Guy at June 03, 2015 08:25 PM (Dwehj)
Put it into "Q", Grump928(C), we're coming up to Dead Ewok's Hill!
Posted by: andycanuck at June 03, 2015 08:25 PM (kivUY)
It would cost billions...
Every road sign for speed limit or destination (e.g. 64 Miles to Boston).
Every roadmap.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 08:25 PM (k2QA3)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 03, 2015 08:25 PM (V70Uh)
https://screen.yahoo.com/dan-aykroyd-metric-alphabet-050000965.html
Posted by: MaxMBJ at June 03, 2015 08:25 PM (Uq9ly)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:25 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: just saying at June 03, 2015 08:26 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 03, 2015 08:26 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 03, 2015 08:26 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 03, 2015 08:26 PM (7RXcs)
263 Technically, the Celsius scale is not strictly a unit of measurement in the Metric System. The unit of temperature in the Metric System is the Kelvin.
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 03, 2015 08:16 PM (7YlUk)
No. Celsius is metric. Kelvin is an SI unit.
Posted by: Buzzion at June 03, 2015 08:26 PM (z/Ubi)
Every hiking trail sign (trailhead) and hiking map on state and national parks.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 08:26 PM (k2QA3)
Posted by: tu3031 at June 03, 2015 08:26 PM (EDYaR)
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 03, 2015 08:26 PM (0FSuD)
He has no stones...
Now... Michelle on the other paw....
Posted by: BB Wolf at June 03, 2015 08:26 PM (qh617)
Posted by: That Guy at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: logprof at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Celsius at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (F1Z8f)
Incidentally, while the joule is defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram by one degree Centrigrade -- who the fuck cares?
Ace, you're confusing joules with calories.
Posted by: bergerbilder at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: The .9144MeterBirds at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: logprof at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: tu3031 at June 03, 2015 08:26 PM (EDYaR)
Nah, because they want to be able to move the fences to accommodate their hitters
Posted by: Iblis at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (9221z)
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (jDqfn)
306 Because Europe is so much cooler then us.
Global warming will fix that.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:25 PM (oKE6c)
**************
We're already on it.
Posted by: "Youths" of non-diclosed religious background burning cars at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (yxw0r)
Posted by: jmt at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (I8vjj)
Posted by: jmt at June 03, 2015 08:28 PM (I8vjj)
You can find short or long, hot or cold
By counting up ten
Move the decimal, then
Rant about it until it's just old.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at June 03, 2015 08:28 PM (m9V0o)
Global warming will fix that.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:25 PM (oKE6c)
No... I will take care of it...
Posted by: The coming Ice age at June 03, 2015 08:28 PM (qh617)
Don't care much for her music but what a rack.
Posted by: That Guy
****
Not anymore. Reduction.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 03, 2015 08:28 PM (F0Cog)
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (jDqfn)
It's 10 Figs, isn't it?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:28 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: The .9144MeterBirds at June 03, 2015 08:28 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: logprof at June 03, 2015 08:28 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: ace at June 03, 2015 08:29 PM (PA7DS)
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (jDqfn)
Hey.... come on... my beer is like... 42 fig newtons high!
Posted by: The coming Ice age at June 03, 2015 08:29 PM (qh617)
Posted by: That Guy at June 03, 2015 08:29 PM (Dwehj)
Yep, Jenner all the time when the Iran Deal is going down.
We might well look back and wish we at least called our Congressman.
My dad's last job was as a "war planner" every argument the liberals had against SDI over time has been proven dangerously wrong--yet they are now in power and in the lead dealing with Iran.
We all are Nero.
Posted by: River Guide at June 03, 2015 08:29 PM (RJMhd)
I am old enough that when I was taught the Metric System, "Centigrade" was the term, not "Celsius." When I use the word "Centigrade", my know-it-all children correct me.
Should I disown the whole lot of them?
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 03, 2015 08:30 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: John Kelvin at June 03, 2015 08:30 PM (F1Z8f)
Now... Michelle on the other paw....
Posted by: BB Wolf at June 03, 2015 08:26 PM (qh617)
No, he's just stoned. Or should be. At some point.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 03, 2015 08:30 PM (+YMhA)
What's the unit of measure for that? A clusterfuck?
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:30 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: The .9144MeterBirds at June 03, 2015 08:30 PM (JdEZJ)
It's equal to one thing until it decides it wants to be equal to something else.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 03, 2015 08:31 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (jDqfn)<<<
My waistline just grew by 12 Newtons.
... mmmmmmmm... apple.
Posted by: hungry Moron at June 03, 2015 08:31 PM (xsnUW)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 03, 2015 08:31 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (jDqfn)
-------
How would you like your ergs cooked?
Posted by: The gazers at June 03, 2015 08:31 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: POTUS Choad-Load at June 03, 2015 08:31 PM (Mw9or)
Or just batshit crazy in need of reassignment to an asylum?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 03, 2015 08:31 PM (+YMhA)
That's Shelbyville Talk! Smack 'em a few times with your onion.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 08:31 PM (LFZ1X)
>>HOCKEY'S ON
So how long would each period be in the metric system?
And how would the scoring work?
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 03, 2015 08:31 PM (0xTsz)
Posted by: Jen Psocki at June 03, 2015 08:31 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: The .9144MeterBirds at June 03, 2015 08:30 PM (JdEZJ)
If they're stacked, they're more likely to get laid end to end.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:31 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, by the Pale Moon light at June 03, 2015 08:32 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:32 PM (zOTsN)
Every road sign for speed limit or destination (e.g. 64 Miles to Boston).
Broken window economics!!!
Posted by: Thomas Friedman, Economic Genius at June 03, 2015 08:32 PM (8ZskC)
Sleeping in your car in Ocean Beach has a way of grounding you.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 03, 2015 08:32 PM (V70Uh)
My BIL recently said "I love Europe!" and I thought, "he just said nothing."
They often say nothing.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 03, 2015 08:32 PM (qCMvj)
Posted by: River Guide at June 03, 2015 08:32 PM (RJMhd)
IIRC, some of Obama's law school classmates created an Obama scale to measure pontificating in class. He was the standard by which all others were measured because he did it so dang often.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 08:32 PM (k2QA3)
Posted by: KGB at June 03, 2015 08:32 PM (O1IOl)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 03, 2015 08:32 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at June 03, 2015 08:33 PM (V70Uh)
Can't we at least swap them for another American traitor?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 03, 2015 08:33 PM (8ZskC)
The original Edison carbon filament light bulb will last more than a hundred years. Why can't we make modern light bulbs like that.
http://www.centennialbulb.org/
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 08:33 PM (1QUkh)
Yeah, he looks like one of those old rich guys that still thinks he's a fuckin hippie. Like Kerry or Fast Eddie Markey.
Posted by: tu3031 at June 03, 2015 08:33 PM (EDYaR)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 08:32 PM (k2QA3)
WTF? someone remembers him?
Posted by: just saying at June 03, 2015 08:33 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:33 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: seamrog at June 03, 2015 08:33 PM (ilmTe)
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Indestructible at June 03, 2015 08:34 PM (tgnRB)
i prefer the SI measurement of a Nilla.
Posted by: ace at June 03, 2015 08:34 PM (PA7DS)
Posted by: puddleglum not at work at June 03, 2015 08:34 PM (ZfqnD)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:30 PM (zOTsN)
The first time my husband met my three sisters and my mom, he referred to the occasion as a flustercluck. He was not far wrong.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 03, 2015 08:34 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: ThunderB
****
Turns a positive six to a negative six.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 03, 2015 08:35 PM (F0Cog)
The go ahead run is at the plate and the tying run is 27.432 meters away.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 03, 2015 08:35 PM (NHQQx)
Posted by: Robinson at June 03, 2015 08:35 PM (+1K+6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 03, 2015 08:33 PM (8ZskC)
We're spoilt for choice on that one.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:35 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: River Guide at June 03, 2015 08:35 PM (RJMhd)
of a fig cookie to the other, which, in my estimation, is approximately
two bites. YMMV.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 03, 2015 08:32 PM (+YMhA)<<<
It's not a cookie... it's fruit and cake!
Posted by: the old Fig Newton commercial at June 03, 2015 08:36 PM (xsnUW)
We should be more like them?
Riiiiight.
Posted by: shibumi who is awash in existential dread at June 03, 2015 08:36 PM (ve5uE)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 03, 2015 08:36 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: The Alyuminium Falcon at June 03, 2015 08:36 PM (zbYR/)
Posted by: FireHorse at June 03, 2015 08:37 PM (8dNrT)
No we are all stockpiling supplies and waiting for the preliminaries to finish so we can get to the main event.
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 08:37 PM (1QUkh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 08:37 PM (Jm0fb)
So, what you're saying is that it doesn't take a fucking genius to learn that 90 degrees is hot, either.
Posted by: t-bird at June 03, 2015 08:37 PM (FcR7P)
Yeah, that'll go over well.
BTW, a 2x4 is 1-1/2" x 3-1/2", minus approximately 1/32" each direction.
1/32" is also known in the trade as a "skosh".
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 03, 2015 08:38 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: Nip Sip at June 03, 2015 08:38 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: dogfish at June 03, 2015 08:38 PM (jWtyG)
Posted by: seamrog at June 03, 2015 08:39 PM (ilmTe)
If men naturally had two dicks, would we have gone with a binary number system. I think so.
Posted by: dogfish
Or base 12.
Posted by: Aviator at June 03, 2015 08:39 PM (sQzB6)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:39 PM (zOTsN)
A "Jenner" is when you subtract 6 inches
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:32 PM (zOTsN)
Nice.
But has he actually removed the member yet?
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at June 03, 2015 08:39 PM (yxw0r)
Posted by: RKae at June 03, 2015 08:39 PM (kgaRZ)
Posted by: dogfish at June 03, 2015 08:38 PM (jWtyG)
I think that the big head plus the little head are probably sufficient to most tasks. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 03, 2015 08:39 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 03, 2015 08:40 PM (7RXcs)
We should be more like them?
Riiiiight.
Posted by: shibumi who is awash in existential dread at June 03, 2015 08:36 PM (ve5uE)
Europe is no better than here; far from it. Liberals always impute God-like wisdom and sophistication to Europeans, but they've got their dirtbags, assorted shitheads, and ne'er-do-wells, and everything else, just like we do. I lived there for many years, and starstruck visiting Americans were my cross to bear.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:40 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:40 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at June 03, 2015 08:40 PM (Dwehj)
Units aren't a status symbol. They are just a tool of convenience.
If it's *inconvenient* to switch units, then don't do it!
It's just Europhile signaling, yeah.
Posted by: chemjeff at June 03, 2015 08:40 PM (2XMpf)
No we are all stockpiling supplies and waiting for the preliminaries to finish so we can get to the main event.
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie
Somebody get that man a ceegar!
Posted by: inch at June 03, 2015 08:41 PM (XIXZz)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 03, 2015 08:41 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: DaveA at June 03, 2015 08:41 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Raul Johnson at June 03, 2015 08:41 PM (MiBr0)
Did he announce that he wants to empty Gitmo, or is this just an impression you got?
I just figured they'd do it slowly and then say, Well, lookee here, it's empty! Since we're not using it let's give it to Cuba."
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 08:42 PM (k2QA3)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at June 03, 2015 08:40 PM (Dwehj)
No, sweetie, that's a shag. And you are a mattress-backed skank. But, enough about you.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 03, 2015 08:42 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: Shoey at June 03, 2015 08:42 PM (vA94g)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 03, 2015 08:42 PM (NTOCU)
Posted by: seamrog at June 03, 2015 08:43 PM (ilmTe)
Converting a pound force to a pound mass is a bitch.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at June 03, 2015 08:43 PM (NaeCR)
Posted by: AstroBevo at June 03, 2015 08:43 PM (I2gXY)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 03, 2015 08:41 PM (+YMhA)
Prolly a lot smarter than we. They have us paying for most of their defense, one way tariffs and selling us they are kinder and nicer.
Posted by: just saying at June 03, 2015 08:43 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:43 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 03, 2015 08:43 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 08:43 PM (7gCCJ)
Posted by: NYC Parent at June 03, 2015 08:44 PM (0Dt3l)
________
Like what Ace does when he embeds Eurovision videos.
Posted by: FireHorse at June 03, 2015 08:44 PM (8dNrT)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 03, 2015 08:44 PM (KUa85)
Posted by: Russell Brand at June 03, 2015 08:44 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 08:45 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: NYC Parent at June 03, 2015 08:45 PM (0Dt3l)
Metric is silly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 03, 2015 08:45 PM (+YMhA)
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 03, 2015 08:45 PM (0xTsz)
Posted by: NYC Parent
****
Gay hamsters are being persecuted and need protection via millions of taxpayer dollars.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 03, 2015 08:45 PM (F0Cog)
I think Phil Hartman did the Kirk Douglas character and he kept repeating "20,000 leagues under the sea" and another character kept arguing with the inaccuracy of the statement because a league was a measure of distance not depth.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 08:46 PM (7gCCJ)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale
H8R
Posted by: Richard Gere at June 03, 2015 08:47 PM (tgnRB)
Posted by: NYC Parent at June 03, 2015 08:44 PM (0Dt3l)
Well said.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 03, 2015 08:47 PM (oKE6c)
Bad choices by our ancestors ?
Must have had some reason to leave.
Posted by: seamrog at June 03, 2015 08:47 PM (ilmTe)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale
H8R
Posted by: Richard Gere
****
Rodent oppressor!!!
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 03, 2015 08:48 PM (F0Cog)
Hey baby. You think you're ready for a BILLION angstroms of manhood?
Posted by: Russell Brand at June 03, 2015 08:44 PM (qyomX)
ha. that's almost as impressive as being able to bench-press 10 trillion yoctonewtons
Posted by: chemjeff at June 03, 2015 08:48 PM (2XMpf)
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 03, 2015 08:48 PM (0xTsz)
Posted by: mugiwara at June 03, 2015 08:49 PM (3a584)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at June 03, 2015 08:49 PM (NaeCR)
Posted by: just saying at June 03, 2015 08:49 PM (wkuqO)
ha. that's almost as impressive as being able to bench-press 10 trillion yoctonewtons
Posted by: chemjeff
****
Yokonewtons?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 03, 2015 08:49 PM (F0Cog)
After this, the Left will want to change the dollar, or switch to a north american currency.
The bullshit will never stop.
Change. Change. Change. Constant changes to make sure you know who's in charge.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 08:51 PM (7gCCJ)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 03, 2015 08:49 PM (F0Cog)
no no, "yoctonewton"
a Yokonewton is the ear-splitting force that you feel in your eardrum when you listen to a Yoko Ono tune
Posted by: chemjeff at June 03, 2015 08:51 PM (2XMpf)
they already want to get rid of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill
Posted by: chemjeff at June 03, 2015 08:51 PM (2XMpf)
How about a kilafoot instead of a mile?
How about we use thenths instead of inches (whose idea was it to divide by 12? retarded)
How about we stop using those goddamn fractions of inches (or tenths) and just use decimal instead?
And for God's sake, can we please just use decimal instead of minutes for angles? Why 60?
Posted by: bernverdnardo at June 03, 2015 08:52 PM (WhfU/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 08:53 PM (Jm0fb)
Oh sure. Legalize drugs but at the same time make it impossible to buy an ounce of marijuana.
Posted by: despair at June 03, 2015 08:53 PM (J6suc)
Actually it's so arbitrary they changed it again.
It's based on the radius of a Xenon atom now I believe.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) rogue bioethicst at June 03, 2015 08:53 PM (s92xH)
And she received it with the grace and forgiveness you would expect:
This is not about a can of soda. I was really hoping that after speaking
with me they would have publicly acknowledged their lack of consistency
in following procedure, the flight attendant's rude and discriminatory
behavior and accusations which led to hateful words, and the unfortunate
lack of bystander intervention nor the flight attendants attempt to
intervene and prevent further disrespect which created an unsafe space
for me. Instead of publishing an apology for the discrimination and
clarifying what corrective measures they will take to ensure that they
will prevent this from reoccurring, they have dismissed it as a mere can
of soda issue.
My favorite part is that she is pissed her fellow passengers did not intervene on her behalf for not being treated respectfully. WTF, lady, we are not obligated to jump in when a fellow consumer has a service complaint with a business.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 03, 2015 08:54 PM (k2QA3)
Posted by: Splunge at June 03, 2015 08:54 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Ralph at June 03, 2015 08:54 PM (YB89a)
Posted by: Old Hob at June 03, 2015 08:54 PM (FFIoe)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 08:54 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Just spit-balling here at June 03, 2015 08:55 PM (D0Tns)
There was a photo of Barack Obama with the message ...
Does this ass make my car look big ?
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at June 03, 2015 08:55 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: despair
****
THE MAN is downright devious.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at June 03, 2015 08:55 PM (F0Cog)
Posted by: bernverdnardo at June 03, 2015 08:52 PM (WhfU/)
You wanna be with the Real Science, you measure your angles in Radians, son. Now where's my pi?
Posted by: mugiwara at June 03, 2015 08:55 PM (3a584)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 03, 2015 08:55 PM (2XMpf)
and for our convenience.
but mostly controlz
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 03, 2015 08:55 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) rogue bioethicst at June 03, 2015 08:53 PM (s92xH
I have my trusty tape here and i can barely make out the xeonon atom. Now i have to measure 1/2 of it?
Posted by: just saying at June 03, 2015 08:55 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: chemjeff at June 03, 2015 08:51 PM (2XMpf)
how many Yokonewtons equal Bjorkinewton?
Posted by: Shoey at June 03, 2015 08:56 PM (vA94g)
That in itself is nothing (I have bought many edged things there) but then he followed it up with texts to his imam about he was going after "the guys in blue".
What a genius.
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at June 03, 2015 08:56 PM (JgC5a)
Apparetnly it change again and is now a static number in terms of the speed of light in a vacuum.
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) rogue bioethicst at June 03, 2015 08:56 PM (s92xH)
It's a scientific measurement of the force of a punch to the face of an obnoxious artistic poseur.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 03, 2015 08:56 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Cruzinator at June 03, 2015 08:56 PM (XX9+E)
Do that again, and you'll find my FOOT up your ass.
The Marine sniper had to slowly INCH his way through the bamboo.
I'm sitting in my back YARD.
Go POUND sand up your ass.
(somethings lost in translation?)
Posted by: seamrog at June 03, 2015 08:57 PM (ilmTe)
Which krypton atom? Bet it's white, and male, and cis.
Posted by: Brianna Wu at June 03, 2015 08:57 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Just spit-balling here at June 03, 2015 08:57 PM (D0Tns)
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 08:58 PM (9Pu8D)
English system: Sam Maloof, Gustav Stickley, Charles Eames, Green & Green, James Krenov
Metric system: Ikea
Posted by: Average Guy at June 03, 2015 08:58 PM (00r5e)
It does not work the way the human mind works. People do not divide things into tenths naturally.
Now, if you want to talk about a Base 8 system of numbering and measurement, I am all ears. If we really wanted to improve the human race, we would dock the pinky fingers of babies and teach them inn Base 8 from the git go.
The only reason we work in Base 10 is because of the 10 fingers. If humans were naturally born with 8 fingers, we would have flying cars and colonies on Mars by now...
Posted by: Haiku Guy at June 03, 2015 08:58 PM (yTZor)
Timothy the Mouse sent to the minors.
Posted by: ESPCN at June 03, 2015 08:58 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Penny at June 03, 2015 08:58 PM (kivUY)
The vagina inspired weaponry will be designed, not to penetrate and kill, but to envelop and protect until true dialogue can begin.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 03, 2015 08:58 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 08:58 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 03, 2015 08:59 PM (IFOXz)
Some of them have teeth. Trust me on this one.
Posted by: Huma Abedin at June 03, 2015 09:00 PM (qyomX)
Wait, Elon Musk is a real name of a real person??
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 09:00 PM (7gCCJ)
Posted by: Weasel at June 03, 2015 09:00 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 03, 2015 09:00 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: eleven at June 03, 2015 09:00 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Butt-Head at June 03, 2015 09:00 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: eleven at June 03, 2015 09:01 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Just spit-balling here at June 03, 2015 09:01 PM (D0Tns)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 03, 2015 09:01 PM (IFOXz)
Posted by: Meggie Mac at June 03, 2015 09:01 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: eleven at June 03, 2015 09:02 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Kris Kardashian at June 03, 2015 09:02 PM (D0Tns)
Posted by: Splunge at June 03, 2015 09:02 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 03, 2015 08:59 PM (IFOXz)
whew! and I thought the answer would be hard to understand... I shoulda thoughta that myself.
Posted by: Shoey at June 03, 2015 09:02 PM (vA94g)
Posted by: concealedkerry or submitt at June 03, 2015 09:03 PM (kHv/o)
Posted by: Weasel at June 03, 2015 09:04 PM (e3bId)
>>Go POUND sand up your ass.
But that's not actually...
I mean you aren't really weighing the sand that...
Ah, I need a drink.
Pass me the metric shot glass...
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 03, 2015 09:04 PM (0xTsz)
Or maybe that's the sound of their scary guns.
Posted by: pansyass at June 03, 2015 09:05 PM (ilmTe)
Posted by: Just spit-balling here at June 03, 2015 09:05 PM (D0Tns)
Posted by: John Kelvin at June 03, 2015 09:05 PM (F1Z8f)
Laugh at them.
Posted by: Feh at June 03, 2015 09:05 PM (Uk9e2)
Posted by: Real Science Lover at June 03, 2015 09:06 PM (ecDRv)
NASA introduced new computers to the ISS. The transistors in this new circuit are one ten-millionth the thickness of a human hair."
Honestly, what the f* am I supposed to do with *that*?
Posted by: despair at June 03, 2015 09:06 PM (J6suc)
So, the asshats that can't do math AT ALL when it comes to economics are expecting us to hail them as math wizards for metric activism.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 03, 2015 09:06 PM (ynQIy)
Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at June 03, 2015 09:07 PM (IFOXz)
Posted by: Splunge at June 03, 2015 09:07 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Just spit-balling here at June 03, 2015 09:07 PM (D0Tns)
Posted by: eleven at June 03, 2015 09:08 PM (MDgS8)
I see you're a Barrel Lover as well!
Posted by: Barrel at June 03, 2015 09:09 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 03, 2015 09:09 PM (oVJmc)
No, pound, like the former British monetary unit
A bunch of shillings and pence.
The Brits were in the Middle East and sand was very cheap....and... um...
Can I have a drink too ?
Posted by: pansyass at June 03, 2015 09:09 PM (ilmTe)
Drunks got 1st choice?
Probably something size-wise, I'd guess weight.
Posted by: DaveA at June 03, 2015 09:10 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 09:10 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Wellesley Grad at June 03, 2015 09:10 PM (Uk9e2)
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 09:10 PM (1QUkh)
Posted by: Spun and Murky at June 03, 2015 09:10 PM (4DCSq)
Actually, units are a crutch -- you don't need them, and things can be pure numbers (I know this goes against everything a young physics major would be taught, but units are a crutch, a crutch that helps us grasp the fundamentals).
When you understand how Planck units are defined, you're getting to this higher understanding.
I know that's mansplaining, but beyond anything the womyn's studies types will ever grasp.
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at June 03, 2015 09:11 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at June 03, 2015 09:11 PM (7RXcs)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 03, 2015 09:11 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Doris Chafee at June 03, 2015 09:12 PM (W5DcG)
****
The Irish treat you square
Oil companies...not so much
Posted by: Mr Wizard at June 03, 2015 09:12 PM (hCdMd)
No one even knows what a bushel is.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 09:12 PM (7gCCJ)
Posted by: Just spit-balling here at June 03, 2015 09:12 PM (D0Tns)
Posted by: derit at June 03, 2015 09:13 PM (jT+gh)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 09:13 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: eleven at June 03, 2015 09:01 PM (MDgS
...............
I had a tough week. I pounded 6 tonight. What does that convert to in staying awake for the ONT?
Posted by: Molly k. at June 03, 2015 09:13 PM (zS+qK)
Posted by: eleven at June 03, 2015 09:13 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Feh at June 03, 2015 09:14 PM (Uk9e2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:14 PM (9mTYi)
For about five yearseither side ofthe Turn of the Century, the Architect- Engineering cabalWent Metric. All government projects had to be designed in metric units. For civil engineers it was easy; we spec'd 600 mm pipe (not 608- this was PURE metric),the contractor installed24 inch pipe. Done.
The architects had problems. Theydimensioned the buildings, includingwindows,fasteners, columns, bricks, two by fours, in millimeters. Trouble is, most building products used in the USA are still made in the USA, or at least in English units. Since unit conversion is always approximate (2.54mm is close to but not exactly a foot), over a 100 foot long building,minor conversion errors add up. Thecontractors went nuts.
At one point the contractor we were working for came in to my office with a brilliant idea. Since we were designing everything on the computer, couldn't we justdesign in English units, let them bid these to their subs, and then flip a switch on the computer to change the plans to metric andsubmit them forgovernment review?
(Sorry, no, not quite that easy.)
At some point the Feds gave up- I expectBig Contractinghad a long talk with a few folks.
(Much more than anyone wanted to know.)
Posted by: Jim in Virginia at June 03, 2015 09:15 PM (3K7At)
Posted by: Feh at June 03, 2015 09:15 PM (Uk9e2)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at June 03, 2015 09:15 PM (VuWve)
Posted by: old sailor pete at June 03, 2015 09:15 PM (D0Tns)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 03, 2015 09:15 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Gleeland Ostramundie at June 03, 2015 09:10 PM (1QUkh
I'm sure Google reported you for covering up your (their) camera with tape
Posted by: bernverdnardo at June 03, 2015 09:15 PM (WhfU/)
After this, the Left will want to change the dollar, or switch to a north american currency.
The bullshit will never stop.
Change. Change. Change. Constant changes to make sure you know who's in charge.
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 08:51 PM (7gCCJ)
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The entire left has a kind of ethos that says the more trivial, the better. This is true of clown politicians like this, and it is also the case with the sjw's. The Washington Redskins is not the best example, but probably the most recognizable. If you polled that issue, you'd probably have about 5-10% that are highly animated against it, and that is after a campaign that spans years. You'd have 25-35% that would say something like they suppose it would be better off without the name, or some kind of passive statement of support for SJW's. And then about 60-75% would have a this is the stupidest shit ever position. It's important to note that position is passive opposition. You feel dumb for even talking about it, let along angrily protesting in opposition.
This is very fertile ground for sjw's. They can chalk up these small stupid victories, and put points on the board, up until the point where we feel we are being made to care. We just want to be left alone. They want to agitate for any victory they can get. They pick the stupid with purpose. The stupid battles are what the stupid, feckless people can win. You can engage a loser to badger some private citizen that says something insensitive. You can't engage a loser to take any action that actively improves anyone's station in life, including their own.
Posted by: Dave S. at June 03, 2015 09:16 PM (mhkbv)
Pinches to dashes always trips me up.
Posted by: eleven at June 03, 2015 09:17 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: despair at June 03, 2015 09:17 PM (J6suc)
Posted by: publius (not Breitbart publius) at June 03, 2015 09:17 PM (dvuhZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:17 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 09:18 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at June 03, 2015 09:18 PM (VuWve)
Posted by: steevy at June 03, 2015 09:18 PM (mGBKM)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:18 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 09:18 PM (9Pu8D)
that's your huckleberry, right there..
Posted by: Mr Wizard at June 03, 2015 09:18 PM (hCdMd)
Posted by: Feh at June 03, 2015 09:18 PM (Uk9e2)
Yes, let's be more like the rest of the world. We can start by throwing away the Bill of Rights. Tell Lincoln Continental to run for President of Europe. Asshat.
Posted by: mallfly at June 03, 2015 09:18 PM (qSIlh)
And ATMs wouldn't work right any more, so there would be lots more bank tellers again.
Posted by: Obama at June 03, 2015 09:19 PM (0xTsz)
We have graying tradesmen here in the dying west and those smaller gradations on metric tape measures don't lend well to aging eyes.
Posted by: derit at June 03, 2015 09:13 PM (jT+gh)
That's why I use my digital calipers. Press a button to go back and forth from metric to non-ghey.
Now, doing imperial in fractions rather than decimals, that's kind of stupid.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 03, 2015 09:19 PM (ynQIy)
oil barrel 42 gallons
everyone know that oil is lighter than
fire water.
Posted by: seamrog at June 03, 2015 09:20 PM (ilmTe)
Posted by: nnptcgrad at June 03, 2015 09:20 PM (iF4ab)
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Hmm, I dunno...., relying on a battery to make a physical measurement seems..., not manly. Just saying.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:21 PM (9mTYi)
A bushel was based upon the amount of corn required to cook up a jug o' moonshine.
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2015 09:21 PM (jDqfn)
Posted by: DaveA at June 03, 2015 09:22 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: mugiwara at June 03, 2015 09:22 PM (3a584)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 09:22 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:22 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Feh at June 03, 2015 09:23 PM (Uk9e2)
Posted by: eleven at June 03, 2015 09:23 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 09:23 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: nnptcgrad at June 03, 2015 09:23 PM (iF4ab)
It would be a tremendous help to all the loving Dreamers waiting outside the Home Depot when they are doing the construction work that Americans just won't do.
Oh, and I'm sure we could easily get this introduced into Common Core standards with a little bit of effort... and a wholllllllle looooooootttttt of money... of course.
Posted by: Juan Ellis Bush at June 03, 2015 09:23 PM (xsnUW)
That's why I use my digital calipers. Press a button to go back and forth from metric to non-ghey.
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Hmm, I dunno...., relying on a battery to make a physical measurement seems..., not manly. Just saying.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:21 PM (9mTYi)
Hey, men use tools. Nothing wrong with using more advanced tools.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 03, 2015 09:24 PM (ynQIy)
There's a SJW on Twitter today taking comfort in the fact that she has more twitter followers than an author you may, just might have heard of: Anne Rice.
And then someone shows that half of the SJW's followers are fake.
That's metric thinking.
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 03, 2015 09:25 PM (0xTsz)
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 09:25 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:25 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: The Babylonians using base 60 at June 03, 2015 09:26 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 03, 2015 09:26 PM (0xTsz)
This metric thing has its merits -- the numbers that describe the lengths of our wangs, guys, would go up by 2.5x!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at June 03, 2015 09:27 PM (VLTL9)
They get the words alright, it's just that they put the accent on the wrong syllable.
Posted by: despair at June 03, 2015 09:27 PM (J6suc)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 03, 2015 09:27 PM (gRnYL)
Posted by: IllTempered
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Okay, okay...., it's just that I am not ready for tools that require batteries. Say, a torque wrench.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:27 PM (9mTYi)
Man, a metric playoff bracket would just be stupid.
NOW I'm convinced this is a bad idea...
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 03, 2015 09:27 PM (0xTsz)
Me: "Kilos motherfucker! Do you speak it?"
Mmmm, ex-wife that is.
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at June 03, 2015 09:28 PM (VuWve)
Posted by: eleven at June 03, 2015 09:28 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: bernverdnardo at June 03, 2015 09:28 PM (WhfU/)
Posted by: Real Science Lover at June 03, 2015 09:29 PM (ecDRv)
This metric thing has its merits -- the numbers that describe the lengths of our wangs, guys, would go up by 2.5x!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at June 03, 2015 09:27 PM (VLTL9)
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"Giving her the angry 2.54 centimeters" doesn't have the same ring to it.
Posted by: Dave S. at June 03, 2015 09:29 PM (mhkbv)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 03, 2015 09:29 PM (gRnYL)
Posted by: otho at June 03, 2015 09:29 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: seamrog at June 03, 2015 09:30 PM (ilmTe)
Posted by: RGallegos at June 03, 2015 09:31 PM (49Jfq)
2.54x to be exact.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at June 03, 2015 09:31 PM (NaeCR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:31 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Soothsayer at June 03, 2015 09:31 PM (7gCCJ)
Posted by: Ed Anger at June 03, 2015 09:31 PM (RcpcZ)
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at June 03, 2015 09:32 PM (7ZfrD)
Posted by: Feh at June 03, 2015 09:32 PM (Uk9e2)
I'll go first, I'm 17 stone, 10 pounds
Posted by: Just spit-balling here at June 03, 2015 09:33 PM (D0Tns)
Posted by: Burnt
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Maybe. It depends on when you made the measurement. The inch was adjusted in 1959 to make it = 2.54 cm. Prior to that, which I sadly remember, it was an irrational number.
The 'Survey' inch remains different, because of all the data registered that way prior to 1959.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:37 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: derit at June 03, 2015 09:37 PM (jT+gh)
Posted by: otho at June 03, 2015 09:29 PM (tBSrv)
--Exactly. I appreciate the logic of metric, but I know that Mt. Everest is ~5 1/2 miles above sea level and have no clue what it is in kliks.
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 09:38 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: shadescale at June 03, 2015 09:38 PM (lzP09)
Posted by: C Minus Liberal Arts students at June 03, 2015 09:38 PM (RrEUj)
Posted by: dc at June 03, 2015 09:38 PM (oY/R7)
Why is it that darn near everyone says a typical human is 2 meters tall? That's almost 6'7".
By "average human" do they mean "average basketball player?"
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 03, 2015 09:38 PM (bLnSU)
Pretty rare commodity these days.
Posted by: dissent555 at June 03, 2015 09:38 PM (yR6A1)
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at June 03, 2015 09:38 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:39 PM (9mTYi)
is a peck?
Guess I'm out of my league.
I cannot fathom the concept.
Posted by: seamrog at June 03, 2015 09:30 PM (ilmTe)
I know. Want some pickled peppers?
Posted by: Peter Piper at June 03, 2015 09:39 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: The Babylonians using base 60 at June 03, 2015 09:39 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: bernverdnardo at June 03, 2015 09:39 PM (WhfU/)
Posted by: C Minus Liberal Arts students at June 03, 2015 09:40 PM (RrEUj)
Oooh. Good backhanded compliment!
Posted by: andycanuck at June 03, 2015 09:41 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 09:41 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 09:41 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 09:43 PM (9Pu8D)
Measure by ten!
Say it again!
Measure by ten!
Say it again!
Measure by ten!
Say it again!
Posted by: C Minus Liberal Arts students at June 03, 2015 09:43 PM (RrEUj)
Posted by: bern
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True..., but they do use a Foot, which is comprised of 12 inches. That 'Foot' does not correspond to 12 x 2.54.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:43 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 09:43 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2015 09:44 PM (jDqfn)
Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker at June 03, 2015 09:45 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:45 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: jackie at June 03, 2015 09:45 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: C Minus Liberal Arts students at June 03, 2015 09:45 PM (RrEUj)
Ah, dissonance.
i don't follow your point. What?
Posted by: derit at June 03, 2015 09:46 PM (jT+gh)
person's weight is still measured in pounds at the doctor's office and
the imperial system is routinely used in many ways - ex. recipes.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 03, 2015 08:09 PM (AC0lD)
And a CFL field is measured in yards, although there is a 55-yard line and the end zones are 20 yards deep.
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 09:46 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 09:46 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 09:46 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: C Minus Liberal Arts students at June 03, 2015 09:47 PM (RrEUj)
Posted by: fixerupper at June 03, 2015 09:47 PM (JmjOe)
Posted by: Real Science Lover at June 03, 2015 09:48 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: fixerupper at June 03, 2015 09:47 PM (JmjOe)
Yup.
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 09:49 PM (TEpA2)
Ah, dissonance.
i don't follow your point. What?
Posted by: derit at June 03, 2015 09:46 PM (jT+gh)
--Is Tampa the "Land of the Ice and Snow"?
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 09:49 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: -40 deg. at June 03, 2015 09:49 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Just spit-balling here at June 03, 2015 09:50 PM (D0Tns)
Posted by: Miss Teen U.S. America at June 03, 2015 09:51 PM (Dwehj)
Much of its population are transplants, so many are familar with the white shit.
Posted by: derit at June 03, 2015 09:51 PM (jT+gh)
Posted by: fixerupper at June 03, 2015 09:47 PM (JmjOe)<<<
Thankfully the Ducks are now out. The Delta Smelt and celebrity lawns need that water they were wasting to make ice.
Posted by: Commiefornia at June 03, 2015 09:51 PM (xsnUW)
Cities with palm trees or cacti should not have NHL franchises.
Posted by: fixerupper at June 03, 2015 09:47 PM (JmjOe)
--I don't begrudge them NHL teams. Hockey is fun, and even small markets can be passionate. They should just play appropriate music at home games.
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 09:53 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 09:53 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 09:54 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Skynet at June 03, 2015 09:54 PM (RrEUj)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 03, 2015 09:54 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Feh at June 03, 2015 09:54 PM (Uk9e2)
Posted by: Sepp Blatter at June 03, 2015 09:55 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 09:55 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Lincoln Chafee at June 03, 2015 09:56 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 03, 2015 09:56 PM (KCxzN)
Send me a postcard, drop me a line
...
When I'm one hundred...
Nah, that ain't right.
Posted by: Mama AJ at June 03, 2015 09:56 PM (0xTsz)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 03, 2015 09:54 PM (kivUY)
--Michael Sam just tried out for the Alouettes on a lark.
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 09:57 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Octal at June 03, 2015 09:58 PM (9mTYi)
and even small markets can be passionate. They should just play
appropriate music at home games.
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 09:53 PM (9Pu8D)
But relying on snowbirds is a questionable gambit. The Panthers have been in trouble for a while. The Coyotes are still in Arizona by the sheer will of Bettman because he doesn't want to be proven wrong. Big-market Atlanta has had two NHL teams and they're now in Calgary and Winnipeg, respectively.
Columbus is struggling. Heck, New Jersey has attendance problems. And even with teams in trouble the NHL powers-that-be think that Vegas must, must, must have a team. It's an awful idea. Put a team back in Quebec City instead.
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 09:59 PM (TEpA2)
And he might do okay up there. A lot of lower rung draftees go north and have a career.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:00 PM (j8pcx)
For example, when I'm doing calligraphy, I prefer to space out lines in inches or fractions thereof, rather than millimeters. The reason is simple: inches are divided into quarters, eighths, sixteenths, and so on - in other words, into powers of two. The human eye can easily judge whether two spaces are equal, and do so, with some practice, with good precision. Metric's use of the scale of ten has no such advantage.
On the other hand, when I'm scuba diving, it's easy to remember that ten meters (33 feet) equals one atmosphere of pressure. That makes it easy to do the calculation of how much pressure one was exposed to, and for how long.
One handy rule of thing that we city dwellers have: City miles are divided into eight blocks. (History lesson: an eighth of a mile is called a "furlong", because it was the distance that a span of oxen could plow a furrow, then turn around.) A kilometer almost exactly equals five-eighths of a mile, or five blocks. Which means that one block (or furlong) is almost exactly equal to 200 meters. Easy-peasy.
When we Americans go into our stores, we buy whiskey and wine in milliliters, beer in fluid ounces, milk in gallons and quarts, and soda in either liters or fluid ounces. Again, easy-peasy. Euros, who, it seems, can't handle math,must force everything into a single system of measurement. I pity them their feeble minds.
Our language and history - in other words, our culture - are rich with references to the English units of measure. If we throw them away, we throw away part of our cultural inheritance. Why should we? If we can use metric for science and military, who cares if we, in our breadth of mind, choose also to retain those units which have meant so much for so many centuries?
What a fucking fool that man is.
Posted by: Brown Line at June 03, 2015 10:00 PM (a5bF3)
Posted by: The Metric Mob at June 03, 2015 10:01 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:00 PM (j8pcx)
First you gotta get used to the 20-second clock.
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:01 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Octal at June 03, 2015 10:01 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Molly k. at June 03, 2015 10:01 PM (zS+qK)
The Stars have been among the few (and maybe only) southern based team to do fairly well. You know how we love our snow, cold, and, ice down here.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:01 PM (j8pcx)
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 09:59 PM (TEpA2)
--I agree. Solidify the base in hockey-mad Canadian cities before expanding int he Sunbelt. I love the Jets and am glad they moved to Winnipeg, but feel bad for the hardcore fans in Atlanta. I just want the Jets to advance next season.
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 10:02 PM (9Pu8D)
-3 downs
-12 man units
-forward motion
-110 yard field
-Rouges
Yeah, different.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:03 PM (j8pcx)
Posted by: Molly k
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Well now, let's discuss the volume of those beers...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 10:03 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: derit at June 03, 2015 10:03 PM (jT+gh)
Posted by: Skynet at June 03, 2015 10:04 PM (RrEUj)
only) southern based team to do fairly well. You know how we love our
snow, cold, and, ice down here.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:01 PM (j8pcx)
You've had a few lean years, though.
That being said, Edmonton had some bad years in the 90s that led to serious rumors of a relocation until a group of something like 30 investors bought the team from Peter Pocklington.
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:04 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 10:05 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Skynet
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This has been a test. If it were an actual emergency, I would be typing a lot faster..
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 10:06 PM (9mTYi)
-3 downs
-12 man units
-forward motion
-110 yard field
-Rouges
Yeah, different.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:03 PM (j8pcx)
5-yard buffer for someone receiving a punt or a kickoff, or else a no-yards penalty.
Wider field too.
1-yard gap between offensive and defensive lines.
I think by forward motion you mean unlimited motion in the backfield.
Goalposts at the goal line.
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:07 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Skynet at June 03, 2015 10:04 PM (RrEUj)
Thank you. Please.
Liberal cities first. I doubt if we could differentiate between the nuclear mutations and what is currently there now.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 03, 2015 10:08 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: farva at June 03, 2015 10:08 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 10:03 PM (9mTYi)
.................
Well it did take one whole hand to lift one to my mouth. What is the measurement used in Hungary?
Posted by: Molly k. at June 03, 2015 10:08 PM (zS+qK)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 03, 2015 10:08 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 03, 2015 10:09 PM (0O7c5)
It would be to switch to a new system *all* based on physical phenomena, not arbitrary standards, and *all* with new names that e'rryone has to learn.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 03, 2015 10:09 PM (uctT+)
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:09 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Brown Line at June 03, 2015 10:00 PM (a5bF3)
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And that is the goooooaaaaal.
Posted by: RioBravo at June 03, 2015 10:09 PM (NUqwG)
Yeah, different.
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Wait Canadian football players wear rouge?
Does this explain Michael Sam?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 10:10 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 03, 2015 10:10 PM (dULJN)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 03, 2015 10:10 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:10 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: bernverdnardo at June 03, 2015 09:28 PM (WhfU/)
It sounds more erudite.
Posted by: rickl at June 03, 2015 10:10 PM (sdi6R)
Liberal cities first. I doubt if we could differentiate between the nuclear mutations and what is currently there now.
That'll do trillions of dollars in improvements! I don't even know how much that would be in metric money.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 03, 2015 10:11 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:10 PM (TEpA2)
--Since I'm out of Winnipeg . . . have the Blue Bombers played a regular season game yet?
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 10:12 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 03, 2015 10:12 PM (H/s7S)
The clearances and tolerances for metric threads are sloppier than their unified thread near-equivalents, so they strip out with less torque. Which sounds trivial, but it's actually a BFD in mechanical assemblies.
Posted by: Pastafarian at June 03, 2015 10:12 PM (pCf+a)
Don't/didn't they allow one offensive player to be in forward motion at the snap of the ball? Usually like a slotback or something.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:12 PM (j8pcx)
Posted by: guy driving a Jag-yoo-ar at June 03, 2015 10:13 PM (xsnUW)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 03, 2015 10:09 PM
I propose we measure things in "wangs" and "dongs".
Posted by: otho at June 03, 2015 10:13 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: phoenixgirl
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Well my memory is short these days..., and I lie embellish a lot...., but I think it must have been someone else. I did spot a
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 10:13 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Jerume van Clank at June 03, 2015 10:13 PM (hOB4K)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:12 PM (j8pcx)
--In the CFL. Still illegal in the NFL.
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 10:14 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Lincoln Chaffee at June 03, 2015 10:15 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: otho at June 03, 2015 10:16 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Lincoln Chaffee at June 03, 2015 10:16 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Aviator at June 03, 2015 10:16 PM (sQzB6)
The department that controls all weights and measures has had official examplars for metric weights and measures since BEFORE ANYONE ELSE, INCLUDING THE FRENCH. The use of metric units in all legal procedings has been allowed since 1845, which if you are paying attention, was before those standards were even finalized. We are official, card-carrying members for ALL of the conventions for Metric, even before it was called Metric. The government simply allows the use of multiple systems. And the absolute basis for the US foot, gallon, etc.? They are all defined in terms of international Metric units, and have been so defined since the 1890's. And the kicker is that the Metric system has been legally and officially the preferred system of measurements for the Federal government SINCE 1993 or so. It's as close to being an official system as we have ever had. Because we do not now have, nor have we ever had, an official system of weights and measures.
Oh-by-the-way -- Britain (which is 'officially' fully Metric) still uses feet, inches, and miles. And pints. God Himself could never get them to give up on their pints.
This is a bullshit issue, created by morons who just feel a need to look down on America for no good reason.
Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at June 03, 2015 10:17 PM (jqHOY)
http://tinyurl.com/nq7vy33
Posted by: phoenixgirl at June 03, 2015 10:18 PM (0O7c5)
Does this explain Michael Sam?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 10:10 PM (9mTYi)
The rouge: the single point. Kickoff, punt, or missed field goal that either sails out of the end zone, is caught in the end zone but the player kneels, or is caught in the end zone but the player is tackled in the end zone. "Rouge" is rarely used in favor of "single."
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:18 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: otho at June 03, 2015 10:16 PM (tBSrv)
Finally something sensical and with which I can get behind and support.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 03, 2015 10:18 PM (JO9+V)
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My Brit and Canadian friends have no problem with miles.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 10:19 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: otho
Yes, yes. Time would have to be based on the 'Fap.' 60 Faps to a 'Sess.' 60 Sess to a 'Knap.' 24 Knaps to 1 'Cyok.' 360 Cyoks to 1 Upton.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 03, 2015 10:19 PM (uctT+)
Posted by: ThunderB at June 03, 2015 10:19 PM (zOTsN)
come on man!
we're morons, they're stoopids
Posted by: Just spit-balling here at June 03, 2015 10:19 PM (D0Tns)
Posted by: Deepak from the Block at June 03, 2015 10:19 PM (9Pu8D)
half-hand...full-hand. Of course more than one full hand is useless, so the measurement shouldn't exist.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 03, 2015 10:20 PM (Zu3d9)
Yes, we were talking CFL. I wish there was a way I could see more games here in the U.S. Anybody know?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:21 PM (j8pcx)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 03, 2015 10:20 PM (Zu3d9)
I do not understand these words in this order.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 03, 2015 10:22 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:21 PM (j8pcx)
--In summer, NFL Network shows some games. Last fall, ESPN2 showed some games. Not sure of the set-up now.
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 10:22 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 10:24 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:21 PM (j8pcx)
There are lots of full CFL games on YouTube if you want to see stuff from previous years.
In the last few years games have been on US TV, including ESPN2 and 3, but with the new season starting soon I haven't seen a schedule for this year.
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:24 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:24 PM (j8pcx)
One thing that I found funny in Star Trek is that Spock had a habit of doing verbal countdowns in prime numbers during the danger scenes.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 03, 2015 10:25 PM (ynQIy)
Really?
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:24 PM (j8pcx)
--Yes, I witnessed first-hand the Blue Bombers blue-balling me on ESPN2. (Hence, the inspiration for my AoSHQ Moron Fantasy League **CHAMPIONSHIP** team moniker.)
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 10:26 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Homer at June 03, 2015 10:27 PM (RNCrv)
Posted by: Sandy Fluke at June 03, 2015 10:28 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: Dirichlet at June 03, 2015 10:29 PM (9mTYi)
blue-balling me on ESPN2. (Hence, the inspiration for my AoSHQ Moron
Fantasy League **CHAMPIONSHIP** team moniker.)
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 10:26 PM (9Pu8D)
Grey Cup is in Winnipeg this year. Great party starting the Wednesday before.
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:29 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 03, 2015 10:29 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Fritz at June 03, 2015 08:27 PM (jDqfn)
It's 10 Figs, isn't it?
And 10 Figs to a Wayne.
Posted by: free tibet, etc. at June 03, 2015 10:30 PM (lAXNl)
Not sure of them acros.
And Cargo Cult. You drove me to the Wiki and beyond, on that one. Nice, really nice. How apropos.
Posted by: the littl shyning man at June 03, 2015 10:31 PM (U6f54)
That is the stupidest, most pretentious crap. And their regular coffee sucks.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:31 PM (j8pcx)
---------------
On the other hand, the "Firkin" seems Okay to me.
Posted by: Dirichlet at June 03, 2015 10:32 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 03, 2015 10:32 PM (Jm0fb)
Posted by: Mike at June 03, 2015 10:32 PM (zHATQ)
I had no idea. I don't really watch either unless there's a specific NFL game I want to see. I shall have to keep a closer eye on them this year.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:33 PM (j8pcx)
How many firkins to a merkin? Or is it the other way around?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 03, 2015 10:33 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:29 PM (TEpA2)
--Alas, can't make it unless I win the lottery.
And since I don't play the lottery, no.
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 10:33 PM (9Pu8D)
Your conservative concern has been noted. Conservatively.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 03, 2015 10:33 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 10:35 PM (9Pu8D)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 03, 2015 10:35 PM (KCxzN)
But
The metric system is a global standard, whether the United Fucking States Likes it or NOT
get with it or continue to look like the backward fuckwits you made out to be
Oh, and try not to fucking crash any space probes because you forgot what system in use, those billion dollar fuckups are SOOO embarrassing
Posted by: KenH at June 03, 2015 10:35 PM (67f1X)
Posted by: Patrick Kane's Playoff Mullet at June 03, 2015 10:35 PM (9Pu8D)
11 pm east coast newscasts' worst nightmare.
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:35 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Sandy Fluke>>>
In Pajama boy units you are accustomed to maybe.
Posted by: Robinson at June 03, 2015 10:36 PM (+1K+6)
Anybody who refers to a "Newton" as a unit of measure can't be serious."
I thought a Newton was a unit of energy? Along with a joule.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:36 PM (j8pcx)
Posted by: KenH at June 03, 2015 10:35 PM
It wouldn't happen in "dongs".
Posted by: otho at June 03, 2015 10:37 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:37 PM (TEpA2)
I'm okay with being a backwards fuckwit, so.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at June 03, 2015 10:38 PM (j8pcx)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 03, 2015 10:38 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 03, 2015 10:39 PM (UVfht)
Posted by: Lincoln Chaffee at June 03, 2015 10:16 PM (ODxAs)"
0.453592 Kilo Cakes... so much swankier
Or would 4.54 hectagram cake be easier to remember?
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at June 03, 2015 10:39 PM (7ZfrD)
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:40 PM (TEpA2)
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:40 PM (TEpA2)"
Whats 11 PM in metric time?
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at June 03, 2015 10:41 PM (7ZfrD)
http://tinyurl.com/oj6u258
Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at June 03, 2015 10:41 PM (jqHOY)
Posted by: Robinson at June 03, 2015 10:41 PM (+1K+6)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 03, 2015 10:43 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 03, 2015 10:43 PM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at June 03, 2015 10:41 PM (7ZfrD)
12:30 a.m. in Newfoundland.
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:43 PM (TEpA2)
Those that need to pick one standardized unit will die early in the burning times.
Posted by: Robinson at June 03, 2015 10:44 PM (+1K+6)
Posted by: Vendette at June 03, 2015 10:43 PM (TEpA2)"
I shall adjust my chronometers to half past newfoundland time
Posted by: Dr. Shatterhand at June 03, 2015 10:48 PM (7ZfrD)
--
Well, I am uncertain about some countries. For instance, I do not know whether the Oz folk are comfortable with Miles or not.
Posted by: Dirichlet at June 03, 2015 10:49 PM (9mTYi)
Screw Jenner, 'cause he so twisted and publicity hungry that he's seriously going to voluntarily remove parts of his body. I wish him well, but I wish he was quiet and could be ignored.
The country is failing in every single way: economy stinks, taxes high, regulations choking small businesses, foreign policy is leading us to world war, my children are at risk. I'm seriously angry at the people we've elected, and I am pissed at the people who voted for them. Most of all, I cannot fucking believe that anyone, ANYONE!, could seriously want to bring the criminal conspiracy that is the Clinton family back to power.
Posted by: MTF at June 03, 2015 10:50 PM (QZIW8)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 10:50 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 10:53 PM (9mTYi)
The French pica of 12 Didot points (also called cicéro) generally is: 12 × 0.376 = 4.512 mm (0.177 in).
The American pica measure of 0.013837 ft. (1⁄72.27 ft). Thus, a pica is 0.166044 in. (4.2175 mm)
The contemporary computer pica is 1⁄72 of the International foot of 1959, i.e. 4.233 mm or 0.166 in.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 03, 2015 10:55 PM (9mTYi)
Posted by: KenH at June 03, 2015 10:35 PM (67f1X)........ ...... You see, this is why we don't want to go metric. It makes people act like assholes. We have enough assholes as it is, thanks.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 03, 2015 11:00 PM (bLnSU)
Posted by: The ruse aint what it used to be at June 03, 2015 11:03 PM (7GI9v)
your site. Your movie-review-length political commentaries are always
so utterly crammed with sense, I want to link them to all my lib
relatives and go, good luck answering THIS you preening, self satisfied
douchebags.
Posted by: non one of consequence at June 03, 2015 11:10 PM (HrhVS)
Posted by: free tibet, etc. at June 03, 2015 11:12 PM (lAXNl)
Boredom. Don't talk to me about boredom, you don't have nano-second response times.
Posted by: HAL at June 03, 2015 11:50 PM (OmBeX)
Posted by: Igotnothing at June 04, 2015 12:34 AM (VgwDk)
I love the old "penny" system for nails, btw. 12d!
Even our hammers were 22 and 24 ounces Estwings.
We also used the cunthair measurement, as in move it a cunthair to the left (sometimes specified as a "red" cunthair, which I believe was finer than dark ones, but not as much as a blonde cunthair..
Posted by: docweasel at June 04, 2015 12:57 AM (XxzcU)
Posted by: Noir at June 04, 2015 03:34 AM (Svly0)
A pace is not well defined. Some say 3 feet, some say 30 inches. So why the fuck do these dumbass sports announcers use the term pace?
Posted by: lonetown at June 04, 2015 05:43 AM (M6Esb)
Posted by: WannabeAnglican at June 04, 2015 08:45 AM (vFmT2)
I have no beefs with the metric system. But it is no more accurate then the English system. And there is certain advantages to the English system. One can reasonably derive the weights, measures and temp scales using common observation.
Posted by: JohnMc at June 04, 2015 11:26 AM (ZVUS/)
Posted by: Bob Forbes at June 04, 2015 01:23 PM (EjPNp)
Posted by: Deputy Director Higgins at June 04, 2015 10:29 PM (IxEWc)
Posted by: John Ray at June 05, 2015 08:20 AM (HMCMP)
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