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meatpimp: May 15, 2004; Psst -- Wanna buy

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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Being ignorant of Imperial is a good thing. Your country should try it sometime and join the rest of the world

Units of measure are the absolute least of our concerns ATM.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 08:45

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# ? Jun 11, 2024 00:51

Powershift: Nov 23, 2009

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Being ignorant of Imperial is a good thing. Your country should try it sometime and join the rest of the world

I'm Canadian, we already use metric like the rest of the world, but like most other countries only switched in the 70s meaning it makes sense to have a good understanding of both systems.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 08:48

Kia Soul Enthusias: May 9, 2004; zoom-zoom; Toilet Rascal

A lot of the Canadians I've met still use a lot of imperial units. Same with older Australians.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 08:51

spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

West SAAB Story posted:

Hours in the beaten desert sun have wreaked havoc upon my addled mind.

Some may call it sunstroke, some may blame the redneck air I did breathe. Honestly, I don't know who, or what to blame- probably myself.

Yep. Domestics.

The Challenger has the smaller 5.7, but it's no slouch, and has some pretty drat good pickup. 83,000 (precisely) mostly-highway miles. Still has the partition between the front and back seats, so my dates can't get away.

The Impalas have a fairly thirsty 3.9, and have a very slight hesitation before you start moving, but they can almost keep up with my Turbo 4 when you give them gas. 100, and 120k, accordingly. One is throwing the ABS light so the cruise couldn't be used getting it home, but it's probably just the sensor- trying to rain now, so I haven't bothered digging any farther into it, yet.

West SAAB Story posted:

Yep.
I can't pass up a driving shitbox for under a grand that just needs a little work, now can I? The black decals are still stuck, but they removed all of the livery- You wouldn't want to get caught driving a car and pretending to be a cop- especially in a military town based around weapon storage with a population of a few thousand.

I didn't really expect to end up with any of them, but the price was right. I hate the stupid "Auto-Stick" in the Dodge, which is kind of like a cross between a pull handle and a soft serve ice cream vending machine handle, and for a V8, it sounds a little anemic. Still, it's no slouch. Had plenty of people driving like assholes on the highway fall the gently caress in line when they spotted it.

The Impalas aren't bad, either- just thirsty, and GM ugly. Think they used about 3/5ths tank for 200 miles, but then again neither driver was any slower than myself. Sadly, the pushbars were already removed from them.

How much did you pay for those? Seriously <$1,000 each?

# ? Feb 16, 2017 09:30

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Being ignorant of Imperial is a good thing. Your country should try it sometime and join the rest of the world

Yes, using metric/SI units is generally the better idea, but you should be able to work in both. Being ignorant of imperial units is just that - being ignorant. Not knowing poo poo is rarely something to take pride in.

Sometimes imperial is better, such as when it ties in with what you have already - I constantly encounter imperial components (UNF thread, dimensions all logical numbers in inches) which people have insisted on drawing with metric notation, and it's loving irritating.
If you have a .2500-28 UNJF-3A bolt and your drawing tells me the shank is 6,35 and it's 19,05 long, yeah, you're Doing It Wrong.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 09:37

Tomarse: Mar 7, 2001; Grr

cursedshitbox posted:

pot kettle.

I'm a 33x33. goddammit

Square sizes are the best sizes. Can you buy 33x33 in the US? I have to get 34x33 here and wear a belt.
Having actually had to buy a new belt last week, they were sold in metric and I ended up with a 110cm one...

Powershift posted:

Sorry for your ignorance, i guess. Try not to wear it as a badge of honour.

Your tire guy probably loses his poo poo when you walk in and ask for tires for your 43cm wheels.

You don't get 43cm wheels stupid - They are 415mm....
(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_TRX)

# ? Feb 16, 2017 09:45

Liquid Communism: Mar 9, 2004; коммунизм хранится в яичках

Seminal Flu posted:

Yes, good merchant, I would like a extra, extra large shirt. However, it must be SLIM fit, for you see that while I am not fat, I just have extra, extra large bones.

Seminal Flu is quietly giggling at his keyboard.

I used to be able to do that. I'm six and a half feet tall and very wide across the shoulders, and getting shirts that weren't tents was a bitch.

Then I got fat. Solved that problem. :P

# ? Feb 16, 2017 09:53

bolind: Jun 19, 2005; Pillbug

Hey AI. I have an iPhone. Sometimes I take pictures with it. Some of those pictures need to go on my personal imgur account so I can ~~share~~bore you goons with them.

Currently my workflow is horrible. I email them to myself, go on a computer, upload them to imgur, and then use them in my shitposts. Considering my 9-5 is to charge exorbitant amounts of money to make computers of all sizes do all the right things and none of the wrong things, this is slightly embarrassing.

Walk me through this like I was your grandma. How do I go overpriced Tim Cook device -> imgur account in as few steps as possible?

# ? Feb 16, 2017 10:02

Liquid Communism: Mar 9, 2004; коммунизм хранится в яичках

bolind posted:

Hey AI. I have an iPhone. Sometimes I take pictures with it. Some of those pictures need to go on my personal imgur account so I can ~~share~~bore you goons with them.

Currently my workflow is horrible. I email them to myself, go on a computer, upload them to imgur, and then use them in my shitposts. Considering my 9-5 is to charge exorbitant amounts of money to make computers of all sizes do all the right things and none of the wrong things, this is slightly embarrassing.

Walk me through this like I was your grandma. How do I go overpriced Tim Cook device -> imgur account in as few steps as possible?

http://imgur.com/apps

# ? Feb 16, 2017 10:08

Queen_Combat: Jan 15, 2011

Just gave beetle an emergency enema, on advice from the vet, because I'm 99% certain he vomited poop.

Even if he has a blockage, and that is magically cured by the enema, it's been 4 days and I'm advised he most likely has fatty liver syndrome, and will most likely then die anyway. I'm going to keep trying, but I don't want suffering to be prolonged. If he starts having seizures, that's it.

I'm probably going to have to loving euthanize my cat, on most likely the same day I leave my fiancee. I have benadryl prep, argon, a gun (unfortunately I know how and where to do it if it comes to that, from experience), and possibly the vet if it comes on slowly. The vet says she understands, whichever way it goes. They're all viable, and it would be minimum stress whichever way.

I hope he recovers. I'm gonna keep trying.

gently caress even discussing this. But I have to tell somebody.

Note: this is not the "poor poor pitiful me" podcast. Just an update. Continue on.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 11:33

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

InitialDave posted:

Yes, using metric/SI units is generally the better idea, but you should be able to work in both. Being ignorant of imperial units is just that - being ignorant. Not knowing poo poo is rarely something to take pride in.

There has been literally zero reasons that I have used Imperial for 20 years. Zero. Not a single valid reason. So basically I'm not going to bother as it is in no way relavent. And where exactly would I need to know it? There isnt a single bolt I use that is Imperial, not a single piece of equipment, no tool absolutly and completely nothing. I dont weigh anything in Imperial, I dont do distance in Imperial, I dont temperature in Imperial - that's either Celsius or Kelvin, I dont work in any scientific unit in anything other than metric, I dont torque bolts in anything other than metric..... my clothes are also in metric.

Thence, as there is no need in real life, it's not ignorant. It's irrelavent.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 11:37

spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

Metal Geir Skogul posted:

Just gave beetle an emergency enema, on advice from the vet, because I'm 99% certain he vomited poop.

Even if he has a blockage, and that is magically cured by the enema, it's been 4 days and I'm advised he most likely has fatty liver syndrome, and will most likely then die anyway. I'm going to keep trying, but I don't want suffering to be prolonged. If he starts having seizures, that's it.

I'm probably going to have to loving euthanize my cat, on most likely the same day I leave my fiancee. I have benadryl prep, argon, a gun (unfortunately I know how and where to do it if it comes to that, from experience), and possibly the vet if it comes on slowly. The vet says she understands, whichever way it goes. They're all viable, and it would be minimum stress whichever way.

I hope he recovers. I'm gonna keep trying.

gently caress even discussing this. But I have to tell somebody.

Note: this is not the "poor poor pitiful me" podcast. Just an update. Continue on.

Hugs

# ? Feb 16, 2017 11:41

Queen_Combat: Jan 15, 2011

I learned SOLIDWORKS in metric. That has changed my entire outlook on life.

Except for l/100km. That's dumb. My brain is still in MPG or even MPL. Having it be "consumption per ARBITRARY NUMBER" is dumb. "Distance based on unit purchased" jives better in my head.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 11:42

bolind: Jun 19, 2005; Pillbug

Chermany loves their liter per 100, but at least all of Scandinavia is km/l, which obviously is equivalent to MPG just with a scaling factor.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 11:45

Ferremit: Sep 14, 2007; if I haven't posted about MY LANDCRUISER yet, check my bullbars for kangaroo prints

I still think this scenario is better than having trump running your country.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 11:53

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

There has been literally zero reasons that I have used Imperial for 20 years. Zero. Not a single valid reason.

UK here. Distance on signs still in miles, wheels still measured in inches, beer still sold in pints (with ml in brackets). People persist with height in f/i and if you're buying a thing on eBay be prepared to have measurements in some bizarre combination.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 12:22

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

There has been literally zero reasons that I have used Imperial for 20 years. Zero. Not a single valid reason. So basically I'm not going to bother as it is in no way relavent. And where exactly would I need to know it? There isnt a single bolt I use that is Imperial, not a single piece of equipment, no tool absolutly and completely nothing. I dont weigh anything in Imperial, I dont do distance in Imperial, I dont temperature in Imperial - that's either Celsius or Kelvin, I dont work in any scientific unit in anything other than metric, I dont torque bolts in anything other than metric..... my clothes are also in metric.

Thence, as there is no need in real life, it's not ignorant. It's irrelavent.

That's still no reason to take pride in not knowing something, and do you seriously never get involved with old cars (or old stuff in general)?

# ? Feb 16, 2017 12:33

Raluek: Nov 3, 2006; WUT.

jamal posted:

I like the shrink to fit 501s. Last pair I got at a western supply store, they have a huge amount of jeans and sizes for tall skinny people.

This exactly. Button fly, more durable than the non-shrink-to-fit ones (I might be crazy on this, but they don't fall apart in under a year like my older ones), and they can be made to actually fit. Glorious.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 12:40

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

cakesmith handyman posted:

UK here. Distance on signs still in miles, wheels still measured in inches, beer still sold in pints (with ml in brackets). People persist with height in f/i and if you're buying a thing on eBay be prepared to have measurements in some bizarre combination.

...which is why I'm glad I learned all that poo poo as school because now I know everything related to measuring.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 12:45

NitroSpazzz: Dec 9, 2006; You don't need style when you've got strength!

West SAAB Story posted:

Some may call it sunstroke, some may blame the redneck air I did breathe. Honestly, I don't know who, or what to blame- probably myself.

Not going to lie that looks like a lot of fun especially for <$1k

Metal Geir Skogul posted:

Track day, bro keychain tags are back!

Huh?

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Im presently at a cat cafe. There are kittens everywhere....!

I'm allergic to most cats but that still sounds like my kind of coffee shop

bolind posted:

Currently my workflow is horrible. I email them to myself, go on a computer, upload them to imgur, and then use them in my shitposts. Considering my 9-5 is to charge exorbitant amounts of money to make computers of all sizes do all the right things and none of the wrong things, this is slightly embarrassing.

One less step I have all my pictures auto backup to google images, from there getting them on imgur is easy. I would assume there's something similar for iphones or even google images for iphone?

Metal Geir Skogul posted:

I learned SOLIDWORKS in metric. That has changed my entire outlook on life.

Same here

now I use metric for almost everything except work poo poo because no one else will use it. All planning for the race car is metric and it makes life so much easier except the drat AN fittings are standard of course.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 12:54

Grakkus: Sep 4, 2011

Metal Geir Skogul posted:

Just gave beetle an emergency enema, on advice from the vet, because I'm 99% certain he vomited poop.

Even if he has a blockage, and that is magically cured by the enema, it's been 4 days and I'm advised he most likely has fatty liver syndrome, and will most likely then die anyway. I'm going to keep trying, but I don't want suffering to be prolonged. If he starts having seizures, that's it.

I'm probably going to have to loving euthanize my cat, on most likely the same day I leave my fiancee. I have benadryl prep, argon, a gun (unfortunately I know how and where to do it if it comes to that, from experience), and possibly the vet if it comes on slowly. The vet says she understands, whichever way it goes. They're all viable, and it would be minimum stress whichever way.

I hope he recovers. I'm gonna keep trying.

gently caress even discussing this. But I have to tell somebody.

Note: this is not the "poor poor pitiful me" podcast. Just an update. Continue on.

My grandmother's cat had fatty liver syndrome, one of it's causes is starvation which sounds likely if your cat hasn't been eating in a long time. It's treatable if you tackle it straight away, but you'll need to go to a vet, home remedies probably won't cut it

Good luck to you and Beetle!

# ? Feb 16, 2017 13:03

KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle

bolind posted:

Chermany loves their liter per 100, but at least all of Scandinavia is km/l, which obviously is equivalent to MPG just with a scaling factor.

We're gradually moving to liters/100km as well. It scales better than km/l, because people are generally more interested in how much fuel they use over a known distance, rather than how far they can go on a set amount of fuel.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 13:09

jammyozzy: Dec 7, 2006; <img src="https://fi.somethingawful.com/customtitles/title-jammyozzy.gif"><br>Is that a challenge?

This reminds me of the time that young, naive me got asked to skim "a couple of tenths" off of a part that wouldn't assemble, so I duly put it up on the lathe and knocked 0.2" off the diameter.

Till that point I had never heard of tenths of a thou, I just remember being stood at the lathe thinking it seemed like too big a cut for what we were trying to achieve. It assembled easily enough afterwards though!

# ? Feb 16, 2017 13:53

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Hey idiots if you want a free av change, you can drive around town and burn up way more than $10 in gas and be the Driving Game Champion each month!

You'll also earn my undying love which is, frankly, priceless.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 14:50

meatpimp: May 15, 2004; Psst -- Wanna buy

EVERYWHERE
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

Adiabatic posted:

Hey idiots if you want a free av change, you can drive around town and burn up way more than $10 in gas and be the Driving Game Champion each month!

You'll also earn my undying love which is, frankly, priceless.

What if we already have your undying love, can we trade that for a free av change?

# ? Feb 16, 2017 14:52

Adiabatic: Nov 18, 2007; What have you assholes done now?

Seminal Flu posted:

What if we already have your undying love, can we trade that for a free av change?

Wait did I say priceless? I meant worthless.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 14:54

meatpimp: May 15, 2004; Psst -- Wanna buy

EVERYWHERE
some high-quality thread's DESTROYED!

Adiabatic posted:

Wait did I say priceless? I meant worthless.

tease

# ? Feb 16, 2017 14:55

freelop: Apr 28, 2013; Where we're going, we won't need fries to see

cakesmith handyman posted:

UK here. Distance on signs still in miles, wheels still measured in inches, beer still sold in pints (with ml in brackets). People persist with height in f/i and if you're buying a thing on eBay be prepared to have measurements in some bizarre combination.

Large distances in miles
Small in m, cm and mm
Beer, milk and blood in pints
Other liquids usually in metric
People in feet and inches
Weight in whatever you like except people which are in stone.

I think that's all of it

# ? Feb 16, 2017 15:31

Turbo Fondant: Oct 25, 2010

Well my truck appears to have lost the last bit of compression it had on the way back from Grandma's funeral (6h round trip)
It just doesn't loving end.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 15:40

slothrop: Dec 7, 2006; Santa Alpha, Fox One... Gifts Incoming ~~~>===|>; Soiled Meat

new Hot Rod Garage is pretty good, especially the gimmick at the end. Sure had me smiling. It took me a while to come around to Tony, but the Tony-Lucky combo is a serious winner. They seem to have a lot of fun together and make some very cool cars.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 15:46

beep-beep car is go: Apr 11, 2005; I can just eyeball this, right?

Seminal Flu posted:

Yes, good merchant, I would like a extra, extra large shirt. However, it must be SLIM fit, for you see that while I am not fat, I just have extra, extra large bones.

Seminal Flu is quietly giggling at his keyboard.

This is me but Large. I have a 17" neck but I wear a 33" waist. I'm all triangle shaped and regular large button shirts are all billowy on me. I either have to have them tailored (pointless for a $30 shirt) or get slim fit (or extra slim if I can find it)

# ? Feb 16, 2017 16:06

cakesmith handyman: Jul 22, 2007; Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

freelop posted:

Large distances in miles
Small in m, cm and mm
Beer, milk and blood in pints
Other liquids usually in metric
People in feet and inches
Weight in whatever you like except people which are in stone.

I think that's all of it

Compression and tyre pressure in psi, air pressure in bar, hydraulic pressure in MPa. Building materials in tons and cubic metres, sheet goods in ft/in.

Baking I'm converting every recipe I use to metric but something feels off about a Christmas cake recipe that's literally handed down 4 or 5 generations converted to g & ml. G'ma Black would not approve.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 16:08

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

beep-beep car is go posted:

This is me but Large. I have a 17" neck but I wear a 33" waist. I'm all triangle shaped and regular large button shirts are all billowy on me. I either have to have them tailored (pointless for a $30 shirt) or get slim fit (or extra slim if I can find it)

The shirt is marketed towards tiny cuban men! It's not my fault I have similar dimensions!

# ? Feb 16, 2017 16:09

beep-beep car is go: Apr 11, 2005; I can just eyeball this, right?

I hate hate hate using UK cooking recipes. They are so schizophrenic.

"Preheat your oven to gas mark 4 then get 10ml of milk, 3 cups of flour and 100 grams of butter"

GODDAMMIT PICK ONE SYSTEM.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 16:10

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

beep-beep car is go posted:

I hate hate hate using UK cooking recipes. They are so schizophrenic.

"Preheat your oven to gas mark 4 then get 10ml of milk, [b]3 cups of flour[b] and 100 grams of butter"

GODDAMMIT PICK ONE SYSTEM.

The highlighted bit is a US thing. Never seen a UK recipe use that because as mentioned before in this thread, WHAT SIZE OF CUP?

# ? Feb 16, 2017 16:15

Darchangel: Feb 12, 2009; Tell him about the blower!

Tomarse posted:

You don't get 43cm wheels stupid - They are 415mm....
(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_TRX)

390mm is the one we got most here in the US, thanks to Ford. A friend had a set in his '84 Cougar, back in '88-89. Tires got too expensive so we got him some junkyard 15s.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 16:15

Kia Soul Enthusias: May 9, 2004; zoom-zoom; Toilet Rascal

Olympic Mathlete posted:

The highlighted bit is a US thing. Never seen a UK recipe use that because as mentioned before in this thread, WHAT SIZE OF CUP?

Again, a cup is defined unit of volume. If something is five feet long you don't ask what size of foot.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 16:17

Safety Dance: Sep 10, 2007; Five degrees to starboard!

Olympic Mathlete posted:

The highlighted bit is a US thing. Never seen a UK recipe use that because as mentioned before in this thread, WHAT SIZE OF CUP?

It's a defined unit of measure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup_(unit)

236 and some change ml, unless you're using a metric cup, which is 250ml.

That's like saying WHAT SIZE KILOGRAM?!??!?

# ? Feb 16, 2017 16:17

Darchangel: Feb 12, 2009; Tell him about the blower!

Olympic Mathlete posted:

The highlighted bit is a US thing. Never seen a UK recipe use that because as mentioned before in this thread, WHAT SIZE OF CUP?

A "cup" is a unit of volume measure = to 8 fluid ounces, or 236.6 ml. What's so hard about that? It's a standardized unit, just like liters or whatever.
I mean, when something calls for 3 feet, do you always "whose foot?" (Or even whose yard?)

E: f,b. Twice.

# ? Feb 16, 2017 16:21

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spog: Aug 7, 2004; It's your own bloody fault.

Safety Dance posted:

It's a defined unit of measure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup_(unit)

236 and some change ml, unless you're using a metric cup, which is 250ml.

That's like saying WHAT SIZE KILOGRAM?!??!?

What size kilogram? Metric, USA Customary, USA Legal, Imperial, Canadian, or Japanese Kilogram?

# ? Feb 16, 2017 16:22

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