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| bd139:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on May 30, 2022, 04:44:53 pm --- --- Quote ---Skegness is buiit upon Butlitz Butlins holday camp --- End quote --- Ive some very happy moments at stalag butlins, most happening in the early hours ,but they all involve jumping into a van/bus and driving out the gate ,however i do still suffer flash backs from the trauma caused in having to stay at the minehead branch for 2 nights --- End quote --- Holy hell I survived that one as well. Had to sit through Bob the builder show in a room containing more people than teeth. The whole experienced added to the reasons the ex wife is an ex wife. |
| CJay:
--- Quote from: BravoV on May 30, 2022, 07:19:29 am ---Source -> https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-bids-jubilee-boost-27090524 Quotes : ... BoJo is planning to announce that imperial measurements will be revived to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee... ... the move represents a victory for 'metric martyrs' it is a largely symbolic one to address gripes about EU interference in traditional English life. ... ??? --- End quote --- Have you stopped thinking about all his negative press and poll ratings or does he have to arrange for a minister to be caught buggering a corgi in view of Buck house? |
| CJay:
--- Quote from: bd139 on May 30, 2022, 05:27:10 pm ---Had to sit through Bob the builder show in a room containing more people than teeth. The whole experienced added to the reasons the ex wife is an ex wife. --- End quote --- *shudders* at the thought of 'holiday camp entertainment'. |
| SiliconWizard:
Have not followed everything on this topic, but if getting back to imperial is just a way of showing ties are cut with the EU, that's just plain stupid. That's putting politics where it doesn't belong, and it's unfortunately a very concerning trend as of late. The metric system is universally used in science, and as such, there are objective benefits to all use the same system regardless of politics. It won't rob you of your sovereignty - contrary to many other decisions that are currently a lot more concerning sovereignty-wise and that the UK doesn't seem to be very reluctant to. I can understand why the US still uses imperial (but it's increasingly using both), but for a country that has already made the switch (which has an enormous cost), making the switch back doesn't seem to make sense and would have yet another gigantic cost for no good reason. But since I kinda like democracy (when it's really democracy), I think if the question in the UK is a real and important one, and not just a stupid tantrum or political maneuver, they should have a referendum. Let the people decide, but giving them all implications, including the cost, beforehand. |
| TimFox:
Again, the US went metric in 1959 (although they forgot to tell everyone). We don't use "Imperial" units: the relevant laws define "conventional" units (e.g., inch and pound) in terms of the metric units. Both metric and conventional units are allowed in commerce. |
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