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Cubdriver:

--- Quote from: boffin on January 10, 2020, 07:06:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: vwestlife on January 10, 2020, 01:07:04 am ---
And would a metric carton of eggs only have 10 instead of 12? :-DD

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This demonstrates perfectly the arrogance of why the US hasn't gone metric

The answer is YES, egg cartons in other countries are often 10 eggs.  Your pre-conceived notion that they must have 12 is exactly that, pre-conceived.

Have a look at the photo in the wikipedia article "Egg Carton"

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 :-DD :-DD :-DD :-DD  Now buying EGGS by the dozen shows our "arrogance".   ::) ::) ::) :palm:

Should we change our lead-acid car batteries to have five cells instead of six, too?  That'd make them a nominal 10V rather than 12.  Much better to be 'metric', right?  Good lord.

-Pat

boffin:

--- Quote from: Cubdriver on January 10, 2020, 07:22:08 pm ---
 :-DD :-DD :-DD :-DD  Now buying EGGS by the dozen shows our "arrogance".   ::) ::) ::) :palm:


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I didn't say that, and I'll say it now as obviously you missed the point. 

The pre-conceived notion that it's ridiculous to sell them in anything except 12s, demonstrates that arrogance.

Gyro:

--- Quote from: vwestlife on January 10, 2020, 01:07:04 am ---The UK is supposed to be metric, but people there still measure their weight in "stone" (1 stone = 14 pounds = 6.35 kg). :-//

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Actually, I think most of us use kg these days, those watching their weight anyway... and certainly anything medical related.

vwestlife:

--- Quote from: boffin on January 10, 2020, 07:24:58 pm ---The pre-conceived notion that it's ridiculous to sell them in anything except 12s, demonstrates that arrogance.

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But exactly what is the benefit of selling eggs in quantities of 10 rather than a dozen, other than to fulfill some dictatorial mathematic regime that everything in life must be counted in powers of 10?

And also why not also change the clock to 10 hours per day and the calendar to 10 days per week, like the French tried to do?


Electro Detective:
If they did a remake movie (PLEASE NO !   :scared:)    of The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Ten or The Dirty Decade just hasn't got that same ring to it.


Two actors would miss out on a job  :( :(

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