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ITV News has just published the above – one of the first executive act by Leader of the House, Moggsy.
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As I said before it was so rudely taken away
If you give 0.0254 metres someone (TSE) will take 1609.34m
Nailed on then.
But is he saying there's to be a dot for Mrs?
Affected and, incompetent.
So again, he's wrong, it should not be attached to anyone who can be called 'MP'.
This does seem likely to be the classic tactic for this government. Distract with something ridiculous, but unimportant, allowing the substantive news to go relatively unchallenged.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8160778.stm
Regarding roads, the sooner we switch to km/hr the better.
I am, however, shocked that he has taken so vociferously against the poor old Oxford comma. Particularly as he studied there. Very poor form.
Edit - I love that I have myself made a typo...
In fact I think the only liquid I buy in metric is fruit juice - apple, orange and grape (sometimes fermented).
They would not be able to tell you how many yards in a mile, whereas I would know immediately. I do not know what my weight is in kilos, or my height is in metres. The opposite would apply to them.
Wine comes in 750ml bottles.
Beer comes in pints.
When the temperature is cold, we measure relative to the freezing point of water. But when it's hot, many of us switch into Farenheit.
If we're going on a long journey, then the distance is in miles. If we're measuring the length of a beetle, then w're going to be using centimeters and milimeters.
That is the British way. Charmingly inconsistent.
https://youtu.be/P_i1xk07o4g
It's just sometimes the apple and grape juices are called other things.
Canada went metric to the point that all its road signs are in km and beer is in litres. However, they kept the pint glass so if you order a pint you're now getting 0.568 litres.
JRM is now a Privy Councillor so is now The Right Honourable Member as opposed to Honourable Member or Total Member ....
To work people have to think the Irish backstop is egregiously unreasonable. I don't believe most people know what it is. They might think, why don't you get on with it?
Bring back the Blackberry (or Nokia alternatives)
Personally I don't find metric easier to use than imperial. Easier to multiply, yes, but a bugger for division at more than a basic level. Nor does it bother me overmuch.
He isn't right and he's not notable for being honourable.
The length on both sides are by feet/foot whatever the imperial term is.
The width is in millimeters
Gyms have used kgs for years, for example.
Kilograms and grams are now so ingrained for almost everything save human weight and even that is changing slowly.
And a knight isn't "noble," and a squire isn't the younger son of the younger son of a knight. But still, in a world in which Boris Johnson is prime minister ...
But this sort of thing can have rather serious consequences, as in this famous case:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
I'm very happy to use metric for science and engineering and imperial for day to day life.
In a few weeks I will be geosteering a well drilling 6" hole horizontally in a formation less than 10ft thick at 10,000 feet below sea level and 25,000 feet away from the tophole location. I will be using the most advanced technology on earth to do this and everything will be measured in non-metric units.
I am not in anyway opposed to metric and happily use it where necessary. But the idea that imperial measurements are disappearing any time soon or that our kids shouldn't know them is simply wrong.
What units do they use in space travel again?
Your advanced technology will do everything in metric and then spit it out in imperial for your pleasure.
Plus I think we should teach kids both and make them convert back and forth just to piss them off once in a while
The use of esquire has changed down the ages and in England through the 20th century the term was used to determine a gentleman who may enjoy an office of the crown, in the military or professions. Not being an armiger is not a pre-requisite.
In Scotland order of precedence the title esquire refers to a male above the rank of gentleman who may be descendants of a knight not necessarily an armiger, a laird with a territorial designation or clan chief who is neither a feudal baron or peer.
The key thing is, it's not to be used when alternative postnoms are available. For example, I would not be 'Esq' (even if entitled) because I am BA MA PhD PGCE.
As per Joinery standards I have tried to explain - they used a mixture of both imperial and metric for space travel.
NASA has used metric exclusively since the early 90s.
The aversion to Mr was that that was a form of address that was used to social superiors. As with A levels there was a form of grade inflation so eventually even common servants were addressed as Mr - hence the need to use Esq. Even that was then degraded, so really JRM is trying to impose the style of the 1920s.
The man must be certifiably insane.