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GregP Feb 2023 9:41am, 1 Feb 2023 143,041 posts	0 GregP Knots. Beauforts.
Nicholls595 Feb 2023 9:46am, 1 Feb 2023 30,224 posts	0 Nicholls595 Pints. ~ Drops microphone ~
EvilPixie Feb 2023 10:05am, 1 Feb 2023 39,972 posts	0 EvilPixie why are portion sizes and packet sizes out of sync? I mean nutritional information is per 30g but the packet size is 190g so there is a spare 10g? Are those 10g free with no calories etc?
Angus Clydesdale Feb 2023 10:21am, 1 Feb 2023 26,120 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale See, everyday opportunities for mental arithmetic
Angus Clydesdale Feb 2023 10:25am, 1 Feb 2023 26,121 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale Knots. Beauforts. To be fair, Beaufort is a particularly nebulous scale which relies upon the eye of the beholder.
DeeGee Feb 2023 10:27am, 1 Feb 2023 22,382 posts	0 DeeGee Who is buying just enough petrol for a journey? I don't see a problem with having the car's efficiency measured in MPG but petrol being sold in litres, they aren't used at the same time. Enterprise Rent-a-car refuse to rent me vehicles with a full tank of petrol, often just rent me enough to get home. I refuse to give them free petrol. There's a fair bit of mathematical jiggery-pokery that has to go on to ensure that I leave them as little petrol after a rental as possible. And by "a fair bit of mathematical jiggery-pokery" I mean "I have to do some maths".
EvilPixie Feb 2023 10:28am, 1 Feb 2023 39,974 posts	0 EvilPixie See, everyday opportunities for mental arithmetic When I was teaching the kids were 100% we won't use maths outside school!
GregP Feb 2023 10:28am, 1 Feb 2023 143,045 posts	0 GregP Fair enough Deeers-Geeers. Perfectly reasonable use of the term "fair bit of mathematical jiggery-pokery" if you ask me. Cubits.
Nicholls595 Feb 2023 10:40am, 1 Feb 2023 30,226 posts	0 Nicholls595 Olympic swimming pools Football pitches Wales
stilldreaming Feb 2023 11:04am, 1 Feb 2023 1,126 posts	0 stilldreaming I grew up with imperial and still think in miles, feet, inches, gallons, acres etc. Maybe when all us oldies have gone, full decimalisation will happen 🤔 https://youtu.be/jCiEzQ4EGk4