Things you don't understand watch - have you got things you don't understand?

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GregP Feb 2023 11:08am, 1 Feb 2023 143,046 posts	0 GregP Two and a quarter pounds of jam Weigh about a kilogram A litre of water's A pint and three quarters A metre measures three foot three It's longer than a yard, you see
rf_fozzy Feb 2023 12:13pm, 1 Feb 2023 19,382 posts	0 rf_fozzy Imperial units are gibberish. Get rid of them. Old folk will just have to learn.
ChrisHB Feb 2023 12:43pm, 1 Feb 2023 22,238 posts	0 ChrisHB have you ever tried teaching an old dog new tricks? FWIW I weigh myself in kg, but my children, brought up in Germany, use st & lbs.
GregP Feb 2023 1:31pm, 1 Feb 2023 143,052 posts	0 GregP That's very cool, Chris.
Diogenes Feb 2023 1:46pm, 1 Feb 2023 76,297 posts	0 Diogenes While we're at it, let's get rid of those old fashioned words and phrases too, no more pounds of flesh or inching towards a goal, all those sayings should be taken out to the backyard and shot using a .22 rifle with a 40 grain bullet. Then we can all go for a pint and celebrate. Or shall we just get rid of all the old folk? Most of them are not the full shilling, anyway.
GregP Feb 2023 1:49pm, 1 Feb 2023 143,055 posts	0 GregP Do that we’ll be quids in.
JK chameleon Feb 2023 1:49pm, 1 Feb 2023 17,353 posts	0 JK chameleon Old folk will just have to learn. Hate to break it to you, old bean. You're V40, so you're old. Inching towards eventual retirement...
Steve NordRunner Feb 2023 2:06pm, 1 Feb 2023 2,635 posts	0 Steve NordRunner I'm trying to be politically correct: my neighbour the tea-leaf is as bent as 45p.
Night-owl Feb 2023 2:13pm, 1 Feb 2023 41,229 posts	0 Night-owl Puts face in own hands. Does it matter. If someone uses kgs instead of lbs has anyone died because of that. I prefer weighing in stones and lbs I run in miles unless it's a race in kms
GregP Feb 2023 2:22pm, 1 Feb 2023 143,057 posts	0 GregP #dnftt