Units of measurements
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Dec 2021
12:39pm, 17 Dec 2021
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Cerrertonia
Same as tennis serve speeds and cricket bowling speeds. Doesn't matter what the units are sometimes, you might as well say fast or very fast for as much as it means to me. |
Dec 2021
1:25pm, 17 Dec 2021
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paulcook
See, that makes slightly more sense Cerrertonia . At least it gives you a perceptive of reaction times, but the difference between a very fast bowler (Brett Lee, for example) and a fast bowler (Glenn McGrath) is so minute, that the unit of measurement doesn't really matter. Most of us mortals have no comprehension of the difference. It just ends up being a figure read out with almost no context. Anyway, that's probably a little tangential to the thread!! |
Dec 2021
1:38pm, 17 Dec 2021
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Bah Humbug Stevce
For long races I prefer to carry 500ml of water with me ! Although I will drinks pints of beer afterwards !
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Dec 2021
1:51pm, 17 Dec 2021
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paulcook
Haha. That made me really chuckle. I was trying to find a brilliant flow-chart style graphic I saw a while ago regarding the inconsistency of British measurements to post on here, but couldn't find it. That brilliant example would beat hands down anything that was on there though. |
Dec 2021
5:17pm, 17 Dec 2021
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Santa Bowman 🎅🏻
paulcook Maybe this one? |
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Dec 2021
5:28pm, 17 Dec 2021
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paulcook
No. It's a very tongue in cheek flow chart, across an entire range of different types of measurements, temperature, distance, speed, cooking, etc.
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Dec 2021
5:34pm, 17 Dec 2021
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Santa Bowman 🎅🏻
Ah ok, 👍
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Dec 2021
5:44pm, 17 Dec 2021
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paulcook
A-ha. Found it. thepoke.co.uk |
Dec 2021
5:49pm, 17 Dec 2021
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Weean
that is fantastic, paulcook.
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Dec 2021
5:16pm, 20 Dec 2021
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Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
That is great, except it's not crazy enough! I'd add Temperature - is it Summer or Winter? Winter - def Celsius (0C is freezing), but summer, Is it Scorchio or just normal? Scorchio usually Fahrenheit "90s or even may hit 100 (F)". Normal day? 18-20C? Mass - are you weighing people, splits into "is it for general fatness / social or a specific sport?" I know my weight in kg for paragliding, because it's what my harness is certified to (you DEFINITELY want to get that right!) And we could add for running (jogging): Euro marathons in km but UK pace most folk probably do mins per mile?! etc. ... ?  G
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