Irrational peopleFreddie Woo tells us "I'm having to drive 500 miles to pick up my son from the ex's house because she won't let him take the train in case he gets off at the wrong station. He's 19 years old and has A-Levels and everything." - Tell us about illogical and irrational people who get on your nerves.
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Our local timber merchant sells imperial measure unfinished timber by the metre.(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 9:29,
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A workmate was given a tape measure with metric on one edge and imperial on the otherand asked to measure a piece of machinery so the transport company would have dimensions. Apparently the road roller was 3 metres and 10 inches long.
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Most doCross-section imperial (with metric equivalent), length metric. Due to older houses being built imperial and needing imperial replacements.
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All of Europe doesYou can't buy 2m of wood in Polish B&Q. You can get 1.8 or 2.1m through, which is oddly enough 7 or 8 feet.
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 12:03,
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Applies to any Uk merchant.Timber is sold in length multiples of 0.3m
Feet you see.
Ok pedants, 0.305m
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edjogs Collared doves are shit., Tue 15 Oct 2013, 21:03,
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