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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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 12:24)
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No, it's the fact that it's 16 (or 20) of one, 14 of another, 220 of a third, 36 of something else and 1760 of yet another(, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 10:53, 2 replies)
YesExactly this.
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I'd agree with you if you were doing this shit in your head or if you had to remember thembut in reality these days in most scenarios, no-one does, and no-one does.
When I lecture this stuff I do fall down in favour of the boy Panzer, in that imperial/US units are a bit of a pain compared to SI. But the conversions are really only a minimal inconvenience when everything is done with a computer.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 13:18,
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It's true you would never have to really work them outBut it would be easier to do a miscalculation
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