Metric vs. other measurement systems - chart

**old kodger** · Jul 13, 2021, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by jdurand

obviously none, one is metric and one is a king's shoe size.

Like I said " if this question is what it purports to be"
At the risk of upsetting a very large proportion of the respondents of this forum, Americans have odd ball versions of a lot of things "aluminum, soddering, US gallons" to name just a few.

**hemmjo** · Jul 14, 2021, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by old kodger

Like I said " if this question is what it purports to be"
At the risk of upsetting a very large proportion of the respondents of this forum, Americans have odd ball versions of a lot of things "aluminum, soddering, US gallons" to name just a few.

WELL, I for one, am so offended that I offer the following as evidence.

(Not sure as evidence for what, but it is evidence for something!!!! )

https://www.thecalculatorsite.com/ar...al-gallons.php.

The History of this is here. https://marketbusinessnews.com/finan...eters%2C%20etc.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...term=Soddering

https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...?term=Aluminum

And just FYI, I am not really offended, you gotta laugh. It is fascinating how things morph as time and distance separate us. Now that most in the world are able to come back together and communicate freely via the internet, we can so easily see how the differences have evolved.

Now if we could just come together and solve the REAL problems of the world.

**old kodger** · Jul 9, 2021, 06:04 PM

All I know is that by ANY comparator, I'm getting shorter.

**old kodger** · Jul 12, 2021, 05:34 PM

I heard, yesterday, what I consider is the definitive way to measure the size of a lawn.
A freind of mine is a real estate agent and he tells me that the recognized way to determine the size of a lawn is the number of "tinnies" (cans of beer), that it takes to mow it.
He went on to say that a local builder prices all his jobs by "slabs", ie. cartons of beer. Which when you think about it is not so silly because the jobs rarely change in the amount of work to be done, but the ever increasing cost of living changes the price constantly, so a slab of beer rises consistently with the cost of living,.......no more calculating to be done.

**old kodger** · Jul 12, 2021, 08:15 PM

presuming this to be the question it purports to be,
One statue mile = 1760 yards
1760 x36 statute inches 36 being the number of inches in a yard = 63360.
63360/39.2 (39.2 being the length of a metre measured in statute inches) =1616.32
So, 1616.32 metres, unless this was a trick question.
nb. I'm not aware if there may be a difference between "statute" and "American" yards.

Ultimately the answer could be "LOTS"

**marksbug** · Jul 13, 2021, 08:45 AM

that depends on how many houses are on the mile long street and weather they have just 1 meter or 2( for a shop/home in the back)

**IntheGroove** · Jul 13, 2021, 08:46 AM

We have some here...

Metric vs. other measurement systems - chart-8507_8536764225_beb9801a0d.jpeg

**marksbug** · Jul 13, 2021, 08:48 AM

so..how do we standardize feet?? some people have short feet some have long feet. and some have a foot long....banana, so....oh never mind,it's usualy longer than a furlong or long fur...