Re: 600 kilos of beef, please
Posted: Fri May 13, 2022 8:09 am
Having looked it up and wondering how it fitted into the original post.
I use all sorts of mixed units. When I'm measuring anything I use a handy long thin conversion table, aka a tape measure with both on. I tend to use whichever turns out to be an easy round number, for example, putting up sweet pea canes - measured the row divided by number of plants, I think it was metric this year. I use °C for temperature, measure rainfall in mm but think of it in inches. I didn't know how tall I am or what I weigh in either units until I went for health check recently but they were metric so I remember what I weigh in kilos, nice round number, can't remember height. Garden produce that I weigh tends to be metric as my old spring balance failed and I could only buy a 25kg version. Then there's miles per hour., waist and legs in inches, pints of beer etc. What a mess we are in - should have stayed in the EU and got it sorted!
I use all sorts of mixed units. When I'm measuring anything I use a handy long thin conversion table, aka a tape measure with both on. I tend to use whichever turns out to be an easy round number, for example, putting up sweet pea canes - measured the row divided by number of plants, I think it was metric this year. I use °C for temperature, measure rainfall in mm but think of it in inches. I didn't know how tall I am or what I weigh in either units until I went for health check recently but they were metric so I remember what I weigh in kilos, nice round number, can't remember height. Garden produce that I weigh tends to be metric as my old spring balance failed and I could only buy a 25kg version. Then there's miles per hour., waist and legs in inches, pints of beer etc. What a mess we are in - should have stayed in the EU and got it sorted!
