coxyhog Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 14 hours ago, Butch said: and pissing off some rabid remainers. Now there's an idea😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 11 hours ago, Stillearly said: You're forgetting the 9 bob note,as bent as.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 12 hours ago, Siam Addict said: I recall in late seventies in Ireland petrol neared £1 per gallon and a lot of pumps back then could not cope with higher than 99.9p per gallon so they changed the internals of the pumps to read litres, which dropped the price to 25.0p per litre. I was the attendant at an attended filling station during the school holidays just after the gallon broke the £1 mark and we had adjusted by halving the price per unit so the customer paid double what was shown on the display. Despite signs everywhere saying this it still caused a lot of arguments, especially when "strangers" filled up themselves without waiting for me. 46 minutes ago, coxyhog said: You're forgetting the 9 bob note,as bent as.... And you never noticed the mistake in the piece you quoted. Half a crown is two shillings and sixpence. I'm in my fifties like some others on here and can switch between the two systems pretty easily, but we're all on our way out so any changes will only be around for a few years, if anybody adopts them at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, Butch said: I still buy beer in pints, shorts in measures and meat by the llb at the local Butchers. Shorts are now 25ml or more often 35ml near me. Before they were 1/6 gill (English measure), 1/5 gill (Scottish pub measure) and 1/4 gill (Scottish club measure). No one drank singles when they went south of the border as you could hardly taste it. 1/5 gill = 1 fluid oz. 20 x 1/5 gill nips in a pint. (UK). Edited May 30, 2022 by KWA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 25 minutes ago, KWA said: Before they were 1/6 gill (English measure), 1/5 gill (Scottish pub measure) and 1/4 gill (Scottish club measure). Down south a Gill is equal to a mouthfull of cum (from a Taylforth sausage)....Normally administered on the A1....... allegedly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, Derek Dangleberries said: Down south a Gill is equal to a mouthfull of cum (from a Taylforth sausage)....Normally administered on the A1....... allegedly.. Not that sort of Gill. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/actress-s-fiance-denies-sex-dare-1400049.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy dee Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 40 minutes ago, KWA said: Shorts are now 25ml or more often 35ml near me. Before they were 1/6 gill (English measure), 1/5 gill (Scottish pub measure) and 1/4 gill (Scottish club measure). No one drank singles when they went south of the border as you could hardly taste it. 1 gill = 1 fluid oz. 20 gills in a pint. (UK). you had bloody big pints. certainly not 20 gills in a pint dear sir, an there are 16 oz, liquid, in a pint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Four gills in a pint .... apparently... see it's all so simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 1 minute ago, tommy dee said: you had bloody big pints. certainly not 20 gills in a pint dear sir, an there are 16 oz, liquid, in a pint Yup. 20 x 1/5 gill nips is what I should have said. I've edited the other post for clarity. But it is 20 fluid ounces in a pint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyman Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 16 hours ago, Butch said: Going imperial won't make any difference apart from confusing a generation of kids and pissing off some rabid remainers. That's a good enough reason in itself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 36 minutes ago, KWA said: Yup. 20 x 1/5 gill nips is what I should have said. I've edited the other post for clarity. But it is 20 fluid ounces in a pint. All this ounces and fluid ounces confuses me, find mill's and litres so much easier. Last time I used anything to do with ounces or part ounces was when I visited my dealer in the past.😀 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs joe Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Can’t fathom it all out 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 11 minutes ago, gs joe said: Can’t fathom it all out That comment is in a league of its own! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 What's next on the fat prick Boris's list?. Coal fires and ricketts?. Gonna need candles soon as electricity will become unaffordable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 4 hours ago, Bazle said: That comment is in a league of its own! You're going the full 8.2296 metres nine yards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Ling Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, fygjam said: US or UK feet? Bugger me, you have me stuffed there. I was unaware there was a difference , or maybe you are giving me a windup? If the later then well done sir, a Sshhh worthy windup. Ah how I miss the windups and shit fights on the old board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs joe Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Will smart meters be referred to as smart yards ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Khun Ling said: Bugger me, you have me stuffed there. I was unaware there was a difference , or maybe you are giving me a windup? If the later then well done sir, a Sshhh worthy windup. Ah how I miss the windups and shit fights on the old board 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, gs joe said: Will smart meters be referred to as smart yards ? At least a smart arse will always be a smart arse.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 10 hours ago, galenkia said: Coal fires and ricketts?. Gonna need candles soon as electricity will become unaffordable. Similar to growing up under a labour government you mean .... And why were the power cuts always just as "It's a knockout" started??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Derek Dangleberries said: Similar to growing up under a labour government you mean .... And why were the power cuts always just as "It's a knockout" started??? That's old Labour, and why Corbyn was unelectable. Mind you, Boris and his 'good old days' ain't no different. Edited May 31, 2022 by galenkia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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coxyhog Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 The scruple is an historic unit of weight equal to 20 grains, used by apothecaries. Could use a few in Westminster.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 My height was officially 5 foot 10 and a half inches. That extra half inch was very important to me. To this day I have no idea what that is in metric and see no reason to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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