I know what is wrong with america.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - I know what is wrong with america. (Page 1 of 4)

Posted: 7/18/2008 2:55:01 AM EDT

Its your insistance on using old imperial measurement! i mean even the Democratic People's Republic of Wheredafuckarewestan see the metric system as a step forward but NOOOOOOOOOOOO you guys insist on measuring things in imperial kings penises and old 8th century camels scrotums in your day to day lives.

You still use 'Feet' and 'inches' dated back when the Shah of Ivegotahugecockistan got his feet measured for a set of new sandals! What the fuck is that all about?

Quarts, fluid ounces and all that i mean what the hell is going on here? Does anybody still remember how big the King of Itchyballsistan's mug was? Yards? What is that? Is that the size of the Emperor's stretched ball sack over an old lute or something?

Seriously WTF is going on here?

Posted: 7/18/2008 2:57:15 AM EDT

[#1]

What does the unit of measurement matter, so long as its uniform?

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:02:10 AM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
What does the unit of measurement matter, so long as its uniform?

Uniform? As in you guys are the only ones still using it kind of 'uniform'

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:05:50 AM EDT

[#3]

Nice rant 8/10.

We uses it because we can.

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:08:05 AM EDT

[#4]

+1 / 8/10

If is isn't broke why fix it?

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:10:56 AM EDT

[#5]

I for one wish we would switch to the metric system. Much easier to do things with.

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:12:44 AM EDT

[#6]

I am disappointed. After the topic, I was expecting at least 4 or 5 pages of items.

This one is so far down the list, I had forgot about it.

Although I would have to concur, since it seems like everyday at work I am explaining the lbs. is a weight measurement and kg's are mass and if they want to convert them, they need to tell me where they are at.....

~Dan

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:13:01 AM EDT

[#7]

Better than using that French system you guys play with. We don't cater to their ridiculous antics.

Apparently you nancies aren't quite as opposed.

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:18:31 AM EDT

[#8]

I switch back and forth from Inches to millimeters, quarts to liters, pounds to kilograms daily; I guess that makes me bilingual.

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:19:19 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Better than using that French system you guys play with. We don't cater to their ridiculous antics.

Apparently you nancies aren't quite as opposed.

The french used to own alot of your country. Oh the shame of it all

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:22:02 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Better than using that French system you guys play with. We don't cater to their ridiculous antics.

Apparently you nancies aren't quite as opposed.

The french used to own alot of your country. Oh the shame of it all

that would be a lot.

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:23:23 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Better than using that French system you guys play with. We don't cater to their ridiculous antics.

Apparently you nancies aren't quite as opposed.

The french used to own alot of your country. Oh the shame of it all

that would be a lot.

I dont understand. Is that in french?

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:25:14 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
I am disappointed. After the topic, I was expecting at least 4 or 5 pages of items.

This one is so far down the list, I had forgot about it.

Although I would have to concur, since it seems like everyday at work I am explaining the lbs. is a weight measurement and kg's are mass and if they want to convert them, they need to tell me where they are at.....

~Dan

Sorry mate kg's are a weight measurement not a unit of mass

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:25:23 AM EDT

[#13]

I don't care either way, I have Tools in Standard and Metric and Craftsman makes more every day

As a Machinist I hated Metric Threads and Metric anything.
As a Mechanical Maintenance Man I liked Metric and there are conversion charts available everywhere so I just used them if I needed too, no big deal to me

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:26:07 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Better than using that French system you guys play with. We don't cater to their ridiculous antics.

Apparently you nancies aren't quite as opposed.

The french used to own alot of your country. Oh the shame of it all

that would be a lot.

I dont understand. Is that in french?

An aussie coming in here bashing the US and calling us French??? You gotta be fucking kidding me? If it weren't for us.. the French would be.... ahhhh not this shit again. Pick up a book.

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:26:54 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
I don't care either way, I have Tools in Standard and Metric and Craftsman makes more every day

As a Machinist I hated Metric Threads and Metric anything.
As a Mechanical Maintenance Man I liked Metric and there are conversion charts available everywhere so I just used them if I needed too, no big deal to me

And if all else fails you pull out your 8th century camels scrotums

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:29:35 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Better than using that French system you guys play with. We don't cater to their ridiculous antics.

Apparently you nancies aren't quite as opposed.

The french used to own alot of your country. Oh the shame of it all

that would be a lot.

I dont understand. Is that in french?

An aussie coming in here bashing the US and calling us French??? You gotta be fucking kidding me? If it weren't for us.. the French would be.... ahhhh not this shit again. Pick up a book.

Calm down man and have some cheese or something

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:29:54 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I don't care either way, I have Tools in Standard and Metric and Craftsman makes more every day

As a Machinist I hated Metric Threads and Metric anything.
As a Mechanical Maintenance Man I liked Metric and there are conversion charts available everywhere so I just used them if I needed too, no big deal to me

And if all else fails you pull out your 8th century camels scrotums

Nah, we rule the World so we hire foreigners to prep "Fresh" Camel Scrots for us

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:32:05 AM EDT

[#18]

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:32:29 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I don't care either way, I have Tools in Standard and Metric and Craftsman makes more every day

As a Machinist I hated Metric Threads and Metric anything.
As a Mechanical Maintenance Man I liked Metric and there are conversion charts available everywhere so I just used them if I needed too, no big deal to me

And if all else fails you pull out your 8th century camels scrotums

Nah, we rule the World so we hire foreigners to prep "Fresh" Camel Scrots for us

Wal-Mart scrots FTW!!!!!

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:33:11 AM EDT

[#20]

Regardless of what measuring system we use, we can still kick your ass.
Every day of the week, twice on Sunday.

Hell, the state of RI alone could lay Queensland to waste.

So....Bugger off.

FWIW: they tried teaching (converting) to metrics when I was in grammar school.
Epic Failure is a NICE way to describe it.

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:33:56 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
www.schino.com/images/troll_norvegia_01.jpg

No shit man

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:36:22 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I am disappointed. After the topic, I was expecting at least 4 or 5 pages of items.

This one is so far down the list, I had forgot about it.

Although I would have to concur, since it seems like everyday at work I am explaining the lbs. is a weight measurement and kg's are mass and if they want to convert them, they need to tell me where they are at.....

~Dan

Sorry mate kg's are a weight measurement not a unit of mass

Sorry Mate, acording to the Australian gov't Kg's are mass:

Follow the PDF

National Measurements

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:36:37 AM EDT

[#23]

4/10

Would have been 8/10, but I deducted points for originality. The repetitive blahblahblah"istan" shit got old.

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:36:59 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
Regardless of what measuring system we use, we can still kick your ass.
Every day of the week, twice on Sunday.

Hell, the state of RI alone could lay Queensland to waste.

So....Bugger off.

FWIW: they tried teaching (converting) to metrics when I was in grammar school.
Epic Failure is a NICE way to describe it.

You know if you use metric your dick actually becomes longer

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:38:05 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
4/10

Would have been 8/10, but I deducted points for originality. The repetitive blahblahblah"istan" shit got old.

You should be giving me a score outta 12

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:38:28 AM EDT

[#26]

The metric system is communism!

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:39:46 AM EDT

[#27]

com'on ya hose-ers, you are missing what is important:

How many beers are in a metric 6-pack, eh?

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:40:44 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I am disappointed. After the topic, I was expecting at least 4 or 5 pages of items.

This one is so far down the list, I had forgot about it.

Although I would have to concur, since it seems like everyday at work I am explaining the lbs. is a weight measurement and kg's are mass and if they want to convert them, they need to tell me where they are at.....

~Dan

Sorry mate kg's are a weight measurement not a unit of mass

Sorry Mate, acording to the Australian gov't Kg's are mass:

Follow the PDF

National Measurements

WTF u talking about? How many kilos in a tonne? How many grams in a kilo and so on?

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:44:03 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
com'on ya hose-ers, you are missing what is important:

How many beers are in a metric 6-pack, eh?

Not enough

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:50:19 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Better than using that French system you guys play with. We don't cater to their ridiculous antics.

Apparently you nancies aren't quite as opposed.

The french used to own alot of your country. Oh the shame of it all

Sure, over 200 years ago they held the deed to a lot of dirt and trees. Your country voluntarily converted to their "system." I suppose you prefer a half liter of beer to a proper pint as well. Now go back to playing with your wallabies and stay out of grown country's business.

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:56:45 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Regardless of what measuring system we use, we can still kick your ass.
Every day of the week, twice on Sunday.

Hell, the state of RI alone could lay Queensland to waste.

So....Bugger off.

FWIW: they tried teaching (converting) to metrics when I was in grammar school.
Epic Failure is a NICE way to describe it.

You know if you use metric your dick actually becomes longer

Then Metric = magic because I have no dick.
WAIT......Will it make my boobs bigger?

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:57:00 AM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Better than using that French system you guys play with. We don't cater to their ridiculous antics.

Apparently you nancies aren't quite as opposed.

The french used to own alot of your country. Oh the shame of it all

Sure, over 200 years ago they held the deed to a lot of dirt and trees. Your country voluntarily converted to their "system." I suppose you prefer a half liter of beer to a proper pint as well. Now go back to playing with your wallabies and stay out of grown country's business.

I prefer my beer without cheese no matter the size of the glass

Posted: 7/18/2008 3:58:39 AM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:
4/10

Would have been 8/10, but I deducted points for originality. The repetitive blahblahblah"istan" shit got old.

You should be giving me a score outta 12

Touche'

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:00:05 AM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Regardless of what measuring system we use, we can still kick your ass.
Every day of the week, twice on Sunday.

Hell, the state of RI alone could lay Queensland to waste.

So....Bugger off.

FWIW: they tried teaching (converting) to metrics when I was in grammar school.
Epic Failure is a NICE way to describe it.

You know if you use metric your dick actually becomes longer

Then Metric = magic because I have no dick.
WAIT......Will it make my boobs bigger?

Not sure post some pics and we will all take a poll

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:00:11 AM EDT

[#35]

Meters are far too long to be an inutitive base measure of distance.

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:01:13 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:

Quoted:
4/10

Would have been 8/10, but I deducted points for originality. The repetitive blahblahblah"istan" shit got old.

You should be giving me a score outta 12

Touche'

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:03:21 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

Meters are far too long to be an inutitive base measure of distance.

Nanometres (1 millionth of a metre) are also metric. Metres are not the base measurement as yards are not either in imperial.

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:09:59 AM EDT

[#38]

When your country becomes as great as ours, with a military to match....you can spout off about the metric system.

Until then.....shut your trap Chain Dragger

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:14:35 AM EDT

[#39]

Le Système International d'Unités

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:20:01 AM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
When your country becomes as great as ours, with a military to match....you can spout off about the metric system.

Until then.....shut your trap Chain Dragger

We will never have the amount of Mexicans to build our country up and do all the hard work

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:22:15 AM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:

Quoted:
When your country becomes as great as ours, with a military to match....you can spout off about the metric system.

Until then.....shut your trap Chain Dragger

Now yer' just trying to be nasty.

We will never have the amount of Mexicans to build our country up and do all the hard work

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:25:15 AM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:
When your country becomes as great as ours, with a military to match....you can spout off about the metric system.

Until then.....shut your trap Chain Dragger

Now yer' just trying to be nasty.

We will never have the amount of Mexicans to build our country up and do all the hard work

Tongue in cheek

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:35:50 AM EDT

[#43]

Invade us, make us stop, it should be easy

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:39:10 AM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:
When your country becomes as great as ours, with a military to match....you can spout off about the metric system.

Until then.....shut your trap Chain Dragger

Now yer' just trying to be nasty.

We will never have the amount of Mexicans to build our country up and do all the hard work

Tongue in cheek

There was an attempt to push a switch to metric when I was a kid, I think in the mid 70s. Never caught on beyond putting kilometers on some road signs. We have such a large country our oddball measurement system is not a big deal. Plenty of americans go their whole life without needing to know what a kilometer is

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:53:11 AM EDT

[#45]

F the metric system, ours works fine. Plus if we switched all our barrels would be 452mm x1253745324.762345 LH. Screw that

Let the world switch back to the english system.

Posted: 7/18/2008 4:57:36 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:

Quoted:
When your country becomes as great as ours, with a military to match....you can spout off about the metric system.

Until then.....shut your trap Chain Dragger

Now yer' just trying to be nasty.

We will never have the amount of Mexicans to build our country up and do all the hard work

Tongue in cheek

There was an attempt to push a switch to metric when I was a kid, I think in the mid 70s. Never caught on beyond putting kilometers on some road signs. We have such a large country our oddball measurement system is not a big deal. Plenty of americans go their whole life without needing to know what a kilometer is

The french just dont have the influence they used to have in their ex-colony

Posted: 7/18/2008 5:00:01 AM EDT

[#47]

We'll never change to the metric system because they would have to redo all the football fields. No one is gonna fuck with our football.

Posted: 7/18/2008 5:02:22 AM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:

Quoted:
When your country becomes as great as ours, with a military to match....you can spout off about the metric system.

Until then.....shut your trap Chain Dragger

Now yer' just trying to be nasty.

We will never have the amount of Mexicans to build our country up and do all the hard work

Tongue in cheek

There was an attempt to push a switch to metric when I was a kid, I think in the mid 70s. Never caught on beyond putting kilometers on some road signs. We have such a large country our oddball measurement system is not a big deal. Plenty of americans go their whole life without needing to know what a kilometer is

Heck I remember back in the mid 60's when I was in grammer school, teachers were telling us that we were switching to the metric system and we needed to learn it.

Posted: 7/18/2008 5:04:44 AM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:
F the metric system, ours works fine. Plus if we switched all our barrels would be 452mm x1253745324.762345 tpi LH Screw that

Awesome, a barrel that is over 17 inches across, but why are you still threading it imperial. And I think 1 billion threads per inch is too fine...if it was equiv. to an AR in thread length, you would have to turn the flash hider 5 million times to torque it down....

Posted: 7/18/2008 5:07:20 AM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:
com'on ya hose-ers, you are missing what is important:

How many beers are in a metric 6-pack, eh?

You double it and add 30. There are 42 metric beers in a six pack. - Bob & Doug McKensie

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