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scott wrote:
>> Screws here go down to 1/32nd or 1/64th of an inch,
>
> Oh god that just reminded me of working on old stuff when I was
> younger. OK so the 1/2" socket is too small, ermm what comes next, this
> one looks bigger, 5/8", nope too big, hmmm, ummm, 5/8, that's 10/16, ok
> so let's try 9/16", ah yes cool that fits.
>
>>> What if you need 5 foot 3 point 85 divided into 2? Dividing 158.3 cm
>>> into 2 is much easier.
>>
>> You'd cast everything to inches. That's how construction work is done.
>> Studs are 16 inches apart, for example. I went to the store and bought
>> 20-inch hoses to connect wall to sink.
>
> So the length of a support beam is measured as something like 475
> inches? Do you have any idea how long something that is 475 inches
> actually looks like? Or do you have to convert roughly into feet/yards
> first?
>
> Or like the example you gave earlier, if something is 50 thousand feet
> away, do you know how far that is? Or do you have to do a rough
> conversion to miles first?
>
> In metric it's far easier, you buy a piece of wood that is 1200x600x28,
> you know straight away how big it is without needing to any sums in your
> head. Ditto if something is 50 thousand metres away, I know it's going
> to take me about 30 mins to get there straight away - no tricky
> conversions needed.
>
And as a bonus I can see that you will use a car and not go by foot,
bike, boat, or public transport.
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On 25 May 2008 13:49:09 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com>
wrote:
>
>We've been seriously talking about moving over there, but with the recent
>changes in immigration there, when we get to the point we can, we will
>probably start in Scotland (we've got friends both in Edinburough as well
>as about halfway between Edinburough and Glasgow). Ireland was another
>possibility, though we don't know anyone directly who lives there (I have
>a former coworker whom I'm good friends with who is from Dundalk, just
>outside of Dublin) and he's got family still there. But if we were to
>start in Ireland, we really like Galway (though haven't been there, so
>we'd want to visit first <g>).
Do you mean that you will live in different parts of the country for
periods then move on?
Halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow? Not Cumbernauld? I lived there
for about four years.
Funny enough I am thinking about leaving the country as it is going to
the dogs in a handcart, if you will pardon the mixed metaphor :)
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Stephen
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On Mon, 26 May 2008 20:10:40 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 25 May 2008 13:49:09 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>
>
>>We've been seriously talking about moving over there, but with the
>>recent changes in immigration there, when we get to the point we can, we
>>will probably start in Scotland (we've got friends both in Edinburough
>>as well as about halfway between Edinburough and Glasgow). Ireland was
>>another possibility, though we don't know anyone directly who lives
>>there (I have a former coworker whom I'm good friends with who is from
>>Dundalk, just outside of Dublin) and he's got family still there. But
>>if we were to start in Ireland, we really like Galway (though haven't
>>been there, so we'd want to visit first <g>).
>
> Do you mean that you will live in different parts of the country for
> periods then move on?
Possibly - though the single biggest inhibitor is the lack of a college
degree - that has implications in immigration in England, but not
necessarily Scotland.
> Halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow? Not Cumbernauld? I lived there
> for about four years.
Do you know where Shots is? It's near there.
> Funny enough I am thinking about leaving the country as it is going to
> the dogs in a handcart, if you will pardon the mixed metaphor :)
LOL, it's all relative. ;-)
Jim
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On 26 May 2008 18:24:39 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com>
wrote:
>> Do you mean that you will live in different parts of the country for
>> periods then move on?
>
>Possibly - though the single biggest inhibitor is the lack of a college
>degree - that has implications in immigration in England, but not
>necessarily Scotland.
Skin colour and origin has probably more implications for immigration
in the UK, I would imagine :-) As for work I have never found the lack
of a degree to be a show stopper, experience counts for more here than
it does in the US (I believe). Anyway if you were working for and
being paid by a US company it would be irrelevant, I assume.
>> Halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow? Not Cumbernauld? I lived there
>> for about four years.
>
>Do you know where Shots is? It's near there.
I do, my father in law worked there at the distillery and it is word
famous in Scotland for the Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band.
>> Funny enough I am thinking about leaving the country as it is going to
>> the dogs in a handcart, if you will pardon the mixed metaphor :)
>
>LOL, it's all relative. ;-)
True, that is what my auntie said :)
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Stephen
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>> In metric it's far easier, you buy a piece of wood that is 1200x600x28,
>
> Right. And why do they sell it at 1200x600, rather than 1000x500? Because
> you can divide it in thirds and quarters. :-)
Maybe.
Actually they had 1000x500 too, and a whole range of other sizes. I got the
1200x600 because I'm making a stand for my TV and other equipment to go
underneath. After I worked out the required dimensions it came pretty close
to 1200x600 so I fixed the design to that. When I got to the shop it was a
coincidence that the exact size was available, I was expecting to have to
ask them to cut it for me.
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>> Well yes (I experienced a crazy 3-lane road once in Finland where the
>> middle lane was for both directions!)
>
> No, you haven't ;). You might have experienced a 3-lane road where 2 lanes
> are for one direction and 1 for another and the single-lane direction
> going cars are allowed to overtake on the middle lane *IF* there's no cars
> going another direction and using the middle lane.
Yeh sounds about right - it was a blizzard so you couldn't see very far, but
it still didn't stop our taxi driver using the middle lane at 120 km/h and
swerving back and to when approaching cars were also using the same lane!
> One might think so, but that's not true. You don't need a traffic jam to
> render all overtaking-places unusable. Waiting for a realistic and safe
> place to overtake a 80km/g going car on 100km/h limit might easily take
> 20+km.
I guess it depends how much power your car has and whether you are happy to
go over the speed while overtaking.
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And lo on Fri, 23 May 2008 22:45:29 +0100, andrel
<a_l### [at] hotmail com> did spake, saying:
> Stephen wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 May 2008 15:40:07 +0100, "Phil Cook"
>> <phi### [at] nospamrocain freeserve co uk> wrote:
>>
>>> That's so we can have a meter that measures in metres and not get
>>> ourselves confused.
>> I've worked on meters that measured cubic metres. The spelling saves
>> confusion as you say.
>
> We don't have that distinction. That is one of the reasons that I try to
> convince people that the scales they use to measure their weight should
> be called kilometers. Up till now with very minor success.
[groan] :-) We'd probably hyphenate it though.
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And lo on Sun, 25 May 2008 01:40:10 +0100, Jim Henderson
<nos### [at] nospam com> did spake, saying:
> I often have to read it a second time to 'Americanise' the
> spellings just to avoid having half my audience tell me I can't spell.
> ;-)
Shouldn't that be Americanize :-P
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And lo on Sat, 24 May 2008 00:08:48 +0100, Warp <war### [at] tag povray org> did
spake, saying:
> Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
>> A cm is about right. You need something about a foot, tho. Otherwise you
>> get things like "he was 197 cm tall".
or "just under 2 metres"
>> Kilograms are too heavy and grams are too light.
>
> Too heavy and light for what? It's very common to buy eg. "400 grams of
> meat", etc.
And nothing to stop you asking for 4 hectograms of meat, well except the
fact that nobody would understand you :-)
>> Liters are too big and centiliters are too small.
>
> For what? And in cooking a deciliter is a very common measure.
>
>> Basically, the factor of 1000 in common units
>> is the problem. :-)
>
> There are 10 millimeters in a centimeter, and 100 centimeter in a meter,
> and 10 deciliters in a liter.
Important not to be confused with a decalitre.
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On Tue, 27 May 2008 07:53:14 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 26 May 2008 18:24:39 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>
>>> Do you mean that you will live in different parts of the country for
>>> periods then move on?
>>
>>Possibly - though the single biggest inhibitor is the lack of a college
>>degree - that has implications in immigration in England, but not
>>necessarily Scotland.
>
> Skin colour and origin has probably more implications for immigration in
> the UK, I would imagine :-) As for work I have never found the lack of a
> degree to be a show stopper, experience counts for more here than it
> does in the US (I believe). Anyway if you were working for and being
> paid by a US company it would be irrelevant, I assume.
Well, I know the recent changes in UK immigration state three criteria -
money (to invest), age (lower is better - and I'm over the rather
arbitrary age threshold), and a college degree. In the old points
system, I was good to go, but they changed all that within the last
year. (My wife follows it fairly closely.)
Possibly coming over while employed by a US company would work (it does
here in the US - my last boss was a Canadian immigrant, and my current
boss lives in Canada).
>>> Halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow? Not Cumbernauld? I lived there
>>> for about four years.
>>
>>Do you know where Shots is? It's near there.
>
> I do, my father in law worked there at the distillery and it is word
> famous in Scotland for the Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band.
Wow, small world, isn't it? Almost makes me wonder if you know the guy I
know there. That'd be weird. IIRC, he said the population was fairly
low there...
>>> Funny enough I am thinking about leaving the country as it is going to
>>> the dogs in a handcart, if you will pardon the mixed metaphor :)
>>
>>LOL, it's all relative. ;-)
>
> True, that is what my auntie said :)
<groan>!
Jim
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