Metric or imperial?

[cascaderailroad]

Misconstrewn Data

A casemaking company got an telephone order from a customer, that wanted a 3/8" plywood box on wheels, that was 12 x 12.

The company made this huge cube 12' x 12' ... and when the customer showed up they looked stunned at the monolith (Like in 2001 Space Odyssey): WHAT is THAT ! No we meant 12" x 12" !
So they put it on the circular saw table, and with 6 guys, pushed it through the blade, and flipped it 14 times and made four 6' x' 6' boxes.

 

[steamboateng]

At least on one occasion, in the forums, I came across a Trainzer who thought boiler pressure, given in metric bars, was a typo, and was going to multiply the number by 10, figuring the author dropped the last zero. A bar is a metric measurement, roughly 14.5 psi, I explained, and a legitimate unit defining a pressure range.
Then there's the Metric Bar & Grill in Bridgeport, Conn., which resides across the street from the courthouse. This is also a legitimate entity, providing food and drink to accused and accusers alike. (Yes, I accidentily bumped into this establishment while Googling metric bar, and no, I don't know if thier beers come in pint mugs or liter pitchers.)

 

[cascaderailroad]

I know there is a long drinking glass called a "Yard" ... is there also one called a "Meter" ?:hehe:

 

[johnwhelan]

I know there is a long drinking glass called a "Yard" ... is there also one called a "Meter" ?:hehe:

I've seen a half yard as well, an old girl friend held the campus record for the half yard. They wouldn't let her compete for the yard, I suspect it was because the rugby club couldn't bear the thought that they might lose to a girl. Quite difficult to drink in one gulp, I suspect the extra three inches of ale in a meter glass would be a killer.

Cheerio John

 

[ray_whiley]

I remember a bar called La Lunette in Brussels in 1952 or 1953 with a beer glass containing one litre - anyone visiting for the first time was expected to down this glass - perhaps this is the metric equivalent of a yard glass?

Ray

 

[pfx]

My former local in Edinburgh would provide trusted regulars with a 2 pint glass. I tried it a couple of times but you really have to drink quickly if you don't want to be left with warm, flat dregs.

I suppose it could be deemed the approximate Imperial equivalent of a litre glass.

 

[BillDinAZ]

I find many of these comments very interesting. I taught Freshman (College) Chemistry for about 10 years. Chemists in the U.S. converted to metric units years ago. Engineers have not! That's why the NASA mishap in 1999, mentioned above by pware, is not surprising. Give me metric any day for making almost any type of calculation.

BillD