Metrics...

[Punkawallah]

My height is 102.9 unglies.
(For those unfamiliar with the unit, there are approximately 10.6 unglies in a gunter's link.)

What’s that in Furlongs?

 

[Punkawallah]

I do the same but only because I found myself continually converting km to mls when on a ride and that made my head hurt.

I spent almost 20 years working in the steel and aluminium production industries from 1980 onwards. Both industries were firmly metric around the world (even in the UK) except for the USA which used, and still uses, their own version of Imperial. Oddly, despite being out of that environment for more than 25 years I still think in metric for measurements of less than a mile 🤔

Wot - 10km is about 6 miles?

 

[presta]

What’s that in Furlongs?

I don't know, but it's 2.07E-16 light years.

 

[DaveReading]

I only realised recently that you can use the Fibonacci sequence to convert Miles / Kilometres

Yes, you can use it for any value.

For example to convert 100 miles to kilometres, you just need to find a Fibonacci sequence that contains 100 - for example 5, 17, 22, ... and the term following 100 (161) will give approximately the km equivalent.

Or you could just stuff Fibonacci and multiply by 1.6.

 

[C R]

Arghhhhhh

Glad it isn't just me.

 

[Venod]

I plan, calculate and rides in miles. But post on Strava in KM - because for the unwary: it makes me look better than I actually am…….

I plan and complete Zwift rides in Km, but outdoor rides and Strava logging is done in miles, I am striving to hit 5000 miles by the end of May, 1000 miles a month average this year, 1609.34 km a month average just doesn't cut it.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I plan, calculate and rides in miles. But post on Strava in KM - because for the unwary: it makes me look better than I actually am…….

How does it make you look better?

 

[sevenfourate]

I do the same but only because I found myself continually converting km to mls when on a ride and that made my head hurt.

I spent almost 20 years working in the steel and aluminium production industries from 1980 onwards. Both industries were firmly metric around the world (even in the UK) except for the USA which used, and still uses, their own version of Imperial. Oddly, despite being out of that environment for more than 25 years I still think in metric for measurements of less than a mile 🤔

My post was tongue in cheek reference inflating figures - and either way; I’m pretty good at head mathematics and converting both ways.

Funnily enough: both Mild Steel and Non Ferrous production is my game too. And I’m buying materials in metric and imperial every week. These days it’s usually American made stuff, specialist stuff or Aluminium that’s bought in imperial sizes. Standard Mild, Stainless steel and ‘everything else’ that’ is metric.

We’re not into offshore / nuclear etc - so the differences between 19mm and 3/4” for example rarely cause problems. Infact I’m not sure I’ve ever been caught out. Yet !

 

[Ming the Merciless]

What’s that in Furlongs?

Furlongs are easy, 1/8th mile or 1/5th of a km.

 

[HLaB]

Is a bawhair imperial or metric ;-)

 

[Profpointy]

‘Odd multipliers’? ‘A Litre of water is a Pint and three quarters’. ‘A Metre is 10% bigger than a Yard’. ‘A Kilogram is about a bag of sugar’.

a metre measures three foot three,
it's longer than a yard you see.


The Americans say "a pint's a pound the whole world round", presumably preferring the rhyme to the ditty being remotely correct

 

[Ming the Merciless]

A Litre of water is a Pint and three quarters

At the pub, better to claim a litre is two pints of beer

 

[Mike Ayling]

Is a bawhair imperial or metric ;-)

An Aussie measurement is a bee's d@ck.

 

[Punkawallah]

Furlongs are easy, 1/8th mile or 1/5th of a km.

My grandad followed the gee-gee’s ;-)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

For example to convert 100 miles to kilometres, you just need to find a Fibonacci sequence that contains 100 - for example 5, 17, 22, ... and the term following 100 (161) will give approximately the km equivalent.

The fibonacci sequence 30, 70 contains 100 but would give 170km as the answer.