Miles or Km

[mjr]

I'm a big fan of fathoms, personally. Brilliant way to visualise depth.

There's a half fathom column outside Marriott's Warehouse in King's Lynn, representing the tidal range of the adjacent river.

 

[Edwardoka]

I'm a big fan of fathoms, personally. Brilliant way to visualise depth.

I've tried to understand fathoms but I can't get to the bottom of it.

 

[Kryton521]

Kms. It was sad old farts of the AA/RAC that blocked the conversion to Kms.

I learned Kms & decimal system at school, joined the Army, first question, "How many yards in a mile?" "Not a f**king clue!" I can't visualize distance in yards/miles. As in, how far to next junction? 600 metres.

 

[snorri]

Here is a link to an amusing/depressing history of our transition, or not, to metrication in the UK.
Start at 1968 and the formation of The Metrication Board.
https://ukma.org.uk/what-is-metric/uk-progress/uk-metric-timeline/

 

[rogerzilla]

The trouble with metric units is that they're the wrong size. It's like eating with a teaspoon or a tablespoon rather than a dessert spoon.

 

[mustang1]

Km mostly. But sometimes for long rides I see how long the ride is in miles (it's a smaller number so it can't be that bad) but at the end I record it in km (wow that's a big number, give yourself a pat on the back and a slice of cake).

 

[biggs682]

Miles for me as I am a British person living in country who's sign post's are in miles

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Kilometres, just to irk the luddites.

What has textile machinery got to do with it?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Curious what most of you do? I've always gone imperial but I've taken the plunge and gone metric this year.

I use kilometres because 1: I live in a country where they are standard, and 2: It sounds way better when showing off. Not that I do, of course.

 

[I like Skol]

Is this discussion still rumbling on? The answer is miles, thread can be locked now.

 

[mjr]

Miles for me as I am a British person living in country who's sign post's are in miles

In miles, but various road changes make them so widely inaccurate on the small roads used for most cycling that they might as well be in Sheppys.

 

[Sterlo]

Enough already, I thought you all played together nicely on here!

 

[Wobbling]

It has to be miles even if I’m told a distance or speed in km I have to convert it before it has any meaning .This is especially strange in athletics where a 10000 m time of 28 mins sounds ok until I realise it’s bloody 6 and a quarter miles

 

[Andy in Germany]

It has to be miles even if I’m told a distance or speed in km I have to convert it before it has any meaning .This is especially strange in athletics where a 10000 m time of 28 mins sounds ok until I realise it’s bloody 6 and a quarter miles

I remember my confusion in the first few months here. Now I'd probably have problems going back to miles.

And driving on the wrong side of the road of course...

 

[chrisleuty]

And why are some cans sold in 440ml...?

Roughly 3/4 pint or 15 fluid ounces, I guess.