The Things You Are HAPPY About Thread.

[Boozad]

I have become a grandfather for the 9th time this evening as my eldest lad (well his wife) had their fourth child, a girl they have named Robyn, weighing in at 6lb 12oz

Time for a celebratory beer

Congratulations Mike. Robyn was one of the names that was bandied about for Cass (my grandad used to be known as Robin for some reason, his name was John) and I liked it but in the end gave in to the 'no family names for the kids, others will get jealous' rule.

 

[Paul]

Many congratulations Sir !

 

[Alan]

I have become a grandfather for the 9th time this evening as my eldest lad (well his wife) had their fourth child, a girl they have named Robyn, weighing in at 6lb 12oz

Time for a celebratory beer

Congrats! Lovely name, too.

Why is her weight in imperial??

 

[darlowolf64]

Congrats! Lovely name, too.

Why is her weight in imperial??[/QUOTE]

That’s the way it is over here

 

[Alan]

Huh. I thought everything was metric over there.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Huh. I thought everything was metric over there.

Don't talk wet.

 

[Alan]

Don't talk wet.

A thousand pardons, majesty.

 

[Tony Towner]

Huh. I thought everything was metric over there.

Height, weight and distance is still principally imperial

 

[lemonjelly]

I have become a grandfather for the 9th time this evening as my eldest lad (well his wife) had their fourth child, a girl they have named Robyn, weighing in at 6lb 12oz

Time for a celebratory beer

selfish bugger! could have arranged for a family birthday that you have to attend for during the season... :icon_wink:

much happiness to all the family mate!

 

[leedswolf]

Congrats darlo!

 

[Boozad]

I've wanted an Apple watch for ages now but never really thought the price was justifiable so never bothered. While I was setting up Kel's new phone the other day she mentioned the watches and I took the opportunity to say why I wanted one so much, she liked the sound of it so I looked at prices and found a couple of good deals, she had a Series 3 and I had a Series 5 and to be honest it's mustard. It will come in so handy in so many aspects and given I've spent that much on normal watches it's well worth it. Plus I've got a picture of Steve Bull as my watch face, can't moan at that. well happy with it.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

A year and a week after my accident on holiday I have FINALLY had my appointment with the consultant to assess my injury for purposes of quantum. Hopefully this can now get settled in the next couple of months as liability was admitted in October 2019.

Damage has turned out as bad and permanent as expected. I can deal with it. Just want it done and the settlement to actually reflect that damage and permanence

 

[Keef]

Huh. I thought everything was metric over there.

It's weird over here, we buy petrol in litres, but know how many miles to the gallon we get, weights tend to be imperial, measurements tend to be metric, unless it's clothing then it's still waists and neck sizes on shirts in inches, builders still tend to work in imperial, distances are still miles, height is feet

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I have no idea what my height and weight are in metric (not much and too much, probably).

But I did work in metric when I was in the kind of field that required that.

Always miles, never kilometres.

I'll buy a kilo of pasta, but two pounds of meat.

We're just an odd country.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Beer is imperial. Milk is technically metric but the measurements are really odd as they are conversions of pint, two pint and four pint. Jam is sold in 454g pots as that is 1lb of jam.

 

[sycophantia]

I have no idea what my height and weight are in metric (not much and too much, probably).

But I did work in metric when I was in the kind of field that required that.

Always miles, never kilometres.

I'll buy a kilo of pasta, but two pounds of meat.

We're just an odd country.

I'd say we're quirky rather than odd

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

See, you get diddled on the continent. 0,5l is not a pint, no matter what they tell you. It's 568ml.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I know I am 5’10” and on a good day thirteen stone. No idea in metric equivalents. All cars sold here have the switch flicked so it is a milometer rather than measuring kilometres travelled. All speed limits are in MPH.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Builders work in both, no one ever says pass me a length of 50mm x 50mm but then they don't measure to cut it as 2' 6" and 9/16ths!!

All out setting out is still in feet though, even if we measure it in mm.

I cant understand weight in kilos when it comes to people but I do when it comes to lifting weights.

We have the best/worst of both systems

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I think the only thing in pubs that is metric now is spirit and wine measures. Wine by the glass is definitely millilitres and the 1/3 and 1/6 gill measures for spirits have been consigned to history.

Bags of coal are still referred to as hundredweight rather than 50kg I think.