And because the USA hates any kind of standard measurement

RevRico said:

Jerusalem post is always good for weird units of measurement. Last week or the week before they used 3500 Whoppers to describe one. Though the headline didn't specify burger king or candy store Whopper. 

Still, I've got 20chickens and they're 13 different sizes so not very helpful either. 

Yeah, big difference between the two Whoopers. 

A good friend worked at a theater in college. I forget the entire story, but after he told it, we referred to them (the candy) as Who-pers.

Maybe you had to be there. 

how big is an aardvark?

RevRico said:

how big is an aardvark?

1/45th of an asteroid, I'd say

Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) said:

z31maniac said:

Freedom units don't need standards. 

'Murica.

There are two kinds of countries on Earth. Those that use the metric system, and those who have put men on the moon.

Half my job is spent converting English to metric and back, even a good chunk of 'Murican biz use metric now.

I did a lot of structural projects in the metric system (measurements) and its so much easier because of the decimal system.

One problem was getting the designers who modeled everything to stop working in imperial and then hitting the "convert to metric" button.  

I ended up telling them if they can't end the dimension in a "0" or "5"  to come tell me why.   After a few uncomfortable conversations (for them) the problem was resolved.

Jerry said:even a good chunk of 'Murican biz use metric now.

Well, you notice we haven't been back to the moon......

triumph7 said:

Jerry said:even a good chunk of 'Murican biz use metric now.

Well, you notice we haven't been back to the moon......

Isn't that because we never went in the first place? 

(Sorry I love a conspiracy theory) If you haven't seen it, you need to watch Beyond the Curve.......where flat earthers accidentally prove themselves wrong. 

Maybe it's not that we'll use anything but the metric system, it's that we're so advanced we can use everything in place of the metric system. Anyone with all their digits can count by tens, try estimating the size of a pond in cantaloupes. . 

"There are two kinds of countries on Earth. Those that use the metric system, and those who have put men on the moon."

FWIW, one of the few other countries to land things (not people) on other bodies in our solar system still uses equipment calibrated in arshins.   

Did you see in the video how that one guy just grabbed it by the neck with no fear at all? Brass balls right there. 

In the past two weeks here in Florida I've had: 2x Banded water snakes, 1x Cottonmouth, and 1x baby python in my backyard attempting to go after my koi fish and gourami fish in my koi ponds. The python and cottonmouth were dealt with appropriately while the banded water snakes were yeeted back into the woods and were not happy about it. They keep coming up through my french drains that deposit rainwater into the nearby creek and I've placed a sieve type filter over the top to prevent them from going in our out of those now. 

For reference: 

Banded water snakes: Each about the size of a men's slow pitch softball bat.

Cottonmouth: The girth of a caveman club and the length of a roof rack. 

Baby Python: A breaker bar. 

Suburban roof rack or mini roof rack? For standardization purposes 

The Celsius scale is backwards.

Nobody uses metric force/mass units correctly.

But yes everyone is ridiculous on how things are measured.

Y'all should look up US Survey Feet and International Feet if you want to be more annoyed. 

The good news is the gov is officially using International Feet as of Jan 2023.

Noddaz said:

A record-breaking Burmese python — as long as a giraffe is tall — caught in Florida

I will admit that one of the titles does say 19 foot long, but I digress.

Yahoo.com: Cassius, the world's largest captive crocodile, could be even bigger than we thought

So, Cassius at 18 feet is as big as that python making both as tall as a giraffe. While paging through my new National Geographic Kids "Weird but True" book that magically showed up in my bathroom library, I found out that a giraffe is as tall as the average human's small intestine is long. So, from now on, we need to start using our intestines as a unit of measurement. 

In reply to VolvoHeretic :

Or the size of a Burmese python.  But it looks like the standard is about as long as a giraffe is tall.

My head hurts.