The Dividing Line Where Standard Meets Metric

[airboatr]

It's in Austraila along the beach.. by one mans account

in this article http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581 ... latestnews .. 13th paragraph

"Fishermen just need to know irukandji can be found anywhere, from a couple of kilometers up a river to eight miles out to sea," the Brinsmead fisherman told The Cairns Post.

[SkippyBing]

Had a similar brief the other day,

'Most engagements take place between 3 feet and 15 meters'

Cue much confusion as we try to figure out if he means a) what he said, b) 3 meters to 15 meters or c) 3 ft to 15 ft. I mean I'll still miss but it'd be nice to know what range I'm missing at!!

[Garry Russell]

Could it be deliberate so its is know that KM means river and miles means out to sea

I'm thinking ....like aircraft using feet for height and metres for viz.....1500 metres at 2,000feet........1KM at 3000 feet etc so there is no confusion between distance and height.

Just a thought....perhaps the last one this year

[airboatr]

Had a similar brief the other day,

'Most engagements take place between 3 feet and 15 meters'

Cue much confusion as we try to figure out if he means a) what he said, b) 3 meters to 15 meters or c) 3 ft to 15 ft. I mean I'll still miss but it'd be nice to know what range I'm missing at!!

at most - in the of worst conditions --------by the hairs of your chinny chin chin ,
- anything closer and you didn't miss

[airboatr]

Could it be deliberate so its is know that KM means river and miles means out to sea

no

[DaveB]

It's the simple things

ATB

DaveB

[Molyned]

Heard on the TV news last night - snowfalls are expected to be between 20 & 30 centimetres and up to 1 foot in places.
Source - SkyNews.
Nice to see they're thinking of us 'olduns'
Cheers
Dave M(oly)

[airboatr]

I buy petrol by the gallon for a 4.0 liter motor


tonight I'm going fractional and buy a fifth of Scotch Whiskey....

[Tomliner]

Reminds me of the old joke about metrication.
Man goes into a shop to buy some electric cable,says to the shopkeer 'I want 5 yards of three core flex'
Shopkeeper--'Sorry sir,we can only sell in metric.It's the law you see.I'll be prosecuted if I use imperial measures'
Man--'How ridiculous is that?Very well I'll have 5 metres of flex.How much is it?
Shopkeeper---'A pound a yard sir'. EricT
PS Garry's comment about measurements in aviation can be heard by anyone with an airband radio.e.g distance to run in miles,visbility in kilometres etc.

[airboatr]

Not from my local
but then again , the range on my Grundig G6 Buzz Aldrin AVIATOR "E"dition radio isn't all that great.

it has METERBAND on it .