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I was serious about deliberate mixing of the measurements

Another example is tide height in metres but current speeds are in Knots. It stops confusion as to which figuers belong to which.

Nautical visibilty in metres but wind speeds and travel in miles

This is why I wondered if they uses a different measure in the river to the sea as they are completly diffeent envoiroments and the type of measure make it clear what they are talking about

On the other hand, perhaps I should just crawl back into my lair and hide

You - serious, Garry
surely, you can't be serious
ATB
Dave M(oly)

New years resolution Dave

That way it won't have to last

Garry Russell wrote:Just a thought....perhaps the last one this year

We wish!!!

I think the fisherman is quite correct in his measurements. The standard distance measurements in Oz are metric, but as a seaman he would measure distance at sea in nautical miles. The river is inland and should be measured in kilometres, so the borderline is the beach - as Joe says. It's the same really in the UK when we refer to distances inland, including rivers, in miles, but at sea they would be nautical miles - which are a different measurement but with the same name. Like US gallons and Imperial gallons (It's only my opinion of course as I haven't really got the faintest idea what I'm talking about but don't like to be left out ).

On the railways we measure and mark distance in miles and chains (80 chains to the mile). Mileposts show the distance UP to London or DOWN from London (irrespective of the orientation of the map!). Yet in the Rule book, safety measurements (such as the distance from a train accident to place detonators) are shown in metric and imperial (two kilometres or one and a quarter miles) so you can choose the shortest

When they changed over petrol pumps, I had an increasingly hard job to find ones that dispensed in gallons to suit my car. Until I read that it was perfectly OK to mix gallons and litres and it wouldn't damage my engine

Ian

Another thought

With the official change of weight and measures over the last few years makes our present Queen Britain's first metric ruler

Garry Russell wrote:... makes our present Queen Britain's first metric ruler

Aaaaaaargh!

Well, Garry's New year Resolution didn't even get to the start line
ATB
Dave M(oly)

I hear he's fast and can easily be mistaken for hare