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Cowboy said:
Agreed, when talking to an Imperial you might be using imperial units, but in your head you just WILL keep doing the math, even though an inch might be just as easily to visualize and think of as a cm, your brain gets hardwired that way in early life.
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Same for us that learned the Imperial system (though I think the US standards vary from the English system slightly). When I'm given a metric measurement my brain does a rough calculation to figure out what it really means.
 
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CraigB said:
Same for us that learned the Imperial system (though I think the US standards vary from the English system slightly). When I'm given a metric measurement my brain does a rough calculation to figure out what it really means.
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Same here. When somebody gives me a distance in metres I can't visualise it without converting to feet or yards... The funny thing is that although the Metric system is easier to learn if you are already used to using Imperial it's no harder to use in daily life. Although I'd imagine attempting something like an engineering project using Imperial systems would be 10x harder than using Metric...

My boss hates me, he's from Yugoslavia and if I give him figures that aren't in Metric he demands I go back and do them again. :lol:
 
Is it just me or is Chevy using the intro riff from FEAR's The Mouth Don't Stop in a commercial?
 
Labcoatguy said:
Or he hates you because you think he's from "Yugoslavia".
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Well, he is, that's how he always refers to it. :dunno: although if you want to be more technical he's from the former Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
 
If he never lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina and only lived in Yugoslavia, why would he not say he's from Yugoslavia? Things change, but people don't.

ah shit, I'm going to run out of liquor before the night's done. /drinking alone


edit: I don't know why I've come back here, I guess I just don't know anywhere else to go. I don't know anything anymore. I love my job but don't give a fuck about what I'm doing right now. My GF's too busy to even to even talk to me right now, and given that I have no actual friends I'm just home alone watching old movies all weekend. Life's gay. I need a vacation.
 
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Bosnia and Herzegovina was a republic, a separate entity in the Federation of Yugoslavia. Bosnians in particular never really felt part of it and always considered themselves Bosnians first.
 
Going back to work tomorrow after two weeks off is going to really suck. I'd just gotten used to being nocturnal.
 
Got an eye exam on Thursday and then I'll also be quoted on new lenses for my sunglasses. 75% neutral tint, perscription, polarized Ray-Bans, aw yiss.

Just hope they arrive before the roadtrip.
 
I feel like I am finally turning into an adult.
I am starting to enjoy non-watery beer.
I rather have Earl Grey tea instead of fruity, sweet varieties.
I get annoyed by loud, brainless action movies and am truly interested in slow-paced, dense movies.



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Redliner said:
I feel like I am finally turning into an adult.
I am starting to enjoy non-watery beer.
I rather have Earl Grey tea instead of fruity, sweet varieties.
I get annoyed by loud, brainless action movies and am truly interested in slow-paced, dense movies.



:wheelchair:
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You really are going to hate it at Ringmeet then. ;)

Shirahime said:
Me sister's coming to visit tomorrow!! Yaaaay!


That just means I'll probably be drunk for the rest of the week. XD
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That intelligible post from Shirahime was brought to you by Google Translate and Mountain Dew.
 
Redliner said:
I feel like I am finally turning into an adult.
I am starting to enjoy non-watery beer.
I rather have Earl Grey tea instead of fruity, sweet varieties.
I get annoyed by loud, brainless action movies and am truly interested in slow-paced, dense movies.



:wheelchair:
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So, you're saying I'm still a child then? :p
 
Redliner said:
I feel like I am finally turning into an adult.
I am starting to enjoy non-watery beer.
I rather have Earl Grey tea instead of fruity, sweet varieties.
I get annoyed by loud, brainless action movies and am truly interested in slow-paced, dense movies.
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On this scale, I ought to be waving at you from the graveyard.
 
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