kipper Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 34 minutes ago, Freeyyaa said: Metric system is for developed countries like Russia, as it much more progressive. 193 cm. sounds much more better. As for me I cannot stand to convert your scales into Centigrades and meters. This made me laugh.... RUSSIA (everyone used the same glass over and over again) USA (go ahead, take the whole bottle with you) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rm2551 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 10 hours ago, kipper said: So if I go into a pub in the U.K. and ask for "a pint of the black stuff" (Guinness) they won't think me a silly American? 😁 Here in in the U.S. most of what I see with products labeled in metric is just a ploy to confuse the consumers and make them think the higher number means MORE product than what they used get for the same price when it was listed as ounces, pints, quarts, or gallons. So I guess you are right. Americans need to learn metric not to use it, but to understand how companies are using it to fool them with packaging and volume/weight reductions. Meanwhile I know what a pint of beer is supposed to be, and I know how much wine 750ml is so I'm good to go. 😋 Another problem that's easy to solve, but you don't as companies can continue to deceive. Here we label products to a baseline unit measure. it's legislated. So you can directly compare products that have differing volumes and still easily see which one is better value. I swear, you guys have a unique way of making everything that can be easy complicated and open to manipulate/exploit/corrupt. Everything. Funnily enough, we can't seem to agree on beer here! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Aust_Beer_Glass Each state is different in what it offers and look at you funny if you ask for the wrong glass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chillumpuffer Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Pissing it down - even though the forecast was dry. Which makes this headline a bit pathetic https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/england-s-water-supply-could-run-out-in-20-years-mps-warn/ar-BB16zh4q?ocid=spartan-ntp-feeds Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chillumpuffer Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Dreary, tiresome and dark heavy clouds only add to the tedium of a shite summer again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paul carruthers Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 No rain for the last few days, just heat.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stryder1978 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Every day this month has been in the 90's...and no rain! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chillumpuffer Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Stryder1978 said: Every day this month has been in the 90's...and no rain! Every day this month has been raining..... and no 90's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stryder1978 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 10 minutes ago, chillumpuffer said: Every day this month has been raining..... and no 90's YUCK...I'll stop whining! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Rover Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 12am Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rm2551 Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 COLD. But next Monday is slated to be 27. Amazing for bang on middle of winter. 27!!!!! (80.6) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chillumpuffer Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Appalling really for mid summer. Drizzle, rain and cold. When will forecasters stop saying " unusually cold or unseasonably shit" when this is the norm? It's like the sun or blue sky doesn't exist here. Been like it for weeks. 12 degrees c? Really in July? Our climate has gone. It is the same all year except it's really miserable in the winter. My mate, who usually decamps to South Africa in the winter, is almost suicidal because due to Covid he can't go to his home north of Joburg this winter. Mainly because S.A. have banned the sale of Alcohol and he is a serious booze head. I mean serious. At least 8-10 cans of Lager and wine with his dinner every day. He boozes most of the day and the thought of no booze is too much for him. I played Golf with him yesterday and I am worried he will have a melt down this winter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JTM Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Appalling for the 15th of July , grey, murky, sheet drizzle, 'orrible. Today is the 42nd anniversary of Bob Dylan at Blackbushe , how great the weather was that weekend, absolutely glorious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chillumpuffer Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 1 hour ago, JTM said: Appalling for the 15th of July , grey, murky, sheet drizzle, 'orrible. Today is the 42nd anniversary of Bob Dylan at Blackbushe , how great the weather was that weekend, absolutely glorious. Yeah that was before the climate got fucked. Is it me, but weren't the summers of the 70's and 80's long and great? Only a year later in 79 that first weekend of Knebworth was glorious also Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JTM Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 2 hours ago, chillumpuffer said: Yeah that was before the climate got fucked. Is it me, but weren't the summers of the 70's and 80's long and great? Only a year later in 79 that first weekend of Knebworth was glorious also They're seeding the clouds Man...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chillumpuffer Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, JTM said: They're seeding the clouds Man...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paul carruthers Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Pretty cool evening w/ the wind blowing. Hope it don't rain while I'm out here.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redrum Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 81 here.......109 in Phoenix. I'll take here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chillumpuffer Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Same as yesterday except a degree or 2 warmer. Drizzle and grey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stryder1978 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 We actually had the last two days with highs in the 80's! Today and through the weekend....back to the 90's! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chillumpuffer Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Shit. We even had the heating on yesterday it was that cold. Though it doesn't help living in an old stone built cottage and it's warmer outside than in. No summer this year and no sign of any Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stryder1978 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 We've got your share of summer. Only three days in the 80's, one day in the 100's, the rest in the 90's and no rain to speak of all month! Fortunately, the "monsoon" pattern starts next week so hopefully we get some much needed rain! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Rover Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) In the US, on some of the streaming platforms there is a free channel called "Earth Live!" It has visible satellite view loops of entire regions, like the Pacific basin, the Atlantic Basin, the Gulf of Mexico/Texas, etc. sourced from NOAA.https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/index.php You just hover over the map, choose an area, then choose the Band and select loop. Edited July 24, 2020 by The Rover Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chillumpuffer Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Fucking awful. Heavy rain and dark. Scuppers our golf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chillumpuffer Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Rinse, literally and repeat. As bad as it gets. Roll on winter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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