I fixed it.I don't see any numbers here!
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I fixed it.I don't see any numbers here!
I thought I fixed it. Instead I probably fixed the wrong misplaced post in the wrong thread.
swiftdog2.0 , well, you certainly bumped my thread up. Several times!
Music much?
Post moved...Sorry, Danie. I clicked on What's your theme song and was unknowingly sent here. But enjoy the above and I'll post another accordingly.
I wouldn't touch the metric system with a 3.048 meter pole.
Huh? So how would you write 3.048 m?That's another confusing thing, for a moment I though you wouldn't handle a 3 km long pole (which I can imagine). Then I remembered you use commas and periods the other way around
I don't know how you guys walk around with those numbers.At continental Europe we use commas for decimals and points for thousands. For example if you would translate 10000 miles (avoiding a seperator on purpose there) to metres, you would notate it as 16,093.44 m. I would, on the other hand, notate it as 16.093,44 m.
I don't know how you guys walk around with those numbers.
I had no idea. I thought the metric system was the same for everyone in the SI system so scientists and mathematicians all over the world would have that commonality.
But you drive on the left side of the road, so what was I to expect?
I have heard it called "the pound key".Originally, it was called an octothorpe.
octothorpe - Wiktionary
I kind of like that name. Everytime you hear the phrase "hashtag x", replace it with "octothorpe". It just sounds better.
It's kind of funny, actually. I see kids (and when I say "kid," I'm talking about people under 40) where I work struggling with the idea that there are 12 inches to a foot and using calculators to multiply 11 x 4 and I realize that it wouldn't really have mattered either way.
I see. So those Brits are the mixed-up ones when it comes to driving.Edited my previous post, I got my metres and kilometres mixed up...
And no, at continental Europe we drive on the right side of the road. Same as you. The United Kingdom is the one being different within Europe. Not only do THEY drive on the left, they also use miles and use the commas and points the same as you do