Face coverings

[Richard 1234]

On 22/07/2020 at 11:09, eggsarascal said:

This is where it fell down for me, my mate died in hospital a few weeks back. We were in n out of there with all sorts of BS excuses, "we've brought him some fresh underwear", "he needs his phone charger", any old bollox to get in there. Not once were we asked/told to wear a face covering.

So your blaming the hospital for your self confessed bullshit?

[woodwizzard]

54 minutes ago, Richard 1234 said:

So your blaming the hospital for your self confessed bullshit?

Probably just highlighting the fact that some medical experts don't rate the whole mask thing. I took someone to two separate hospitals on the same day, no distancing or masks required. What's the average Joe supposed to think?

[Macpherson]

10 hours ago, Stere said:

Thts how science works something some people don't  seem to get.

Except to say that it's a very long time since any independent scientist had a voice.....they're now known as  conspiracists.

Is there such a thing as an independent scientist ?...after all they mostly work for the massive conscienceless corporations that, to me, are fecking this world

Edited July 30, 2020 by Macpherson

[Billhook]

This whole problem of when should I, or is it compulsory, reminds me a lot of the way the metric/imperial system is enforced here ( or not)

According to some laws all distance measurements should be imperial with metric in brackets alongside.  A lot more people understand what six foot is here than two metres.  It says in this article that most people under forty use metric but whenever I am accused by the young of being out of date and ask them their height and weight it is nearly always  given in imperial.

So this piece from Wikipedia just shows how something potentially simple can be made so complex by those bureaucrats in charge, just like when you should wear a mask

 

Most British people still use imperial units in everyday life for distance (miles, yards, feet and inches) and volume in some cases (especially milk and beer in pints) but rarely for canned or bottled soft drinks or petrol.^[38][43] Though use of kilograms is increasing, many British people also still use imperial units in everyday life for body weight (stones and pounds for adults, pounds and ounces for babies).^{[citation needed]} Government documents aimed at the public may give body weight and height in imperial units as well as in metric.^[44] A survey in 2015 found that many people did not know their body weight or height in one system or the other.^[45] People under the age of 40 preferred the metric system but people aged 40 and over preferred the imperial system.^[46] The height of horses in English-speaking countries, including Australia,^[1] Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States is usually measured in hands, standardized to 4 inches (101.6 mm). Fuel consumption for vehicles is commonly stated in miles per gallon (mpg), though official figures always include litres per 100 km equivalents and fuel is sold in litres. When sold draught in licensed premises, beer and cider must be sold in pints, half-pints and third-pints.^[47] Cow's milk is available in both litre- and pint-based containers in supermarkets and shops. Areas of land associated with farming, forestry and real estate are commonly advertised in acres and square feet but, for contracts and land registration purposes, the units are always hectares and square metres.^[48]

Office space and industrial units are usually advertised in square feet. Steel pipe sizes are sold in increments of inches, while copper pipe is sold in increments of millimetres. Road bicycles have their frames measured in centimetres, while off-road bicycles have their frames measured in inches. The size (diagonal) of television and computer monitor screens is always denominated in inches. Food sold by length or width, e.g. pizzas or sandwiches, is generally sold in inches. Clothing is always sized in inches, with the metric equivalent often shown as a small supplementary indicator. Gas is usually measured by the cubic foot or cubic metre, but is billed like electricity by the kilowatt hour.^[49]

Pre-packaged products can show both metric and imperial measures, and it is also common to see imperial pack sizes with metric only labels, e.g. a 1 lb (454 g) tin of Lyle's Golden Syrup is always labelled 454 g with no imperial indicator. Similarly most jars of jam and packs of sausages are labelled 454 g with no imperial indicator. But, whatever the label says, the tins or packets are invariably still packaged in Imperial quantities (typically 8 or 16 ounces).

[Billhook]

Another brilliant example of no joined up handwriting is our Japanese import Volvo RHD which has a speedo in KPH but fuel consumption is measured in a slightly more logical Km/litre rather than the stupid litres/100km in Europe.  The former system becomes much easier to read as economy improves whereas the latter starts to go into small fractions.

[Stubby]

Just now, Billhook said:

Another brilliant example of no joined up handwriting is our Japanese import Volvo RHD which has a speedo in KPH but fuel consumption is measured in a slightly more logical Km/litre rather than the stupid litres/100km in Europe.  The former system becomes much easier to read as economy improves whereas the latter starts to go into small fractions.

I prefer a dial with a needle / pointer that goes from Full to Empty .

[Billhook]

1 minute ago, Stubby said:

I prefer a dial with a needle / pointer that goes from Full to Empty .

You are soooo old fashioned Stubby!

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, Billhook said:

You are soooo old fashioned Stubby!

Its always worked for me . ?

[Haironyourchest]

Does anyone know is grass still sold in ounces, quarters, eighths etc?

[DB2K]

4 minutes ago, Haironyourchest said:

Does anyone know is grass still sold in ounces, quarters, eighths etc?

Yes it is