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> which are two foot or 60cm across That's not exact though. 1ft = 30.48cm. If you are working in your own garden that's probably close enough, but for anythin

by fyfy18 6y ago

> which are two foot or 60cm across That's not exact though. 1ft = 30.48cm. If you are working in your own garden that's probably close enough, but for anything else the errors will quickly add up. Tiles are often made to have sides that are 30cm or 60cm, if you try and tile a bathroom that is 12ft across assuming tiles are 1ft each, you'll get to the other side and end up with an odd piece. I was born and raised in the UK, and honestly I think we have it worse than the US. At least the US consistently uses the same units (although the wet vs dry weights are confusing). When I learnt to drive I suddendly had to learn what feet mean, even though I'd never used them before in my life.

jaclaz 6y ago
To be fair (I know you were only making a theoretical example) if you have a bathroom exactly 3.60 meters across, you won't anyway fit in it 12 x 30 cm tiles, nor 6 x 60 cm ones without cutting one because of joints between tiles and thickness of the tiles. As a matter of fact in a 12 feet scenario 12 x 30.48 cm = 365.76 cm it is actually likely that you will be able to fit 12 x 30 cm tiles without cuts (but not 6 x 60 cm ones, unless you put them with very wide joints).
dirktheman 6y ago
Let alone the measuring in stone when discussing people's weight...
throw0101a 6y ago
> I was born and raised in the UK, and honestly I think we have it worse than the US. Try being in Canada. Your weight and height are in feet-inches and pounds. When driving though you use kilometres and litres to fill up a tank, but often use miles-per-gallon for measuring car efficiency (though L/100km is popular too). Most construction is done with US as well (1x6', 2x4'--with the dimensions usually being 'nominal' and not actually those lengths): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumber#North_American_softwoods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumber#North_American_softwood... Of course no one in the US has a kitchen scale, so most cooking recipes are done via volumetric cups, but baking is done by weight/mass. Of course there are two types of ounces: fluid and non-fluid as well. Preheat your oven to 350F or 400F....
- kps 6y ago
  > so most cooking recipes are done via volumetric cups Which ones? An imperial cup is 1.20095 US cups. (Of course it doesn't matter if everything is in cups; you just get end up with 20% more food.)
- hansthehorse 6y ago
  Most people in the US who bake have a kitchen scale. Baking bread and cakes is where I use the metric system, for general cooking I don't weigh ingredients. I scale everything in grams. I don't see how you can use the bakers percent system for bread without using the metric system.

by fyfy18 6y ago

jaclaz 6y ago

To be fair (I know you were only making a theoretical example) if you have a bathroom exactly 3.60 meters across, you won't anyway fit in it 12 x 30 cm tiles, nor 6 x 60 cm ones without cutting one because of joints between tiles and thickness of the tiles. As a matter of fact in a 12 feet scenario 12 x 30.48 cm = 365.76 cm it is actually likely that you will be able to fit 12 x 30 cm tiles without cuts (but not 6 x 60 cm ones, unless you put them with very wide joints).

dirktheman 6y ago

Let alone the measuring in stone when discussing people's weight...

throw0101a 6y ago

> I was born and raised in the UK, and honestly I think we have it worse than the US. Try being in Canada. Your weight and height are in feet-inches and pounds. When driving though you use kilometres and litres to fill up a tank, but often use miles-per-gallon for measuring car efficiency (though L/100km is popular too). Most construction is done with US as well (1x6', 2x4'--with the dimensions usually being 'nominal' and not actually those lengths): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumber#North_American_softwoods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumber#North_American_softwood... Of course no one in the US has a kitchen scale, so most cooking recipes are done via volumetric cups, but baking is done by weight/mass. Of course there are two types of ounces: fluid and non-fluid as well. Preheat your oven to 350F or 400F....

kps 6y ago
> so most cooking recipes are done via volumetric cups Which ones? An imperial cup is 1.20095 US cups. (Of course it doesn't matter if everything is in cups; you just get end up with 20% more food.)
hansthehorse 6y ago
Most people in the US who bake have a kitchen scale. Baking bread and cakes is where I use the metric system, for general cooking I don't weigh ingredients. I scale everything in grams. I don't see how you can use the bakers percent system for bread without using the metric system.