Pounds and Ounces

[Taybha]

I miss them , i long to ask for 1/4 of a pound of american hard gums again .





Goodnight .

 

[Triggaaar]

Go to America.

 

[1066familyman]

Go to America.

I guess he could.

Or I suppose he could stay here instead.

 

[Bigtomfu]

Am sure you still can in one of those Ye Olde Sweet Shoppe type emporia where the process/delight of uttering such words is factored into the £1.79 per 100grams

 

[W.C.]

Is POT still sold in eighths quarters etc. ?

 

[Chicken Run]

Why do we still talk about new born babies weight in pounds?

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

I miss them , i long to ask for 1/4 of a pound of american hard gums again .






Goodnight .

Only cos you have never caught a fish that weighs a Kilo.

Plus you can demolish a pound of sausages at a BBQ faster than anybody in Sussex

 

[knocky1]

Is POT still sold in eighths quarters etc. ?

Yes, if they are still calling it pot.

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

I am a fisherman and we still use pounds and ounces when weighing fish.

 

[studio150]

Don't forget gallons I miss them at the pumps

 

[McTavish]

I measure low temperatures in Centigrade and high temperatures in Fahrenheit.

I measure my height in feet, my waist in inches but my weight in kilos.

I measure long distances in miles but short ones (anything less than half a mile) in metres, centimetres and millimetres. The exception being if I am riding my bike in which case I measure in kilometres.

 

[Prince Monolulu]

The weather people still dramatise by doing extremes in whichever sounds worse, "It will be minus 5" when a tad fresh but a sweltering "98 degrees" when warm. Weird.

 

[Taybha]

Only cos you have never caught a fish that weighs a Kilo.

Plus you can demolish a pound of sausages at a BBQ faster than anybody in Sussex

As Pappy would say , Guilty.

 

[grubbyhands]

Wrong.

 

[grubbyhands]

You know where you are with g and Kg. Pounds are ridiculas.

Wrong, IMHO

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

I miss:
bob-a-job ....
thru-penny bits
Tanners
and the occasional guinea

dozens [do eggs in Europe get sold by the doz + half-doz?]

They still have the Shilling as currency in Uganda & Kenya [+ others]

 

[Boys 9d]

I was hoping that Brexit would mean a return to £ s d. Another let down.

 

[Badger]

Why do we still talk about new born babies weight AT ALL?

More to the point. I couldn't give a flying f**k how much your baby weighs.

Canada has a weird mixture of imperial and metric. I guess most of it comes from the US. People weigh themselves in pounds, and height is feet and inches. Drink comes in weight which is utterly ridiculous. If I want a pint I have to ask for 20oz. Distance is measured in kilometres though.

 

[The Spanish]

Don't forget gallons I miss them at the pumps

Can't imagine signs saying seven quid a gallon would go down too well with the public nowadays

 

[Albion my Albion]

Why do we still talk about new born babies weight in pounds?

Ask your betterhalf/partner.