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Comment: Re:Start here (Score 1) 998

by stanlyb (#43818491) Attached to: White House: Use Metric If You Want, We Don't Care
I speak from experience, yes i have both scales, and yes i am used to metric system, and yes, i do know in my bones the equivalent in the little scales, but, BUT, once i switched to another car, with just a little bit different scales and font size and position, and.........as you see, i am still alive :)

Comment: Re:Start here (Score 0) 998

by stanlyb (#43818481) Attached to: White House: Use Metric If You Want, We Don't Care
Yep, and usually one of the scales is the smaller one, and you are usually very good at distruinshing between the big scale, and the little one, and usually there are missing number, and again instead of just see you speed, you have to actually stop for a second and decode the scales..........bbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooom. Here goes your ticket, if you are lucky.

Comment: Re:Start here (Score 0) 998

by stanlyb (#43817627) Attached to: White House: Use Metric If You Want, We Don't Care
Try to convert 100km/h to mph while the cop is just behind you, and the driving instructor next you, and you have to make the decision in a few seconds, meaning calculation from one system to another, and taking care of the passing by cars, and the good looking chicken crossing the street, and the singing birds, and...and....

Comment: Km? (Score 1) 998

by stanlyb (#43817399) Attached to: White House: Use Metric If You Want, We Don't Care
That's why every time someone wanna to check the "mileage" of my car, i have to explicitly tell him that it is KM, not MILE, and then again, and then again, and god help me if i forget to do it, you could not imagine the paperwork that i have to go after that, because the stupid b**** could not read english, which says KM, not MILE.
brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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