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International Distance Converter Missing on Gen III
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<blockquote data-quote="mcatrophy" data-source="post: 1377539" data-attributes="member: 3187"><p>A pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter.</p><p></p><p>We measure distance in miles, but on motorways the countdown signs to motorway exits are at 100 metre intervals, and there are marker posts every kilometre.</p><p></p><p>At the supermarket where I buy my food, we buy milk in multples of 0.568 litres. Coincidentally, one imperial pint exactly equals 0.568 litres.</p><p></p><p>Beer is sold in pints, wine and spirits in units measured in millilitres.</p><p></p><p>Petrol is sold in litres, but fuel consumption is always measured in miles per gallon.</p><p></p><p>Newborn babies are weighed in kilograms in hospitals, the weight then reported to the parents in pounds and ounces. (We measure our own weight in stones and pounds - one stone is 14 pounds, I weigh about 10 stone 7 - that's 147 pounds for the mathematically challenged.)</p><p></p><p>And our FJRs can be set to miles or kilometres. If the latter, for the reported fuel consumption, we can choose miles per litre or litres per 100 kilometres.</p><p></p><p>We survive in spite of all of this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcatrophy, post: 1377539, member: 3187"] A pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter. We measure distance in miles, but on motorways the countdown signs to motorway exits are at 100 metre intervals, and there are marker posts every kilometre. At the supermarket where I buy my food, we buy milk in multples of 0.568 litres. Coincidentally, one imperial pint exactly equals 0.568 litres. Beer is sold in pints, wine and spirits in units measured in millilitres. Petrol is sold in litres, but fuel consumption is always measured in miles per gallon. Newborn babies are weighed in kilograms in hospitals, the weight then reported to the parents in pounds and ounces. (We measure our own weight in stones and pounds - one stone is 14 pounds, I weigh about 10 stone 7 - that's 147 pounds for the mathematically challenged.) And our FJRs can be set to miles or kilometres. If the latter, for the reported fuel consumption, we can choose miles per litre or litres per 100 kilometres. We survive in spite of all of this. [/QUOTE]
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