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14-03-2017, 14:21
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#106
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
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And what were the legal implications?
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Definitely illegal, especially all the breaches of collecting endangered wildlife species, but no doubt Noah would get off in court.
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14-03-2017, 15:02
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#107
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
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Hmm. So what other countries besides the UK that speak english are older than the US? And since the population of the US is larger than that of; the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia combined, who's the one speaking & spelling oddly?
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Mate - you do get that it is called ENGLISH don't you, not American
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14-03-2017, 15:07
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#108
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
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the French developed the metric system. Probably just to stick it up the English. Although they still designate many designs using feet, eg. Outremer 45. Because the French don't really understand this archaic English system they often get it wrong, eg. FP Lipari 41 is really only 39 feet. .
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The French manufacturers talk feet because their biggest market is seppos. They understand that the rest of us can convert and work around a silly measurement system but that our friends over there can't - so marketing rules.
And don't get me started on manufacturers implicitly lying in their boat designations.
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14-03-2017, 15:48
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#109
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
Metric system is the eaysyest , as you have X 10, X 100 and X 1000 increases: 10 mm are 1 cm, 100 cm are a meter, 1000 meters = 1 kilometer, and the same is with weight, volume, etc... but the most intersting part is the equivalence: 1 litre of water = 1 kilogram, so if you have 800 litres of fresh water you have 800 kilograms, no math needed
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14-03-2017, 16:39
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#110
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
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Originally Posted by Mariano
Metric system is the eaysyest , as you have X 10, X 100 and X 1000 increases: 10 mm are 1 cm, 100 cm are a meter, 1000 meters = 1 kilometer, and the same is with weight, volume, etc... but the most intersting part is the equivalence: 1 litre of water = 1 kilogram, so if you have 800 litres of fresh water you have 800 kilograms, no math needed
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Going further, 1 heactare is an area 100m X 100m. such a simple system
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14-03-2017, 17:54
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#111
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
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Fortunately these and many other countries learned the English language from British teachers, not American.
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Well, you could say that the Americans surely learned from English teachers, couldn't you?
And then, once they saw some imperfections in the spelling and usage, they applied reasonable corrections, greatly improving the language.
Jim (giggling quietly)
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14-03-2017, 18:04
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
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Well, you could say that the Americans surely learned from English teachers, couldn't you?
And then, once they saw some imperfections in the spelling and usage, they applied reasonable corrections, greatly improving the language.
Jim (giggling quietly)
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I will say the America takes the award for speaking English in so many different dialects and drawls depending on where in the country you hail from.
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14-03-2017, 18:16
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
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I will say the America takes the award for speaking English in so many different dialects and drawls depending on where in the country you hail from.
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It's always "fun" on a boat with a multi-national crew when emergencies happen, as everyone tends to want to revert to their native tongue under stress. And even if everyone speaks "english", things can be entertaining. Especially when you have; Yanks, Limeys, Aussies, Kiwis, South Africans, etc. onboard. Given that no 2 versions of english are the same
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14-03-2017, 20:25
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
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Going further, 1 heactare is an area 100m X 100m. such a simple system
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As its pouring rain here, we're collecting rainwater. For every 1mm of rain that falls on 1 square metre of collection area produces 1 litre of water. Not so easy with feet and inches.
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14-03-2017, 20:43
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
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Originally Posted by tuskie
As its pouring rain here, we're collecting rainwater. For every 1mm of rain that falls on 1 square metre of collection area produces 1 litre of water. Not so easy with feet and inches.
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14-03-2017, 21:01
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
Guys, give the metric system thing a rest. Please! And BTW it ain't hard to do the math on rainfall to convert it into any units you like. If such math is beyond someone, then no one particular unit of measure is going to help. As such difficulties are more attributable to room temp IQ's.
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14-03-2017, 23:06
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
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Fortunately these and many other countries learned the English language from British teachers, not American.
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Haven't been to all of them but they all speak a different variant from the UK.
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15-03-2017, 00:04
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
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Originally Posted by UNCIVILIZED
Guys, give the metric system thing a rest. Please! And BTW it ain't hard to do the math on rainfall to convert it into any units you like. If such math is beyond someone, then no one particular unit of measure is going to help. As such difficulties are more attributable to room temp IQ's.
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Fahrenheit, centigrade or Kelvin?
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15-03-2017, 04:55
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
Forget Units of measure or language, the world can not even agree on Red Port markers being Left or Right entering a Harbour or is that Harbor.
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15-03-2017, 12:11
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#120
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Re: How does a cat become too heavy?
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Nope disagree. When I did my motor mechanic apprenticeship alot of cars I worked on were imperial based, I was comfortable using both everyday ie. Metric spanners and imperial. BUT metric in mho is just more lodgical, a well thought out system.
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Spanners eh? . . . . . . It's lo(d)gical, you must be in/from England.
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