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Meria

Meria

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@Aviator thought we would not find out this is his foot.
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mzeiya said:
Ile sijawahi elewa ni hii
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Una watch a scientific show wanaanza hizo measurement zao and now you have to pause and convert. Upussi sana
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But I'd rather do conversions than try wrap my head on units like football fields, jumbo jet wing spans or the latest one "half a giraffe"

Aviator said:
Why?
It's just that you aren't used to their system of units. Otherwise it is just as normal to them as our metric system is to you.
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Their system is bullshit
1kg = 1000g
1km = 1000mm

1 pound = 16 ounces
1 mile = 1760 yards

Text books / forums zao huwa sumbua kusoma, lakini muhindi nani, amefanya direct translation ya most books
 
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shocks said:
But I'd rather do conversions than try wrap my head on units like football fields, jumbo jet wing spans or the latest one "half a giraffe"


Their system is bullshit
1kg = 1000g
1km = 1000mm

1 pound = 16 ounces
1 mile = 1760 yards

Text books / forums zao huwa sumbua kusoma, lakini muhindi nani, amefanya direct translation
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Hehehehehe
You'll be surprised to note that all these units we use revolve around some physical thing. Like an arm's length, length between finger joints, etc.

And believe it or not, the width of the SGR system worldwide was determined from the width of an horse's ass.
 
Meria said:
Nîtwahenio gutarî kûratuka
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What's the big deal about railroad tracks? The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Well, because that's the way they built them in England, and English engineers designed the first US railroads.

Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the wagon tramways, and that's the gauge they used.

So, why did 'they' use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they had used for building wagons, which used that same wheel spacing.

Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing?
Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break more often on some of the old, long distance roads in England . You see, that's the spacing of the wheel ruts.

So who built those old rutted roads?
Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (including England) for their legions. Those roads have been used ever since.

And what about the ruts in the roads?
Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match or run the risk of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome , they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing. Therefore the United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot. Bureaucracies live forever.

So the next time you are handed a specification/procedure/process and wonder 'What horse's ass came up with this?', you may be exactly right. Imperial Roman army chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the rear ends of two war horses (Two horses' asses).
 
Aviator said:
What's the big deal about railroad tracks? The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Well, because that's the way they built them in England, and English engineers designed the first US railroads.

Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the wagon tramways, and that's the gauge they used.

So, why did 'they' use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they had used for building wagons, which used that same wheel spacing.

Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing?
Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break more often on some of the old, long distance roads in England . You see, that's the spacing of the wheel ruts.

So who built those old rutted roads?
Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (including England) for their legions. Those roads have been used ever since.

And what about the ruts in the roads?
Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match or run the risk of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome , they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing. Therefore the United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot. Bureaucracies live forever.

So the next time you are handed a specification/procedure/process and wonder 'What horse's ass came up with this?', you may be exactly right. Imperial Roman army chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the rear ends of two war horses (Two horses' asses).
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I might also add that the most complex machine made by man, the Space Shuttle, limited the width of the Solid Rocket Boosters to the same width as pair of horse's asses.
 
shocks said:
But I'd rather do conversions than try wrap my head on units like football fields, jumbo jet wing spans or the latest one "half a giraffe"


Their system is bullshit
1kg = 1000g
1km = 1000mm

1 pound = 16 ounces
1 mile = 1760 yards

Text books / forums zao huwa sumbua kusoma, lakini muhindi nani, amefanya direct translation ya most books
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Add to that their temperature sijui Fahrenheit and their stupid writing of dates
 
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