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* Gardeners' World for old fogies?Jim S
+* Re: Gardeners' World for old fogies?David
|`* Re: Gardeners' World for old fogies?David Hill
| `* Re: Gardeners' World for old fogies?David Rance
|  `- Re: Gardeners' World for old fogies?Jim S
`* Re: Gardeners' World for old fogies?Chris Hogg
 `* Re: Gardeners' World for old fogies?Vir Campestris
  `- Re: Gardeners' World for old fogies?David Hill

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 by: Jim S - Sat, 15 May 2021 22:48 UTC

Otherwise why do they still talk in feet and inches?
My 50 year-old kids never understood my instructions to plant their
first seeds two inches apart.

--
Jim S

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Subject: Re: Gardeners' World for old fogies?
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 by: David - Sun, 16 May 2021 12:15 UTC

On Sat, 15 May 2021 23:48:16 +0100, Jim S wrote:

> Otherwise why do they still talk in feet and inches?
> My 50 year-old kids never understood my instructions to plant their
> first seeds two inches apart.

I'll think about that over a pint. :-)

Cheers

Dave R

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From: dav...@abacus-nurseries.co.uk (David Hill)
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 by: David Hill - Sun, 16 May 2021 12:51 UTC

On 16/05/2021 13:15, David wrote:
> On Sat, 15 May 2021 23:48:16 +0100, Jim S wrote:
>
>> Otherwise why do they still talk in feet and inches?
>> My 50 year-old kids never understood my instructions to plant their
>> first seeds two inches apart.
>
> I'll think about that over a pint. :-)
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Dave R
>
>
Sorry but I sill think in feet and inches, Fahrenheit and pints

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 by: David Rance - Sun, 16 May 2021 13:06 UTC

On Sun, 16 May 2021 13:51:07 David Hill wrote:

>On 16/05/2021 13:15, David wrote:
>> On Sat, 15 May 2021 23:48:16 +0100, Jim S wrote:
>>
>>> Otherwise why do they still talk in feet and inches?
>>> My 50 year-old kids never understood my instructions to plant their
>>> first seeds two inches apart.
>> I'll think about that over a pint. :-)
>> Cheers
>> Dave R
>>
>Sorry but I sill think in feet and inches, Fahrenheit and pints

So do I!

My late French neighbour still used to count in *old* French francs.

David

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 by: Chris Hogg - Sun, 16 May 2021 13:11 UTC

On Sat, 15 May 2021 23:48:16 +0100, Jim S <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:

>
>Otherwise why do they still talk in feet and inches?
>My 50 year-old kids never understood my instructions to plant their
>first seeds two inches apart.

Old fogey here! I still think in feet and inches. What does annoy me a
bit is when a gardening author says something like 'spaced
approximately 12" apart (30.48 cm)'. FFS if it's only approximately
12" then say 30cm! An exact conversion isn't necessary. I blame the
editors - probably run the whole text through a piece of software that
converts all references to feet and inches into the metric equivalent,
regardless of context.

--
Chris

Gardening in West Cornwall, very mild, sheltered
from the West, but open to the North and East.

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 by: Jim S - Sun, 16 May 2021 13:28 UTC

On Sun, 16 May 2021 14:06:33 +0100, David Rance wrote:

> On Sun, 16 May 2021 13:51:07 David Hill wrote:
>
>>On 16/05/2021 13:15, David wrote:
>>> On Sat, 15 May 2021 23:48:16 +0100, Jim S wrote:
>>>
>>>> Otherwise why do they still talk in feet and inches?
>>>> My 50 year-old kids never understood my instructions to plant their
>>>> first seeds two inches apart.
>>> I'll think about that over a pint. :-)
>>> Cheers
>>> Dave R
>>>
>>Sorry but I sill think in feet and inches, Fahrenheit and pints
>
> So do I!
>
> My late French neighbour still used to count in *old* French francs.
>
> David

I rest my case m'lud.
How dare young people come on to our gardens!
--
Jim S

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 by: Vir Campestris - Wed, 19 May 2021 11:55 UTC

On 16/05/2021 14:11, Chris Hogg wrote:
> Old fogey here! I still think in feet and inches. What does annoy me a
> bit is when a gardening author says something like 'spaced
> approximately 12" apart (30.48 cm)'. FFS if it's only approximately
> 12" then say 30cm! An exact conversion isn't necessary. I blame the
> editors - probably run the whole text through a piece of software that
> converts all references to feet and inches into the metric equivalent,
> regardless of context.

This is not unique to gardening authors.

Andy

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 by: David Hill - Wed, 19 May 2021 16:07 UTC

On 19/05/2021 12:55, Vir Campestris wrote:
> On 16/05/2021 14:11, Chris Hogg wrote:
>> Old fogey here! I still think in feet and inches. What does annoy me a
>> bit is when a gardening author says something like 'spaced
>> approximately 12" apart (30.48 cm)'. FFS if it's only approximately
>> 12" then say 30cm! An exact conversion isn't necessary. I blame the
>> editors - probably run the whole text through a piece of software that
>> converts all references to feet and inches into the metric equivalent,
>> regardless of context.
>
> This is not unique to gardening authors.
>
> Andy

I remember a few years ago I wa loking ata water pump and it had
impreial input and metric output

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