Gardeners' World for old fogies?
 

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.

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Gardeners' World for old fogies?
 

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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Gardeners' World for old fogies?
 

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

Gardeners' World for old fogies?
 

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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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK

Gardeners' World for old fogies?
 

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!
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Jim S

Gardeners' World for old fogies?
 

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

Gardeners' World for old fogies?
 

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