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KeithInFujairah | Report | 2 Aug 2008 12:46 |
Karen as far as I am aware it is gallons all over (never think about it, just fill car, company pays), think it is US gals (about 3.8 litres) at approx 6 Dirhams 70 fils per gal. Crazy when they no longer use less the 25 fil coins. |
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Harry | Report | 2 Aug 2008 13:09 |
When are we going to have a european language - or is that too embarrassing for the French and Germans. (I write as one of the "loonies" who support UKIP) |
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Patricia | Report | 2 Aug 2008 13:39 |
i went into a hardwere store last week enquiring about some wooden floor and i gave the young lad the mesurements i needed in feet and inches saying sorry i dont understand meters ect "WELL I BET YOU'RE NOT STILL WORKING IN POUNDS SHILLINGS AND PENCE ARE YOU" came the reply i tried to explain that decimal money came out while i was still at school but he just huffed and puffed and asked someone else to work it out!! |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 2 Aug 2008 13:42 |
huffed and puffed did he!! well I bet he couldn't work your bill out without the aid of the till or add it up in his head!!! |
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Harry | Report | 2 Aug 2008 14:34 |
You may be right Karen. English would seem to be the natural choice (most spoken of all the EU languages world-wide, but they want conformity in most things, so why not that? |
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Sue | Report | 2 Aug 2008 14:43 |
Oh dear age gonna show here :-(( |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 3 Aug 2008 02:57 |
To change Litres into Gallons divide the Litres by 4.54 - this will give you Gallons. |
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Elizabeth | Report | 3 Aug 2008 04:34 |
Here in Australia we have been metric for about 30 years. Decimal currency started in 1966 (I think) and translated 10 shillings to a dollar. UK used the pound as their decimal system and it was confusing when we visited there. I donated a 5 pd note to Westminster Abbey thinking it was $5. |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 3 Aug 2008 04:39 |
Hi Beth, our decimal currency started in 1971, I had just started a new job as a waitress in a new posh hotel, and it was hard explaining to customers about their change, they couldn't get the hang of it at all some of them. |
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Huia | Report | 3 Aug 2008 05:58 |
NZ went metric about the same time as Australia. We used to have LSD. I have got used to the prices, but I still refer to a pound of butter (actually 500 gm, which is slightly over a pound) and do my cooking in lbs and ounces (or cups and spoons). And my height is in ft and inches and my weight (dont ask) in stones and lbs, wouldnt know what I am in kg as I have old scales. I prefer to do my dressmaking in inches, less likely to make a mistake than in cm or mm. I have got used to distances in km since that is how the car reads it, and litres at the pumps. |
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Elizabeth | Report | 3 Aug 2008 09:40 |
Before decimal we had pounds, shillings and pence. |