Arthur Charpentier ⏚ 🇨🇦 🇯🇵Jul 28, 2025
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Show threadM. Grégoire

@freakonometrics
Of course there are two types of ton, long (2240 lb) and short (2000 lb). This has caused me professional difficulties in the past, trying to assess which sort of ton was used for the capacity of piles installed decades ago.

Did you know that in Québec une pinte = 1 quart = 2 pints?
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinte

Pinte — Wikipédia

Jul 28, 2025 at 3:46amWeb
Show threadBugsprietJul 28, 2025
@mpjgregoire @freakonometrics I had an US guy who gave me the seize of an car chassis as airfright in foot.cm ... Took me a while to figure that out, and I only noticed, for I knew the wheelbase in cm.
Show threadBugsprietJul 28, 2025
@mpjgregoire @freakonometrics Shoe sizes are still in Barleycorn btw.
Show threadDr Andrew A. Adams #FBPE 🔶Sep 12, 2025
@Bugspriet @mpjgregoire @freakonometrics
rainfall volume in acre-feet cracked me up.
Show threadRémi CardonaJul 30, 2025

@mpjgregoire @freakonometrics In very metric France, "un demi" is a half pint, not a half litre. That works only for beer.

But "un demi de rouge" is a half litre pitcher of wine.

It's still much less eff'ed up than the imperial system though, a minor inconvenience at worse.