The following is proclaimed in accordance with Kaiser-Presidential servitude to the europist directive on subsidiarity (don't worry, you're all in right & proper subjection) and the europist principle of the precautionary (ooooh, hide under your beds, you can't possibly be ever toooo cautious) principle of the principle of all principles.

You anti-europists, anti-fascists, anti-nationalists, anti-socialists, think that today is Thursday, December 2nd 2004.

You're wrong.

It's Duodi', Frimaire' 12, 213

You anti-europists, anti-fascists, anti-nationalists, anti-socialists, think that 1 av.lb. is 1 av.lb.

You're wrong.

It's 4 h/g 5 da/g 3.07227 -/g

You anti-europists, anti-fascists, anti-nationalists, anti-socialists, think that 1 fl.pt. is 1 fl.pt.

You're wrong.

It's 4 di/l 7 c/l 1.95028 m/l

You anti-europists, anti-fascists, anti-nationalists, anti-socialists, think that 1 dry pt. is 1 dry pt.

You're wrong.

It's .55060866 m/s

You anti-europists, anti-fascists, anti-nationalists, anti-socialists, think that 1 time sec. is 1 time sec.

You're wrong.

It's .11574074 m/h

You anti-europists, anti-fascists, anti-nationalists, anti-socialists, think that 1 arc sec. is 1 arc sec.

You're wrong.

His Imperial & Royal Majesty is determining what the -/h is of the -/h of the -/h of the -/h, at his pleasure. In the meantime you can all just MoveOn.org

You anti-europists, anti-fascists, anti-nationalists, anti-socialists, think that 1 in. is 1 in.

You're wrong.

It's 2 c/m 5.400051 m/m

You anti-europists, anti-fascists, anti-nationalists, anti-socialists, think that 1 stt. acre is 1 stt. acre

You're wrong.

It's 4 da/a 4 di/a 6 c/a 8.726 m/a

For today is the 200th Anniversary of His Imperial & Royal Majesty Napoleon Emperor's Republic of Europe & King's Republic of Italy Coronation By Himself at Notre Dame Steeplehouse, Town of Paris (formerly Town of Massacre), Emperor's Republic of Europe, in the presence of Papist Pope Pius VII of the Papist Sect, and the authorization of the heuric' scam, gravric' scam, litric' scam, steric' scam, decagesmic' AWAITS scam, metric' scam, and arsic' scam.

Have A Nice Day. (What Day? Too bad: you'll have to read this bullet-in-board all over again, and all over again, and all over again, and ………)

Info @

http://www.weights-and-measures.com

Napoleon Emperor's Republic of Europe Decadent Decagesimal Measure

The Pope is a papist?

Blimey....

Haha, this post has to win a prize.
"You think that one pound is one pound. You're wrong."

What can I even say.

Actually, under EC Directives, Xcole is quite right. A pound is 453.6, etc grams. Didn't you know?

BWMA said

"Actually, under EC Directives, Xcole is quite right. A pound is 453.6, etc grams"

I thought that the pound was currently defined in the Weights & Measures Act 1985.

It was firstly defined in terms of the Kilogram by the Weights and Measures Act 1963 - long before the UK joined the EC.

erm - its still a pound though - you know "1 lb" type thing.


If A = B then B must = A

I know that, but I couldn't be bothered to go through it all again. What I meant was *according to the EC* a 1lb is 453.6 g

I'm not disputing the definition.

I'm looking for BWMA to justify the assertion that the lb is currently defined by the EC.

I thought it was firstly defined in metric by the WMA '63 and currently by the WMA '85

<<
know that, but I couldn't be bothered to go through it all again. What I meant was *according to the EC* a 1lb is 453.6 g
>>

According to the EU directive, a pound was *approximately* 453.6g. (It was left up to the UK to define it exactly).

<<According to the EU directive, a pound was *approximately* 453.6g. (It was left up to the UK to define it exactly).>>

Blimey! An EU directive supporting our pound!

(I'm being cynical, btw)

I refer you to CHAPTER 3 of the Annex of the Directive. The directive can be found at http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/consleg/pdf/1980/en_1980L0181_do_001.pdf

or at

http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/fr/consleg/pdf/1980/fr_1980L0181_do_001.pdf if you prefer the French version.

Yuk!

When I brought that link up it put that awful flag in the address window.

spit spit - eurch

I need a shower!

It might be interesting to know that that the pound has been defined in terms of the kilogram since 1889. A **BRITISH** firm made the proptype kilograms that were delivered to the BIPM. One of the prototype was selected as the reference piece and the others allocated to the countries that signed the Convention of the Metre. Copy number 18 was allocated to the UK.

The UK's copy has been compared to the reference copy a nubmer of times. WHen it was last compared, its mass was found to be 1 kg + 0.053 mg ±0.002 3 mg. (Down from an original mass in 1889 of 1 kg + 0.070 mg ±0.002 mg).

For more details refer to http://www.npl.co.uk/mass/faqs/history.html

I still remember kilogrammes from my school days.

;-)

SteveH: "Yuk!

When I brought that link up it put that awful flag in the address window.

spit spit - eurch

I need a shower!"

Such an emotional reaction doesn't bode well for rational argument.

Oops - sorry stan - Maybe I should have quoted how much I adored the EU and what it's doing to my Country - would that be better?

BTW - When I tried the link in both netscape and internet-explorer it crashed both applications! What does that tell you?

Hey perhaps it was downloading some sort of human monitoring software, and it was just "busy" rather than "hanging".

I'm off to check for unknown CCTV cameras in my house.......

...erm

I just wanted to tell everyone how good the EU is and the improvements it has given in our lives and we're better off in than out because we are all europeans now.

[whispers: will that do? eh? eh? oh do I have to?]

Ahem

Yes,

And also we should get over our habitual clinging to outdated and obsolete measurements and use metric due to harsh realities and all that.

[whispers: ok, that's all yes? good, fine, so I can stop now? good, thanks]

Ok, I'm now going to iron all my grey suits - see you later happy union of citizens....

Let us not forget the point of this thread- namely a place for praise of xcole's genius.