Unit conversions, metric vs imperial, and a few laughs

[stinkyattic]

Hey all,
Isn't it FUN when your fertilizer bottles say "Add 30mL per gallon"? Yeah... nothing like mixing metric and imperial to make your head hurt.

So I put together some links- both useful and silly.
There's a couple conversion calculators, and, well... some other stuff too. heh heh.

If we are forced to endure an archaic an illogical system of measurement, we should at least get a laugh out of it, right?
:weedpoke:

stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on 12-12-2007. Unit conversions, metric vs imperial, and a few laughs Hey all, Isn't it FUN when your fertilizer bottles say "Add 30mL per gallon"? Yeah... nothing like mixing metric and imperial to make your head hurt. So I put together some links- both useful and silly. There's a couple conversion calculators, and, well... some other stuff too. heh heh. If we are forced to endure an archaic an illogical system of measurement, we should at least get a laugh out of it, right? :weedpoke: Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

Conversion calculator for liquid volumes!
Online Conversion - Volume Conversion

This high-school-auditorium performance by Deirdre Flint is HYSTERICAL. Her delivery is SO deadpan. My mom found me this link.
YouTube - Deirdre Flint The Metric System

Performance art? Music video? It's called 'The Metric System' but there the relevance flies out the window...
YouTube - Trash Palace & Brian Molko - The Metric System

[stinkyattic]

WTF! I love it. Bad hair. Spandex. Animal prints in places where no animal would dare tread. And a KEY-TAR!!!! Yeeeeeeeh.
YouTube - Square One TV: Metric Electric Lover

Creed sucks. Even with the lyrics changed, they STILL suck. So how's about your 9th grade science teacher puts on a wig and invites his buddy from college (who currently lives on the sofa since his mom kicked him out last month) to help him perform his OWN version?
OW my poor virgin ears.
YouTube - The Metric System

I laughed until tears were streaming down my face...
YouTube - metric system project

[stinkyattic]

Oh man, this dude is PISSED. That polo shirt is fab, though.
YouTube - metric system

Hey! Lookat that, it's a metric propaganda/folk song...
YouTube - "Let's Get Metric" by Scott Wheatley

[sigma1210]

Google has a great conversion calculator. simple type what you want in a goggle search box.

like "1 ounce to grams"

or "1 cup to ml"

or "299792458 m/s to mph "

etc..

BTW thanks for all the advice. The Agway manure and humus certainly does the trick.

(in a downeast maine accent)
y'sir, the next thing ya know you're gonna need to go to the local Walmart to get yourself a god damn communist metric wrench just to work on ya John Deere tractah.