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We convert your units to kilowatt hours in the following way:gas units used x imperical metric conversion factor (2.83) truncated to one decimal place x volume conversion factor (1.022640) x calorific value (39.2) divided by kilowatt hour conversion factor (3.6) = Kilowatt hours(kWh) used.
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"but have you considered there is more to life than your eyelids?"
jointly owned by Fire_Spinning_Angel and Blu_Valley
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Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible
Willy - is bad for your health...
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Original and full coverage here
There have been three major Weights and Measures Acts in recent times (1963, 1976 and 1985) all gradually abolishing various units, as well re-defining the standards. All the Apothecaries' measures are now gone, and of the Troy measures, only the ounce remains. The legislation decreed that -
From the 1st October 1995, for economic, public health, public safety and administrative purposes, only metric units were to be allowed EXCEPT that -
pounds and ounces for weighing of goods sold from bulk
pints and fluid ounces for beer, cider, waters, lemonades and fruit juices in RETURNABLE containers
therms for gas supply
fathoms for marine navigation
could be used until 31st December 1999.
The following could continue to be used WITHOUT time limit -
miles, yards, feet and inches for road traffic signs and related measurements of speed and distance
pints for dispensing draught beer and cider, and for milk in RETURNABLE containers
acres for land registration purposes
troy ounces for transactions in precious metals.
Sports were exempt from all of this, but most of them have (voluntarily) changed their relevant regulations into statements of equivalent metric measures.
That was how the legislation was framed. In common usage the 'old' units are still very apparent.
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and I was even less happy when I checked the estimated amount of gas used, against the meter as it was way under the actual reading
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'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?
Written by: Skulduggery
How many of you ever check that their conversion calculations have been done correctly?
Written by: Skulduggery
Why do you need to convert from units to kWh? You don't. The conversion does not need to be done.
Willy - is bad for your health...
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Written by: Skulduggery
I give up!
I only used the gas bill as an example. I am perfectly able to do the calculations. I even vaguely remembered the formular for how to do it. Yes, it may suprise you that I'm not some dumb idiot that never attended school.
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Tell me though, just how many of you have ever checked that conversion calculation on your bill? Or is it just too much trouble to bother?
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Flight prices.... when you log on the site and it says fly to Ireland for £5.99. You click that price to book it. As you go along it adds on airport tax etc. Do you at the end of putting in all your details think, "well damn that's more than I expected", but still book it because you can't be bothered to go searching again for a cheaper flight?
These companies rely on making it hard to see the final price. They make you either feel that calculating it for yourself will take too much time so you just accept their calculations or they get you to invest enought time before you are resigned to just paying whatever it ends up being.
Ok that rant might not make much sense because I'm crap at putting things into text at the best of times. I'm even worse when I'm angry.
Willy - is bad for your health...
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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And if you wanted to hear about other people's point of view, and they say "I can't be bothered to think of something that answers your question, but I'll post anyway" then how would you feel?
Willy - is bad for your health...
Written by: Skulduggery
it may suprise you that I'm not some dumb idiot that never attended school...
Always use "so's your face" and "only on Tuesdays" in as many conversations possible
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