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Member
- Sep 2001
- Northern Ireland
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turned 32 march 8th
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You been on holiday curryman
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yo, big carpet, how you doing.
no holiday for curryman just been extremely busy lately but things have calmed down a little now so it's back to the nice people here for some pleasure leisure -
I was 32 on Feb 10th. Almost a whole month older than that whipper-snapper curryman :P
Nice to see you back BTW.
Buddha says that, while he may show you the way, only you can truly save yourself, proving once and for all that he's a lazy, fat bastard. -
I was 33 on Jan 20th
Someone here was born exactly same day as me in 1971, buggered if I can remember who though!
Willtgpo, my real dad, told me to make a maximum of 5,806 posts on vcdhelp.com in one lifetime. So I have. -
My brother has the same birthday as me. He's two years younger thoOriginally Posted by Will HayI was 33 on Jan 20th
Someone here was born exactly same day as me in 1971, buggered if I can remember who though!
Will
Buddha says that, while he may show you the way, only you can truly save yourself, proving once and for all that he's a lazy, fat bastard. -
A pussy, perhaps....Originally Posted by Will HayI was 33 on Jan 20th
Someone here was born exactly same day as me in 1971, buggered if I can remember who though!
Will
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My birthday is on a date that is hard to forget
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Jesus man, you're ancient :POriginally Posted by vcdhunter
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Originally Posted by tompikaA pussy, perhaps....Originally Posted by Will HayI was 33 on Jan 20th
Someone here was born exactly same day as me in 1971, buggered if I can remember who though!
Will
I don't get it.tgpo, my real dad, told me to make a maximum of 5,806 posts on vcdhelp.com in one lifetime. So I have. -
Master of Time & Space
- Feb 2004
- Denver, CO United States
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That sucks.Originally Posted by bugster
Late November here. -
bugster, seeing you're this side of the pond - do you meant 11th of septmeber or the 9th of november? it annoys me when people say "Nine eleven" in this country, because our dates don't work like that!
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Member
- Sep 2001
- Northern Ireland
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I assumed he meant the 9th of November.
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9 days before christmas
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Originally Posted by flaninacupboard
No, I do mean 11th Sept. I know 9/11 is not the European date format but "nine eleven" has come to have significant meaning across much of the world this last couple of years despite it's American use of Date/month ordering.Originally Posted by energy80s
I would normally write 11/09/-- but I know we have a large US contingent here and it is often easier to adopt US conventions that will be understood by Europeans than to try and get the Americans to comprehend the European way of saying/doing things
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Master of Time & Space
- Feb 2004
- Denver, CO United States
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We're slower to accept change here, and more stubbornOriginally Posted by bugster
. The metric system didn't take, despite the massive effort to change in the '70s through the '90s.
1974
The Education Amendments of 1974 (Public Law 92-380) encouraged educational agencies and institutions to prepare students to use the metric system of measurement as part of the regular educational program.
1975
The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-168) passed by Congress. The Act established the U.S. Metric Board to coordinate and plan the increasing use and voluntary conversion to the metric system. However, the Act was devoid of any target dates for metric conversion.
1979
The Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) requires wine producers and importers to switch to metric bottles in seven standard [liter and milliliter] sizes.
1980
The Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) requires distilled spirits (hard liquor) bottles to conform to the volume of one of six standard metric [liter and milliliter] sizes.
1982
President Ronald Reagan disbanded the U.S. Metric Board and canceled its funding. Responsibility for metric coordination was transferred to the Office of Metric Programs in the Department of Commerce.
1983
The meter is redefined in terms of the speed of light by the 17th CGPM, resulting in better precision but keeping its length the same.
1988
The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-418) amended and strengthened the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, designating the SI metric system as the preferred measurement system, and requiring each federal agency to be metric by the end of fiscal year 1992.
1991
President George H. W. Bush signed Executive Order 12770, Metric Usage in Federal Government Programs directing all executive departments and federal agencies implement the use of the metric system. The Executive Order is also available as an appendix to: Interpretation of the SI for the United States and Federal Government Metric Conversion Policy
Maybe that's why you can buy NTSC/PAL devices but we can't, or it's very difficult and expensive. They're a far cry from "mainstream" here. If I were to go into Circuit City and ask for a "PAL device", they would probably suggest matching baseball caps.
It seems europe adapted to our standard as well as keeping its own in the interest of harmony.
Actually the metric system is kinder to the male ego than our system ...after all, "ten centimeters" sounds better than "four inches"
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