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Gallons? Shouldn't it be liters?
Shamelessly stolen from I can't remember.
The only issue I have with this is there's a British gallon (that is DIFFERENT from the American gallon) that is used to measure milk. :D. That was the only place I saw gallon being used.
Oh no, so we have metric, imperial units, and now colonial units?!
Still british units :D. In 1826 Britain decided to redefine gallon to mean "10 pounds of water". The earlier standard was 231 cublic inches (potentially meant to be 8 pounds of water). The US never adopted the new gallon.
Brits use tons and tonnes as separate units? Not confusing at all
I mean there is have metric ton, british ton and american ton. Or tonne. Idk, its all the same in our language.
When I think tonne, I think 1000kg. When I think ton, I just think of the vernacular "tons of stuff" type expression.
Actually, as much as I dislike imperial units, when it comes to body temperature I do think in Fahrenheit. Mostly because that's how my mum would tell if we were too sick to go to school. 99 - just a little ill, but you can have the day off. 100 - pretty ill, probably at least 3 days off. 101+ - super mega ill, off all week.
I believe England, GB maybe, is very much a mixed bag when it comes to measurement standards.
We talk about fuel economy in miles per gallon, but fuel prices are shown per litre. And this is from 1980 - everything gets a bit weirder measurement-wise the further back you go.
in miles per gallon
The thing is gallons are different.
For some reason I think, driving distance is kilometers, while driving speed is miles per hour. Is that right?
Nah, driving distance is generally miles and speed is mph too. I think sometimes distances under a mile can be in metres (like signs that say, for example, no hard shoulder for 200m).
If you read the Highway Code, you'll learn that it's all over the place. Long distances on signs are in miles. But distance markers are placed in metres. But emergency phones are placed every mile. And distance markers, which are placed in metres and indicate distances in meters can also have a distance to the next emergency phone in fucking yards. One sign, two numbers, no letters, two systems. FUCKING HELL!!!
At least when I was there circa 2006, distances were miles as well.
It's Bri'ish, innit
No, litres.
Reminds me article name from USSR newspaper about plane crash: "Gallons let down"/"Подвели галлоны".
It's not a modern poster
It's not a modern idea either
It would be nowadays, but this is an old old advert.