biscuits & tea

February 6, 2010 63 notes

kurafire:

everythinginthesky:

kurafire:

everythinginthesky:

Just sayin’.
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Not entirely true, because some countries only use the metric system partially, and use the imperial system to some capacity still. England, for instance: try asking anyone there how many kilos they weigh.

I find there’s a perceptible age gap in terms of metric usage in England. Friends my age, especially ones who watch their weight using gym scales / modern equipment, will probably know their weight in kilos, whereas their parents won’t have any idea.Guess it all kinda ties into the years the various countries picked it up, which is a fascinating dataset in itself. Algeria in 1840 and Iran in 1927? Who’da thunk it.

That’s what I thought, too, but then someone proved me wrong on that.

Look, how many other systems are there where you can easily work out how much you weigh FROM THE BARE OBJECTS AROUND YOU.
How much do I weigh? Eight stones. Simple. Done.
When you can find 53kg of cheese lying around your garden, then we’ll talk.

everythinginthesky:

kurafire:

everythinginthesky:

Just sayin’.

via

Not entirely true, because some countries only use the metric system partially, and use the imperial system to some capacity still. England, for instance: try asking anyone there how many kilos they weigh.

I find there’s a perceptible age gap in terms of metric usage in England. Friends my age, especially ones who watch their weight using gym scales / modern equipment, will probably know their weight in kilos, whereas their parents won’t have any idea.
Guess it all kinda ties into the years the various countries picked it up, which is a fascinating dataset in itself. Algeria in 1840 and Iran in 1927? Who’da thunk it.

That’s what I thought, too, but then someone proved me wrong on that.

Look, how many other systems are there where you can easily work out how much you weigh FROM THE BARE OBJECTS AROUND YOU.

How much do I weigh? Eight stones. Simple. Done.

When you can find 53kg of cheese lying around your garden, then we’ll talk.

January 19, 2010

Well, it was right about Apple’s stranglehold on the PC market being broken.

January 18, 2010 1 note

Crayola Color Chart, 1903-2010

January 2, 2010 13 notes

[source sadly unknown (but, OMG) ]

October 22, 2009 3 notes

Unpacking the pile of things I dumped out of my suitcase from the USA.

October 10, 2009 1 note

How to get ready in two minutes: jacket, lippy, ignore sleep-tousled hair - sorted.

October 9, 2009 2 notes

“ I suppose boyfriend status is kind of like [foursquare] mayorships - they tend to be exclusive, reaching there can involve quite a bit of effort, it’s obvious to everyone around when you get it and tends to lead to exciting freebies. ”

Idle thoughts in direct messages.

October 2, 2009 10 notes

Shamefully, it took me more than two minutes to work out how to extract this cupcake from the case. Turns out: it didn’t involve knawing. Let us not speak of it further.

(On the other hand, a store selling cupcakes has opened up near my house in the UK! Celebration!)

October 1, 2009 15 notes

Scenes from a road trip: my new favourite photo.

October 1, 2009 12 notes

kurafire:

thunderdolt:

kurafire:

Clearly, the girlfriend is not around to keep me grounded.

She’s only been gone for about seven hours.

This is going to be a train wreck.

So…

Don’t you wish I was recording this on video?

I also miss her! Well, miss you too, but her accent is cuter. And not to deflate your ego, but her bum is just half a point nicer.

How’d that deflate my ego? She has a mighty fine ass, mine being only a half point less is quite a compliment!

;-)

This thread is useless without pics.

… wait, what?