See here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Australia

I don’t recall the metric measurement system turning up…suddenly all the road signs were in kilometres…

I still like the old feet and inches, just can’t get the hang of the “mind’s eye” of centimetres etc…although a metre is roughly a yard, and a kilometre is 5/8 ths of a mile…

Getting there…2 cm = roughly 1 inch…30 cm = roughly 1 foot (12 inches)…

It started earlier than I remembered. Didn’t realise it was so early in the 70s

AnneS said:

It started earlier than I remembered. Didn’t realise it was so early in the 70s

I think I may have ignored it as I’m sure the mileage signs were bilingual for a long time…you know what I mean…

Now I am thinking about it I remember converting from Farenheit to Celsius and trying to do the conversions and I think the road sign changes were at about the same time

AnneS said:

Now I am thinking about it I remember converting from Farenheit to Celsius and trying to do the conversions and I think the road sign changes were at about the same time

Celsius just turned up one day for me…suddenly I needed to know them…spent a little bit of time comparing with Farenheit and once I got my bearings I was right with Celcius…

Dinetta said:

AnneS said:

Now I am thinking about it I remember converting from Farenheit to Celsius and trying to do the conversions and I think the road sign changes were at about the same time

Celsius just turned up one day for me…suddenly I needed to know them…spent a little bit of time comparing with Farenheit and once I got my bearings I was right with Celcius…

I can remember that 32F = freezing point = 0C … after that I trust the guvmint… :P

You realise of course Dinetta that we are showing our age….these young things like bon and pain master wouldn’t remember.. Bon wasn’t even a flicker of anyone’s imagination and pain master was only a baby, literally!

LOL

but as a young gardener I worked with old men, some of them were at least 40 years of age, and they loved all that inch and feet stuff. So I learned both and deal with both.

And yeah, Dollars and cents were around before my birth but I can recall seeing mph figures painted on some SA roads.

AnneS said:

You realise of course Dinetta that we are showing our age….these young things like bon and pain master wouldn’t remember.. Bon wasn’t even a flicker of anyone’s imagination and pain master was only a baby, literally!

LOL

Yep, my version of this conversation is “Gee, I remember when I thought a one gig hard drive was humongous! I thought it would be impossible to fill!”

:D

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

You realise of course Dinetta that we are showing our age….these young things like bon and pain master wouldn’t remember.. Bon wasn’t even a flicker of anyone’s imagination and pain master was only a baby, literally!

LOL

Yep, my version of this conversation is “Gee, I remember when I thought a one gig hard drive was humongous! I thought it would be impossible to fill!”

:D

ROTFL

I remember when 1mb was big :)

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

You realise of course Dinetta that we are showing our age….these young things like bon and pain master wouldn’t remember.. Bon wasn’t even a flicker of anyone’s imagination and pain master was only a baby, literally!

LOL

Yep, my version of this conversation is “Gee, I remember when I thought a one gig hard drive was humongous! I thought it would be impossible to fill!”

:D

he he. Thought the same when we bought our first 40k!

AnneS said:

pomolo said:

Dinetta said:

I can still remember the conversion rates…12 pence (one shilling, a florin) = 10 cents, etc…hard to believe $2 = 1 pound, and these are now tiny coins…how much they used to buy way back then!

that’s not exactly right D. Suppose it’s been picked up by now anyway.

as in the florin was 2 shillings?

to convert Celsius back to fahrenheit in your head

double – subtract the tens unit – add 32.

for example – 45C x2 = 90 – 9 = 81 +32 = 113F

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

You realise of course Dinetta that we are showing our age….these young things like bon and pain master wouldn’t remember.. Bon wasn’t even a flicker of anyone’s imagination and pain master was only a baby, literally!

LOL

Yep, my version of this conversation is “Gee, I remember when I thought a one gig hard drive was humongous! I thought it would be impossible to fill!”

:D

i remember when there were no puters – in fact i recall when black and white teev was introduced.

AnneS said:

AnneS said:

pomolo said:

that’s not exactly right D. Suppose it’s been picked up by now anyway.

as in the florin was 2 shillings?

uumm??
$2 = i pound = 12 shillings
$1 = 6 shillings ? but was it 5 shillings?
20c = 1 shilling.

i think that’s right ?

pepe said:

in fact i recall when black and white teev was introduced.

I don’t. I was only 1!

pepe said:

AnneS said:

AnneS said:

as in the florin was 2 shillings?

uumm??
$2 = i pound = 12 shillings
$1 = 6 shillings ? but was it 5 shillings?
20c = 1 shilling.

i think that’s right ?

I thoght 10c was 1 shilling

AnneS said:

pepe said:

AnneS said:

uumm??
$2 = i pound = 12 shillings
$1 = 6 shillings ? but was it 5 shillings?
20c = 1 shilling.

i think that’s right ?

I thoght 10c was 1 shilling

i agree – we’re confused LOL

pepe said:

to convert Celsius back to fahrenheit in your head

double – subtract the tens unit – add 32.

for example – 45C x2 = 90 – 9 = 81 +32 = 113F

Trust you Pepe. I hope I don’t ever need to convert celcius back to fahrenheit……………..ever.

pepe said:

AnneS said:

AnneS said:

as in the florin was 2 shillings?

uumm??
$2 = i pound = 12 shillings
$1 = 6 shillings ? but was it 5 shillings?
20c = 1 shilling.

i think that’s right ?

Just hang on a minute. I’ll check!!!!!

pepe said:

AnneS said:

pepe said:

uumm??
$2 = i pound = 12 shillings
$1 = 6 shillings ? but was it 5 shillings?
20c = 1 shilling.

i think that’s right ?

I thoght 10c was 1 shilling

i agree – we’re confused LOL

At least I’m not confused about this topic. My 15 minutes of fame has come at last.

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

You realise of course Dinetta that we are showing our age….these young things like bon and pain master wouldn’t remember.. Bon wasn’t even a flicker of anyone’s imagination and pain master was only a baby, literally!

LOL!

Yep, my version of this conversation is “Gee, I remember when I thought a one gig hard drive was humongous! I thought it would be impossible to fill!”

:D

I remember when mum and dad bought us this amaaaazing new game that we plugged into the tv and there was a white line down the middle of the black screen and a little white stick either side that a white dot bounced off – tennis!!! What an amazing feat!!!!

And more recently, when Older Son turned 16 in mid-1996 I splurged on a USB drive for his birthday, a huge 1GB, because they’d recently halve in price from $100 to a low $50.

Ah, technology!!

Yeehah said:

bon008 said:

AnneS said:

You realise of course Dinetta that we are showing our age….these young things like bon and pain master wouldn’t remember.. Bon wasn’t even a flicker of anyone’s imagination and pain master was only a baby, literally!

LOL!

Yep, my version of this conversation is “Gee, I remember when I thought a one gig hard drive was humongous! I thought it would be impossible to fill!”

:D

I remember when mum and dad bought us this amaaaazing new game that we plugged into the tv and there was a white line down the middle of the black screen and a little white stick either side that a white dot bounced off – tennis!!! What an amazing feat!!!!

And more recently, when Older Son turned 16 in mid-1996 I splurged on a USB drive for his birthday, a huge 1GB, because they’d recently halve in price from $100 to a low $50.

Ah, technology!!

Pong.

pain master said:

Pong.

… is what happens to newly-minted teenage boys on a hot day despite minimal physical exertion …..

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

Pong.

… is what happens to newly-minted teenage boys on a hot day despite minimal physical exertion …..

Wow, from pounds shilling and pence to black and white tellies, the advance of technological development and sweaty armpits.

Who would ever have expected it of a bunch of so-called gardeners, lol!

$0.10 = 12 pennies = 1 shilling

$2.00 = one pound = 20 shillings

$1.00 = 10 shillings…

I was there…

AnneS said:

AnneS said:

pomolo said:

that’s not exactly right D. Suppose it’s been picked up by now anyway.

as in the florin was 2 shillings?

The florin was one shilling = 12 pennies

Dinetta said:

AnneS said:

AnneS said:

as in the florin was 2 shillings?

The florin was one shilling = 12 pennies

I beg your pardon, the florin was indeed 2 shillings…

Yeehah said:

Yeehah said:

pain master said:

Pong.

… is what happens to newly-minted teenage boys on a hot day despite minimal physical exertion …..

Wow, from pounds shilling and pence to black and white tellies, the advance of technological development and sweaty armpits.

Who would ever have expected it of a bunch of so-called gardeners, lol!

I can remember Bill Gates saying “who would ever fill a 625kb (I think that was the size) hard disk drive?”

pomolo said:

pepe said:

to convert Celsius back to fahrenheit in your head

double – subtract the tens unit – add 32.

for example – 45C x2 = 90 – 9 = 81 +32 = 113F

Trust you Pepe. I hope I don’t ever need to convert celcius back to fahrenheit……………..ever.

Yes, farenheit makes the temp sound a lot hotter than it is…

Dinetta said:

Yeehah said:

Wow, from pounds shilling and pence to black and white tellies, the advance of technological development and sweaty armpits.

Who would ever have expected it of a bunch of so-called gardeners, lol!

I can remember Bill Gates saying “who would ever fill a 625kb (I think that was the size) hard disk drive?”

Gamers …. no matter how much disk space you give ‘em they’ll think of some way of filling it up, and needing more!!!

Dinetta said:

$0.10 = 12 pennies = 1 shilling

$2.00 = one pound = 20 shillings

$1.00 = 10 shillings…

I was there…

thank you for sorting it out.
i was there too – but my brian seems to have gone walkabout in between times.