xanthic Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) I have Leigh, and the general story is that they just couldn't be bothered with school or any other form of learning in their formative years, and also didn't have any encouragement from parents. By the age of 17 they have finally realised that they have not done themselves any favours in life. I have said to some of them that they are still at a life stage where they could turn their situation around, but they have little drive or inclination for it. A shame really! That's a real shame. Makes me feel quite glad I have parents that encouraged me to learn. Edited February 10, 2015 by xanthic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 by the way what is a metre Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 by the way what is a metre About 39.37 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 About 39.37 inches now that's in my sort of language Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbz2 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I think most people I know generally could tell how long a metre is, but then again that's probably due to all the time spent jousting with metre sticks instead of doing experiments... Perkil8r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 To be fair, never have people had more distractions in their lives or as much useless information thrown at them. It's not surprising that many don't seem to have picked up anything useful. Have a look on youtube for the opening scenes of the film "Idiocracy". That might explain a few things Also, don't forget that 50% of the population are below average intelligence what's the level of intelligence of the remaining 70% ? Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Maybe they are used to working in feet and inches like me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 by the way what is a metre a yard and a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peepshow Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 It's not as if they don't have it easy - a meter and every multiple thereof is an absolute doddle - makes maths for everything way too easy. Bring back yards, feet, inches, fathoms, chains, pound, shillings, pence, guineas, stones, lbs, ounces, acres, hectares .....etc, and make the little beggars work hard at learning like we all did lol ........and half pennies and farthings, which being a small coin, had a small bird on one side, the British Wren. I daresay now the EU would have banned that. I still work in feet and inches at home. Kinda more accurate than centimetres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peepshow Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 by the way what is a metre Is that a gas metre or an electric metre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stash Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Well my wife does it in chains ,cables ,rods and perch so I can never fathom her out. Tweedledee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Well my wife does it in chains ,cables ,rods and perch so I can never fathom her out. Has she been doing it furlong? tuckstar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peepshow Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Has she been doing it furlong? I'll have to fathom that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stash Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Has she been doing it furlong? No but thou should know that she is ln a league of her own else I would be rood not saying and she would get hot under the gill and i dont want her to get fluid scruple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peepshow Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Keep pecking away at it lads, ounce by ounce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Ok, just for you Richard Had that nasty fluid scruple in my gills, but thankfully I'm getting much stadia on my feet again now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peepshow Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Ok, just for you Richard Had that nasty fluid scruple in my gills. Gillian. Did you ever metre? This word game will soon PETEr out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 These are just awful, I'm going to have to put a stop to this soon before we are known as a bad jokes forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 (edited) These are just awful, I'm going to have to put a stop to this soon before we are known as a bad jokes forum wielding you power again Daz Edited February 13, 2015 by Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peepshow Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 wielding you power again Daz Watt power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Daz wielding power that's a Joule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 These are just awful, I'm going to have to put a stop to this soon before we are known as a bad jokes forum It's a slow astronomy day Daz, just ban Richard for his encouragement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 It's a slow astronomy day Daz, just ban Richard for his encouragement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werisit Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 I'll Volt for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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