Just starting out in G gauge

About time some fuel company was brave enough to drop the ,9
 
stockers said:
About time some fuel company was brave enough to drop the ,9
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VW tried it with their car prices a few years ago - it didn't last long :shake::shake::shake::shake: Like a load of sheep, they all follow the others for no real reason .............................. apart from

The great retail fear - that someone else's cash register is ringing when yours isn't. Hence all the Sunday opening, bank holiday opening etc etc.

People think it's aggressive retailing, it isn't, it's paranoia :sweating::sweating::sweating::sweating::sweating:
 
Sarah Winfield said:
And what about thread sizes.

For example 3/8" BSP, I'll be long deceased before that changes if ever. Nor 7/16" JIC. Yes there are metric threads but the military is still strongly imperial.
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22 years in the military, followed by 20 years MOD, and are biggest issue is stuff bought from USA in lbs, but worse than that is the US gallon, 16 ozs to the pint and 8 pints to the gallon makes every gallon 8 X 4 oz short i.e. a US gallon is 32 oz less than a UK gallon :wondering: :wondering: :wondering:
 
JimmyB said:
22 years in the military, followed by 20 years MOD, and are biggest issue is stuff bought from USA in lbs, but worse than that is the US gallon, 16 ozs to the pint and 8 pints to the gallon makes every gallon 8 X 4 oz short i.e. a US gallon is 32 oz less than a UK gallon :wondering: :wondering: :wondering:
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The Aussies have got it all over you.... they use Ponys, Midis, and Schooners, and each is a different volume in each State.

Why is one of their most popular brews called XXXX. Because they can't spell beer.
 
Sarah Winfield said:
And what about thread sizes.

For example 3/8" BSP, I'll be long deceased before that changes if ever. Nor 7/16" JIC. Yes there are metric threads but the military is still strongly imperial.
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It all depend where they source their stuff these days.
If its from Europe eg Airbus its metric and if its from the US eg Boeing its imperial and lets not go anywhere near US equipment fitted with European systems or a mix of the two.
Its a maintainers nightmare especially if you have to take one piece out to get at another.
 
GAP said:
It all depend where they source their stuff these days.
If its from Europe eg Airbus its metric and if its from the US eg Boeing its imperial and lets not go anywhere near US equipment fitted with European systems or a mix of the two.
Its a maintainers nightmare especially if you have to take one piece out to get at another.
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I concur!

I work on equipment supplied by Boeing, but with a significant portion of kit supplied by other OEMs, so we use Metric and Imperial....
 
Rhinochugger said:
I bet that's what they say when they pick up a spanner - metric or imperial, well there's not much ...............:devil::devil::devil:
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Imperialmetric, we're British, stiff upper lip and all that, it's taken many years to create this confusion so don't spoil it by making things easy
 
Cant beat Whitworth - coarse and chunky!
 
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