Sorry - didn't mean to confuse you, Anne. As I understand it, Pilot starts his day early - really early! - so by the time we start, it's his bedtime. But look forward to the week after next, when our clocks will have changed....

Hi Anne!
Well, we're now the next century along from when B7 was made and we haven't made up our minds, so why would the 3rd Calendar be any different?

We drive in miles, fill our cars in litres, beer comes in pints, milk in litres. I miss the old days of pounds shillings and ounces!

Just concerned that Nicky Rocker couldn't tell that it would look dated in no time and not at all 'futuristic'. Punk was over by 1979. The fact that people who weren't born until this century dress like that and think they are being avant garde doesn't mean that it's true. Then there's the Vietnam War language. Blech.

On the Avon issue, I think he really is losing it - Rumours of Death weakened his confidence in his own judgment, Terminal (and especially being played so easily by Servalan) shattered it. Any small thing will now overthrow him.

Hi Anne!
Well, we're now the next century along from when B7 was made and we haven't made up our minds, so why would the 3rd Calendar be any different?

We drive in miles, fill our cars in litres, beer comes in pints, milk in litres. I miss the old days of pounds shillings and ounces!

That's OK, then! It suits me at the moment - I seem to be sleeping very late since I had covid.

And you can buy wood in thicknesses measured in millimetres and lengths in feet and inches!

Covid does get you like that. I was fatigued for weeks after I tested negative and had 'recovered'

I find the references to 'Gooks' very unsettling, bordering on offensive. This was written several years after the Vietnam war ended, I wonder if James Follett was unaware, or thought he was being clever, or what?

I usually find it easier to visualize distances/quantities in imperial, but I never really learned how the different units relate to one another - is it 16 ounces 1 pound, 14 pounds 1 stone - or the other way around?

However, when my scales got stuck in metric a couple of years ago, I found it very easy to convert to thinking of my weight in kilos, and now I naturally think that way.

Yes. I think I'm finally over it - then something stressful happens, and I completely burn out.

I mean, if we're talking anachronisms, why were there no girl Space Rats? Or are we back to a Seskas and Hommicks kind of thing? I mean, Dr P can't do all the housework AND solve the drive problems...

I mean, if we're talking anachronisms, why were there no girl Space Rats? Or are we back to a Seskas and Hommicks kind of thing? I mean, Dr P can't do all the housework AND solve the drive problems...

Atlan has a very odd accent - is it the actor's own, or is he putting it on?

That's the right way round. My bathroom scales have both kilos & pounds/stones, which is handy when comparing weight loss with my (metric) sister!


For me it depends on whether I've gained or lost weight

I like Centigrade rather than Fahrenheit, makes so much sense - especially for cooking (and at university, biology & chemistry labs). But try following an American recipe! Everything is in cups and Fahrenheit...

There are girl Space Rats. They are the people being slobbered over on the lounge. Remember what Vila says about them being into violence and speed etc.

Another anachronism is Murphy's Law.

There are girl Space Rats. They are the people being slobbered over on the lounge. Remember what Vila says about them being into violence and speed etc.

Another anachronism is Murphy's Law.

There are girl Space Rats. They are the people being slobbered over on the lounge. Remember what Vila says about them being into violence and speed etc.

Another anachronism is Murphy's Law.

That's the right way round. My bathroom scales have both kilos & pounds/stones, which is handy when comparing weight loss with my (metric) sister!


For me it depends on whether I've gained or lost weight

I like Centigrade rather than Fahrenheit, makes so much sense - especially for cooking (and at university, biology & chemistry labs). But try following an American recipe! Everything is in cups and Fahrenheit...

Is it anachronistic, though? Plenty of evidence still exists to support that Law!
I find his riddles in 'Ultraworld' much worse - 'parking meteors'? Try explaining that to a modern audience!

Obsidian says: There are girl Space Rats. They are the people being slobbered over on the lounge. Remember what Vila says about them being into violence and speed etc.

My poiint exactly! Still 'girly' roles and no bikes for them!

From what Vila said, that wasn't always the case. Maybe they looked at the stupid trikes and could tell straight away that they were dumb and dangerous and not in a good way. After all, look at those pumped up tyres... Sheesh.

Just use equivalent cups for cups and use a chart if you can't remember the degree equivalences. I don't have a problem remembering them possibly because so many recipe books from the '70s and '80s had charts in them.

Is it anachronistic, though? Plenty of evidence still exists to support that Law!
I find his riddles in 'Ultraworld' much worse - 'parking meteors'? Try explaining that to a modern audience!

Just use equivalent cups for cups and use a chart if you can't remember the degree equivalences. I don't have a problem remembering them possibly because so many recipe books from the '70s and '80s had charts in them.

Ah, but how big is a 'cup'? We only have mugs, in a variety of sizes...
Luckily, we also have kitchen scales in metric & imperial.
Anyway, I'm rubbish at any cooking that requires accurate measurement (eg baking), tend to bung everything into a pan and hope for the best!

The buggies are very much of the period. You could even get one for a Sindy doll!

A metric cup is 250ml. Who cares what a US one is? Just use relative amounts.

It would have transmuted into some other name entirely. Mr. Murphy wouldn't still be getting the credit and very likely it's meaning would have changed as well. After all, many sayings or terms invented only in the 19th century have changed considerably since then.

METRIC CUP???
I knew not of such a thing, thought it was just an American things. Now I''m proper confused!

METRIC CUP???
I knew not of such a thing, thought it was just an American things. Now I''m proper confused!

A metric cup is a quarter of a litre. The US uses it's own measures that relate not even to British Imperial quantities. That's why I use relative amounts. Check your local kitchen store to see if they have jugs with imperial (pints/cups) and metric (litres/cups) marked on them. If you find one it will be the best thing you ever bought. They are still readily available here even though we've had metric for ages. Want one?