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?

Quite possibly - but why is that so much worse than the jokes in Ultraworld?

Mind you, I understand a little thing spoiling an episode. I really hate Killer, because I can't get past the fact that Avon, Vila and Blake visit a space station where a deadly airborne virus is raging, and none of them worries about catching it.

I hadn't realised quite how much you hated this episode.....

Okay, folks - gotta dash off.

Thanks for the company, it was fun! Stay well everyone (and look after yourself, Anne) - probably won't see you next week...

The jokes in Ultraworld are dire but are meant to be comedic (would have cheered the kiddies) and so are. Mr. Follett's script doesn't not carry that intention.

I think it's because some people at the time would have thought "This isn't the future, this is me now, and someone is parodying me." It's too close for comfort.

This is what I have - I would really recommend these.
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I think it's because some people at the time would have thought "This isn't the future, this is me now, and someone is parodying me." It's too close for comfort.

In case you were wondering, my guest made her own toast, because I 'looked busy'. Oh well.

This is what I have - I would really recommend these.
https://www.josephjoseph.com/products...ulticolour

Now how did you do that, Ms Virn?

Thanks for the rewatch everyone - makes a nice respite from my house falling apart/the government falling apart, even if it wasn't one of the better episodes. Enjoy the pedicure, Travesina, have a nice time with your guest, Ms Virn, and hopefully see you all next week.

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I feel for you Anne. Don't push the Covid recovery even if the house has gone to wrack and ruin.

And I feel for all of you over there re the government. Decline and fall.

Have a good week everyone! Hopefully Tyce will be back with us next week instead of wrangling some woes as she was this time around.

Oh poor Tyce!

Re. the goverment, it's the idea of the Once and Future Boris that really annoys me. It was only a few months ago that he completely lost the confidence of his MPs!

Unfortunately, I can't take it easy at work. I've been offered some fairly easy and very lucrative work (which I need, given the amount I am spending on plumbers/electricians/etc.), but it has to be done by Christmas, and I am already playing catch up!

However, we plough on . . .