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From: Free Thinking Doggie
Nobody uses imperial units now. We were taught metric at school, in the flippin' 1970s. I spent a night at 3835 m. Gouter refuge, Mt Blanc massif. 12,500 feet for the hard of thinking.

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that azteca stadium is 1.39 miles above sea level...[more]	🌞🤢	17:59:49
>> Sounds like England took it in their stride. ...[more]	JonH🍕	20:21:03
>> not sure about that but they certainly upped their game to a whole new level and ... [more]	🌞🤢	20:58:28
>> Good luck to them	JonH🍕	21:07:09
>> 🤞🤞	🌞🤢	21:09:33
>> Nobody uses imperial units now. ...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:38:10
>> I'm ok with both but imperial measures are classically elegant...[more]	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	21:53:42
>> nonsense as usual. the uk and usa use imperial plus a few other countries	🌞🤢	18:52:38
>> Fahrenheit is a useful, human orientated, scale encompassing the UK's ... [more]	Opisthocomus	19:28:11
>> 👍	🌞🤢	20:57:47
>> UK uses metric units, has since the 60s....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	19:02:20
>> both are used here...[more]	🌞🤢	19:11:14
>> But everyone else ignores them. Science uses SI units, which are metric....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	19:00:07
>> you're a master of the sweeping statement... 'nobody' 'everyone'...[more]	🌞🤢	19:10:15
>> Beer is traditionally served in pints in GB. But that is hardly a scientific standard....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	19:18:21
>> what has scientific standards/papers got to do with anything anyway...[more]	🌞🤢	20:57:04
>> Kili ceater tops that, I left a buried 💩 in the permafrost 🙃	Hamsterwheel	18:50:03
>> But how high is the refuge ?	Free Thinking Doggie	18:51:22
>> 5,750m. Not a refuge, we took a ⛺️	Hamsterwheel	19:57:31
>> Here...[more]	Hamsterwheel	20:03:04
>> Mexico City 2,240 m ASL.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:39:11

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