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  #61  
Old 06-26-2007, 07:20 PM
hyweldavies
 
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Default Re: Imperial or metric??

On Jun 25, 2:30 pm, "Lee Bell" <pleeb...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> mm148881 wrote
>
> > Hi, I have been looking around to get an additional dive computer and I
> > have been seeing quite a lot of such items on sale on ebay.co.uk. Now,
> > perhaps this is an extremely silly question, but what unit system is
> > used on computers sold in the UK and Irland? Metric or Imperial?
> > Meters, atm and °C or feet, psi and °F ? I know how to convert, butmy
> > references are all in metric, and conversion ability does not improve
> > going from 0 to -140 feet)
> > Sincerely Max

>
> Unless you're planning on selling your equipment soon, I'd think that what
> you are most familiar with would be best for you. In this context, metricis
> certainly easier to use than imperial, particularly since there's a pretty
> close relationship between one BAR and 10 meters.
>
> Lee


All these archaic units like Bar. Surely it's time we changed to
MegaPascals ?
..

Hywel

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  #62  
Old 06-26-2007, 07:20 PM
hyweldavies
 
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Default Re: Imperial or metric??

On Jun 25, 2:30 pm, "Lee Bell" <pleeb...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> mm148881 wrote
>
> > Hi, I have been looking around to get an additional dive computer and I
> > have been seeing quite a lot of such items on sale on ebay.co.uk. Now,
> > perhaps this is an extremely silly question, but what unit system is
> > used on computers sold in the UK and Irland? Metric or Imperial?
> > Meters, atm and °C or feet, psi and °F ? I know how to convert, butmy
> > references are all in metric, and conversion ability does not improve
> > going from 0 to -140 feet)
> > Sincerely Max

>
> Unless you're planning on selling your equipment soon, I'd think that what
> you are most familiar with would be best for you. In this context, metricis
> certainly easier to use than imperial, particularly since there's a pretty
> close relationship between one BAR and 10 meters.
>
> Lee


All these archaic units like Bar. Surely it's time we changed to
MegaPascals ?
..

Hywel

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  #63  
Old 06-26-2007, 07:20 PM
hyweldavies
 
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Default Re: Imperial or metric??

On Jun 25, 2:30 pm, "Lee Bell" <pleeb...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> mm148881 wrote
>
> > Hi, I have been looking around to get an additional dive computer and I
> > have been seeing quite a lot of such items on sale on ebay.co.uk. Now,
> > perhaps this is an extremely silly question, but what unit system is
> > used on computers sold in the UK and Irland? Metric or Imperial?
> > Meters, atm and °C or feet, psi and °F ? I know how to convert, butmy
> > references are all in metric, and conversion ability does not improve
> > going from 0 to -140 feet)
> > Sincerely Max

>
> Unless you're planning on selling your equipment soon, I'd think that what
> you are most familiar with would be best for you. In this context, metricis
> certainly easier to use than imperial, particularly since there's a pretty
> close relationship between one BAR and 10 meters.
>
> Lee


All these archaic units like Bar. Surely it's time we changed to
MegaPascals ?
..

Hywel

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  #64  
Old 06-26-2007, 07:20 PM
hyweldavies
 
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Default Re: Imperial or metric??

On Jun 25, 2:30 pm, "Lee Bell" <pleeb...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> mm148881 wrote
>
> > Hi, I have been looking around to get an additional dive computer and I
> > have been seeing quite a lot of such items on sale on ebay.co.uk. Now,
> > perhaps this is an extremely silly question, but what unit system is
> > used on computers sold in the UK and Irland? Metric or Imperial?
> > Meters, atm and °C or feet, psi and °F ? I know how to convert, butmy
> > references are all in metric, and conversion ability does not improve
> > going from 0 to -140 feet)
> > Sincerely Max

>
> Unless you're planning on selling your equipment soon, I'd think that what
> you are most familiar with would be best for you. In this context, metricis
> certainly easier to use than imperial, particularly since there's a pretty
> close relationship between one BAR and 10 meters.
>
> Lee


All these archaic units like Bar. Surely it's time we changed to
MegaPascals ?
..

Hywel

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  #65  
Old 06-26-2007, 08:54 PM
Lee Bell
 
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Default Re: Imperial or metric??

All these archaic units like Bar. Surely it's time we changed to
MegaPascals ?

Too hard to spell.


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  #66  
Old 06-26-2007, 08:54 PM
Lee Bell
 
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Default Re: Imperial or metric??

All these archaic units like Bar. Surely it's time we changed to
MegaPascals ?

Too hard to spell.


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  #67  
Old 06-26-2007, 08:54 PM
Lee Bell
 
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Default Re: Imperial or metric??

All these archaic units like Bar. Surely it's time we changed to
MegaPascals ?

Too hard to spell.


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  #68  
Old 06-26-2007, 08:54 PM
Lee Bell
 
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Default Re: Imperial or metric??

All these archaic units like Bar. Surely it's time we changed to
MegaPascals ?

Too hard to spell.


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  #69  
Old 06-26-2007, 08:54 PM
Lee Bell
 
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Default Re: Imperial or metric??

All these archaic units like Bar. Surely it's time we changed to
MegaPascals ?

Too hard to spell.


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Old 06-26-2007, 08:54 PM
Lee Bell
 
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Default Re: Imperial or metric??

All these archaic units like Bar. Surely it's time we changed to
MegaPascals ?

Too hard to spell.


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