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Post by arch on Sept 11, 2014 8:04:12 GMT
Played a good part in Bond, awesome frame stood against his waxwork in Madame T's. R I P Richard tinyurl.com/pckxp8g |
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Post by jal on Sept 11, 2014 8:15:57 GMT
He played a good part in those films.
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Post by nob on Sept 11, 2014 20:29:48 GMT
He was some size, RIP fella one of the most memorable Bond baddies.
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Post by jal on Sept 11, 2014 21:43:31 GMT
When we go shopping to Asda there's a man who goes shopping with his wife, he looked a fair size because I have a mate who I used to work with and still see who is 6`8" and he was bigger than him so I went up to him and asked him politely how tall he was and he said he was just over 7`0" and now we see him quite regularly in there.
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Post by nob on Sept 11, 2014 22:41:12 GMT
Ya see that's another load of EU bollox, how many meters is 7foot. Don't Google it ain't a clue us Brits have we, vote UKIP and maybe will get our Britain back.
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Post by arch on Sept 12, 2014 7:28:46 GMT
I still work in feet and inches. Timber gets my paddy  4.2 mt length of 3x2, 2 and a half inches short of 14ft. Wtf  |
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Post by banjo on Sept 12, 2014 9:31:08 GMT
Imperial units are way better for workmen. There is less chance to get the wrong side when measuring say with the tape upside down because the milimetres are so small. EG. 1829mm is 6 feet, but occasionally with the tape upside down I'd hit 1819 by mistake. Doesn't happen with inches for me.
On the other hand, if you are an engineer, it would be idiotic to persevere with imperial units and a perusal of dimensional analysis in equations proves that beyond any doubt in a heartbeat.
There have been a fair few howlers over the years due to the half hearted use of empirical correction factors when number crunching in imperial, a rooskie yankie fcuk up in space springs to mind.
The only exception that I can think of to the foregoing is viscosity which is an inexact science at best! Otherwise, in the S.I. system, all units are related directly to each other and can be boiled down to just length, mass and time.
For you and I with a hammer and tape though, it's got to be inches and feet every time.
e&oe
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Post by pierre on Sept 12, 2014 14:31:36 GMT
This guy is not to be confused with the Roman Governer Bigus Dickus from " The Life of Brian" eh ?  |
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Post by banjo on Sept 12, 2014 15:49:36 GMT
...."He has a wife you know, you know what she's called?....Incontinentia... Incontinentia Buttock!..."
According to Milligan, it was his favourite piece of recorded comedy and who would argue with that?
e&oe
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4.2 mt length of 3x2, 2 and a half inches short of 14ft. Wtf 
