Good point. It was far to early in the day for my brain to distinguish between Europe and the EU.

Except in this instance the child would be older than the father, so doesn’t really work.

It was a long time ago.

Well, unless it creates its own language that we can’t read.

“The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy. “

You weren’t expecting any time to do actual work do you? I once worked with a guy who was in so many teams simultaneously that he spent more then half his day in stand ups.

For me it all started going down hill when they introduced the ribbon.

I seem to remember they didn’t get it quite right by modern standards.

Edit: ok, I remembered wrongly. 96 was as close as they could measure human body temperature. I always thought it was the other way.

I’m still not clear on why 100f was chosen.

I agree with you 240%!

Well, there is a significance to 100f, it’s the human body temperature. Hotter days = potential danger maybe?

Either way, it’s another base 10, not 12!

Edit: ignore me, my memory is terrible.

It’s always worth bringing this out again at times like these, while the US trots out the same old excuses for their lack of progress that every other country that used to have old measurements has made.

“It’s fine”.

Haven’t written a cheque for years, it’s been online banking and digital payments and money transfers for years.

It’s French.

*litre

https://www.oed.com/dictionary/litre_n2?tl=true

That’s fine, it’s the insistence that “cups” is a measurement that pisses me off.

Especially when you have oz, fl oz and cups in one recipe. Sort it the fuck out and just use grams.

Someone with twice your salary might have another million and one things to try and remember, rather than the thing they only need to do once or twice a year.

And Linux users

So he’s not all bad, and let’s be honest it doesn’t take much. Did he suggest using light mode, or tabs instead of spaces?

That was partly as a result of the Black Death reducing the workforce so much that it put the remaining population in a great bargaining position.

Given Trumps pick of RFK for HSS, I’d say give it a few years and you’ll be in a great position too.

You’re not the only one.

It’s similar, just with slightly larger tunnels.

Is this Trumps new HQ?

Ok, thanks for the explanation.

I think I speak for everyone when I say we’ve had enough of US politics to last us several years.