Akakage wrote:

Well I'm using the short cut 1 Foot (Br) = 0.4 Br pace, 30.47997 centimeters 1 inches = 2.54 cm so..6x30 = 180 cm 1 x 2.54 = 2.54 cm and..180 + 2.54 = 182.54 cm hehehe..Well..I'm no good in math anyway

Amen. I have to use those freaking conversions everyday. I hate math but I can do it well.

An even simpler way to do it though. I wouldn't be a scientist if I didnt :

You know that 12 inches = 1 foot.

I'm 5'8" for instance.

I'd do 12 inches x 5(feet)= 60 inches

So my 5 feet = 60 inches

Then I'd just add the leftover 8 inches to the 60 so I'm a total of 68 inches tall.

Then I multiply 68 by 2.54 (because 1 inch is approximately equal to 2.54 cm) and I get my height in cm.

Summary:

Multiply your foot height by 12
Add the leftover inches to whatever you get
Multiply by that number by 2.54 and you get your height in centmeters.

5'8"
5(feet) * 12 (inches) = 60 inches
60 + 8 (leftover inches) = 68
68 * 2.54cm = 173 cm

Make sense?
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Enna wrote:

I knew you weren't talking about fishing rods. Sorry don't remember chain from the bible, haven't read it in many years. Is that where they got the term chain link fence? Or just because of how it is made? Now the Japanese blood type thing seems to be more important that our astrological signs. So you are a B huh??? And I am an A. Now to really get off topic: Japanese Blood Types & Personality Every Japanese celebrity writeup and every anime character description with any claim to authority gives the person's (or character's) blood type. Why? Because, thanks to a remarkable bit of Science! by a gentleman named Furukawa Takeji, the Japanese believe that a person's blood type affects their personality. Each blood type has a personality profile. These profiles—which I took from a site whose location is long since lost in the mists of time, my apologies—are: Type A People with blood type A have a deep-rooted strength that helps them stay calm in a crisis when everyone else is panicking. However, they tend to avoid confrontation, and feel very uncomfortable around people. A types are shy and sometimes withdrawn. They seek harmony and are very polite, but all the same feel that they never really fit in with others. A types are very responsible. If there is a job to be done, they prefer to take care of it themselves. These people crave success and are perfectionists. They are also very creative, and the most artistic of all the blood types, most likely because of their sensitivity. People with blood type A are also likely to be considered classic "type A's": stressed and conscientious. In anime, people like Hotohori are type A's. The Third Hokage, Haruno Sakura, Hotohori, Heero Yui, Keiko (Kayko) Yukimura Type B People with blood type B are the most practical of the blood groups. They are specialists in what they do. When they start a project, they spend extra time understanding and trying to follow directions than others might. When they are doing something, all of their attention is focused on it. They tend to stick to a goal and follow it through to the end, even if it seems impossible. They tend to be less than cooperative, as they like to follow their own rules and their own ideas. They are individualists. B type people pay attention to their thoughts a little more than their feelings, and therefore can sometimes seem cold and serious. People with blood type B are often considered more relaxed, freewheeling, and unconventional than other types, although not necessarily to an unacceptable degree. In anime, the genki, off-the-wall types are type B, along with any kind of well-intended character who's ruled by their impulses. Naruto, Duo Maxwell, Miaka, Nuriko, Tasuki, Sagara Sanosuke Type O People with blood type O people are outgoing, energetic and social. They are the most flexible of the blood types. They easily start up projects but often have trouble following through because they give up easily. They are flighty and not too dependable. O types always say what's on their mind. They value the opinion of others and like to be the center of attention. Also, people with O blood are extremely self-confident. Type O, the most "average" blood type, is considered the best type in Japan. Quatre, Sailor Moon, Saito Hajime, Kamiya Kaoru, Tamahome Type AB People with blood type AB are hard to categorize. They can have characteristics on both ends of the spectrum at the same time. For instance, they are both shy and outgoing. They easily switch from one opposite to another. AB people are trustworthy and responsible, but can't handle it when too much is asked of them. They don't mind doing favors or helping out, as long as its on their own conditions. People with this blood type are interested in art and metaphysics. AB is considered the worst blood type. In predictability-loving Japan, they're loose cannons. They also like to set their own conditions and reserve the right to drop out when things don't meet their expectations. They're known to be sensitive and considerate—at times—but it just isn't enough to balance out the flaws in this blood type. For a while, some companies tried dividing their employees into work groups based on blood type, and no one wanted to work with the AB group. Anime villains are likely to be type AB. Uchiha Sasuke, Hongo Yui, Tomo, Trowa Barton, Kenshin A is most compatible with A and AB. B is most compatible with B and AB. AB is most compatible with AB, B, A, and O. O is most compatible with O and AB. The idea that blood type determines personality has been dying out slowly in Japan. At the same time, the West has finally noticed the potential of blood typing. We haven't quite cottoned onto the idea that blood type is related to personality, but there's a growing belief in fad diets that teach that each blood type evolved at a certain point in human history, so people with that blood type should eat the diet most common among humans at that point. Instead of balanced, nicely average O's, we have savage cavemen hunching around the fire and tearing at hunks of meat; solid-citizen type A's become "docile vegetarians" as well; bouncy type B's get to indulge in ice cream and cheese; and type AB's, as always, are half one thing and half another, and get to eat vegan food or dairy-and-everything-else—IF it suits them. Blood type diets are worth looking into if only to imagine your favorite characters' reactions to their new diets

Thanks Enna.

We actually do have a thread on blood types. It's an interesting topic.

http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.2281.0.htm

Oh yeah, btw. I'm Type A
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ahochaude wrote:

We actually do have a thread on blood types. It's an interesting topic. http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.2281.0.htm

Wow, no kidding. What other general talk is around here?

ahochaude wrote:

Oh yeah, btw. I'm Type A

Honestly, I don't know. I should...but I don't.

ahochaude wrote:

Thanks Enna. We actually do have a thread on blood types. It's an interesting topic. http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.2281.0.htm Oh yeah, btw. I'm Type A

my bad, i should have searched before i asked.

Enna wrote:

I knew you weren't talking about fishing rods. Sorry don't remember chain from the bible, haven't read it in many years. Is that where they got the term chain link fence? Or just because of how it is made? ...SNIP...

AFAIK, chain link just describes how it's made. the chain used in the bible was more of a primitive tape measure.

I dunno my blood type as well

Me neither, few years ago when I first bothered to ask after a test, I forgot to write it down. so now I still don't know

dochira wrote:

Wow, no kidding. What other general talk is around here?

Oh man, don't even ask me about that.
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Good, a height thread in proper measurement unit, now I don't have to use google calc to answer this question -> 185 cm

boris wrote:

Good, a height thread in proper measurement unit, now I don't have to use google calc to answer this question -> 185 cm

Proper for whom???? You are 6 feet tall! Now that makes sense to me.

Hahaha, proper for me of course and the rest of the �Europeans (except for the British)

Enna wrote:

Proper for whom???? You are 6 feet tall! Now that makes sense to me. boris wrote: Hahaha, proper for me of course and the rest of the �Europeans (except for the British)

Yeah I know. I was just messin' with you boris. Don't the British use cms? I think you sound so much taller in cms.

Enna wrote:

: Don't the British use cms? I think you sound so much taller in cms.

No, of course not.

We use inches etc. because of our British roots in the States!
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Enna wrote:

: Don't the British use cms? I think you sound so much taller in cms. Eve wrote: No, of course not. We use inches etc. because of our British roots in the States!

Thanks Eve! Boy do I feel dumb but I thought we (USA) were one of the few places in the world that hadn't gone metric. We tried to use it and it failed. Here is my confusion don't the British use the metric system? You would never believe I lived in London for a year many years ago. The things that I have forgotten, OH MY!
Look what I found:

Parameter:
length

Metric unit:
distance, displacement meter
1/299 792 458 light sec
m

British Units:
inch, foot, yard
rod, chain, furlong, mile

I thought the British use metric...we use the old "English" system...because we're lazy I guess. Can't change all the signs on the road.

Hmmm...I guess I'm 190cm.
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Enna wrote:

British Units: inch, foot, yard rod, chain, furlong, mile

Well I'll be damned. Never knew that.
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Enna wrote:

British Units: inch, foot, yard rod, chain, furlong, mile

I know a furlong is an eighth of a mile.
But how long is a chain?
24 feet?
@ Enna- I lived in London too in my late teens.
It was fun!
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Eve wrote:

I know a furlong is an eighth of a mile. But how long is a chain? 24 feet? @ Enna- I lived in London too in my late teens. It was fun!

1 Chain = 66 feet

when you read alot of old property legal descriptions, you'll see alot of these.

Enna wrote:

British Units: inch, foot, yard rod, chain, furlong, mile Eve wrote: I know a furlong is an eighth of a mile. But how long is a chain? 24 feet? @ Enna- I lived in London too in my late teens. It was fun!

A chain:

1 chain (Gunter survey = 66 feet (survey)
1 chain (Ramsden engineer) = 99.9998 (survey)

@krim - What is the difference between the above two? Thanks krim!

@Eve - I lived in Colindale while in London. The next to last stop off the Northern line at that time. My newlywed days a long, long time ago. Yes it was fun...London that is. The marriage not so much!

Enna wrote:

A chain: 1 chain (Gunter survey = 66 feet (survey) 1 chain (Ramsden engineer) = 99.9998 (survey) @krim - What is the difference between the above two? Thanks krim!

not sure, im going to venture a guess and say that the Ramsden is used in GB, because there are no references to it in any of my manuals. All US legal descriptions (land survey, Metes & Bounds) use the 66' conversion.

Oh, and 1 chain = 100 links, should you ever see that measurement in conjunction... ie.. 4 chains, 9 links.

hmm.. others i've seen while trying to draw out 100+ year old legal descriptions...
pole and perch, which are the same as a rod...
strawberry patches, an old m&b from northern La...
creek width, read on a survey for eastern Pa...
paces, roughly 2.5', different for each region
Vara, 2.5' (NM, 2.8' for texas) IIRC, found on early texas m&b


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Enna wrote:

A chain: 1 chain (Gunter survey = 66 feet (survey) 1 chain (Ramsden engineer) = 99.9998 (survey) @krim - What is the difference between the above two? Thanks krim! krim wrote: not sure, im going to venture a guess and say that the Ramsden is used in GB, because there are no references to it in any of my manuals. All US legal descriptions (land survey, Metes & Bounds) use the 66' conversion. Oh, and 1 chain = 100 links, should you ever see that measurement in conjunction... ie.. 4 chains, 9 links. hmm.. others i've seen while trying to draw out 100+ year old legal descriptions... pole and perch, which are the same as a rod... strawberry patches, an old m&b from northern La... creek width, read on a survey for eastern Pa... paces, roughly 2.5', different for each region Vara, 2.5' (NM, 2.8' for texas) IIRC, found on early texas m&b -- some of you may know Township, Range, Section

@krim - This is some fascinating info. Who knew there were so many types of measurements. I like pole and perch.....that has a nice ring to it.