They sportingly took part in the solemn ceremony of Throwing Of The Gumboot while managing to dodge most of the foul weather.
"That's Right .. One of Us WAS Elected".
"Dukey & Dukeyess" will have also been impressed that they are being chauffeured on the left like back home in Mummy's country. - Thinking further about the direction we inmates are instructed to drive our vehicles - again reminded me of the sheer stupidity of some other regimes governing our lives:
When you consider electricity in the home https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country
.. there seems to be at least 17 different "standard" power plugs in use in various countries .. plus TWO main voltages.
Then we have that incredible situation whereby slower nations steadfastly continue to use archaic pounds & ounces, yards & miles, Pints & gallons - royalty & candle-power - dating from the imperial ages.
What about temperatures .. ? How stupid is it that a nice warm day of 25 C. is to many other inmates 77 Fahrenheit. .. while a freezing 0 Celsius is their 32 F. ?
There are so many other lesser STUPIDITIES such as paper standards : ISO 216 specifies international standard (ISO) paper sizes used in most countries in the world today, although not in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, or the Dominican Republic. The standard defines the "A" and "B" series of paper sizes, including A4,
- Despite our anachranistic German heritage 'Royals' still benefiting from subjects revenues - this IS the 21st Century and we do (mostly) all pay taxes to governments to sort this stuff .. but it seems that some prefer to deliberately insult their taxpayers by reducing corporate taxes while neglecting essential services - choosing instead to focus on selling munitions to another 'royal' family in Arabia.
International spacecraft Hayabusa 2 carrying four rover vehicles to asteroid 162173-RYUGU is due to deliver samples back to Earth about now - while using it's improved ION engines over a planned distance of 5,240,000,000 Million kilometers ..
Could we agree to mark this century as the era when folk direct their administrations to eliminate nonsensical PRIVILEGED un-elected groups such as the 'House of Lords' & other aristocracy - and 'The Electoral College' .. instead adopting truly proportional democracy?
.. Can't we end for ever 'TRICKLE-UP economics' - where the working poor subsidize the wealthy?
Marty K.
P.S.
Hi Marty
As you know, the USA uses the archaic imperial system of measurement (but choose to have their own size gallon). The curious thing is the USA only has one official system of measurement, the metric system which was passed by an act of congress in 1866.(The Metric Act 1866) Go figure!!
Cheers, Rod
Wikipedia says:
United States customary units are a system of measurements commonly used in the United States. The United States customary system (USCS or USC) developed from English units which were in use in the British Empire before the U.S. became an independent country. However, the United Kingdom's system of measures was overhauled in 1824 to create the imperial system, changing the definitions of some units. Therefore, while many U.S. units are essentially similar to their Imperial counterparts, there are significant differences between the systems.
Marty K.
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Wikipedia says:
United States customary units are a system of measurements commonly used in the United States. The United States customary system (USCS or USC) developed from English units which were in use in the British Empire before the U.S. became an independent country. However, the United Kingdom's system of measures was overhauled in 1824 to create the imperial system, changing the definitions of some units. Therefore, while many U.S. units are essentially similar to their Imperial counterparts, there are significant differences between the systems.
Marty K.
After researching & writing 1,036 blogs I've got something NEW to try .. I've signed-up to Patreon. - In over five years I've not made one cent from this .. NOW you can send me a wee support $ - starting from $1. to get all this stuff from New Zealand - over a year that's nearly the price of one Shooting magazine. - Am I worth it?
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16618870
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