Re:'Japan's millennium bug' ahead of Akihito's abdication
by brodsky on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @01:58PM
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but to further confuse things, your height on the driver's license is in cm, not ft-in. and while some imperial units are widely used, I've never heard anyone using yards or gallons, and very rarely miles. I find it rather adorable.
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Re:'Japan's millennium bug' ahead of Akihito's abdication
by walrus01 on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @02:19PM
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concrete pours are still priced by the cubic yard (such as if doing a radio tower foundation or any commercial project).
a lot of construction related things that are priced by the cubic volume are still in cubic yards.