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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:15 PM
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Width 206mm

Height 468mm

Depth 493mm


can someone convert these into cm, thanks
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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Just divide each by 25.4mm
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:17 PM
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no offence, but you must be a bit dumb if you cant work that out
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:17 PM
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1cm = 10mm!
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:19 PM
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Im just being lazy, heck my mobile phone has a converter

Thanks anyway
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Width 206mm

Height 468mm

Depth 493mm


can someone convert these into cm, thanks
Errr, divide by 10 mate...............
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by John Laverick
Just divide each by 25.4mm
Shit ... I read the post wrong...I thought he said into inches....

Asking how to convert into cm
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by John Laverick
Originally Posted by John Laverick
Just divide each by 25.4mm
Shit ... I read the post wrong...I thought he said into inches....

Asking how to convert into cm
I did wonder....................
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:23 PM
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So did i, i thought my mobile phone was lying to me
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:24 PM
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this has got to be a piss take
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
So did i, i thought my mobile phone was lying to me
You didn't even know to divide it by 10 what did you learn at school ?
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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what are you measuring tho?
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by gurnE


quality...

Gti - are you the brains of the family?
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:30 PM
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Like i said i was being lazy, and why sit there dividing it by 10 when you can use a converter and get the answer in 1 second?

Jesus i wish i never asked now
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Like i said i was being lazy, and why sit there dividing it by 10 when you can use a converter and get the answer in 1 second?

Jesus i wish i never asked now
Put a decimal place in front of the last number mate - voila, divided by 10 and the figure in centimetres..............
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:33 PM
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speechless!
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:34 PM
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nevermind a converter i could do it in my head in less that one second
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Like i said i was being lazy, and why sit there dividing it by 10 when you can use a converter and get the answer in 1 second?
Most people who attended primary school can convert from centimeters to millimeters without a converter, in faster time than it'd take to find a converter and punch the numbers in

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I often doubt the standard of basic education on this website.
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 04:48 PM
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And they gave you a driving license?
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Originally Posted by John Laverick
Just divide each by 25.4mm
I wasn't sure because of the smiley you used, but I hope you are taking the piss?

There is 10mm to every 1cm - so 406mm is 40.6cm, or 128mm is 12.8cm

I can't belive this thread went up in the first place (bit like asking how much 126pence is in pounds ) but I hope to god that JL's answer was sarcastic and he clicked the wrong smiley!!!!!

EDIT - Just seens JL's second reply, I understand now
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr S1
Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Like i said i was being lazy, and why sit there dividing it by 10 when you can use a converter and get the answer in 1 second?

Jesus i wish i never asked now
Put a decimal place in front of the last number mate - voila, divided by 10 and the figure in centimetres..............
thats what i was gona say so bloody easy
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 05:18 PM
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this MUST have been a windup from the start. It should have been posted on april 1st.
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 05:41 PM
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got to be a piss take,lazy or not .no one is that thick.
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 05:44 PM
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surely anyone who reached year 6 in primary school could do this in there head...

shocking tbh
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Like i said i was being lazy, and why sit there dividing it by 10 when you can use a converter and get the answer in 1 second?

Jesus i wish i never asked now
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Westy
Originally Posted by gurnE


quality...

Gti - are you the brains of the family?
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 06:24 PM
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even i knew how to do that
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Like i said i was being lazy, and why sit there dividing it by 10 when you can use a converter and get the answer in 1 second?

Jesus i wish i never asked now
But you don't have to do ANY sums at all! Absolutely NO arithmatic whatsoever!

You just take the number - 406 for example - and put a full stop before the last number! 406 becomes 40.6, as in forty-point-six-centimetres....

You don't need to DO anything!

Bit like if I asked you how much 1003 pence is? It's simply Ł10.03p isn't it? 100pennies in a pound, 1000 penies in 10 pound, etc...

10mm in a cm, 100cm in a metre, etc etc.....
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Jesus wept i am speechless too.

I don't even think you're joking either eh? How old are you?
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
and why sit there dividing it by 10 when you can use a converter and get the answer in 1 second?
no one.. surely no one can be that stupid to have difficulty in dividing by 10

Im trying to work out if this was a genuine thread asking for help or a piss take
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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We all learn something everyday on here
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Simply


Try http://www.dfes.gov.uk/get-on/gremlin.shtml


Probably only end up like this though


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can someone please tell me how many feet 24 inches are??

I dont get this new fangled meteric system
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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 08:59 PM
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Asked my 11 yr old daughter the original question... she thought I was being stupid
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Originally Posted by Thrush
But you don't have to do ANY sums at all! Absolutely NO arithmatic whatsoever!
yes you do, you have to divide by 10

Originally Posted by Thrush
You just take the number - 406 for example - and put a full stop before the last number! 406 becomes 40.6, as in forty-point-six-centimetres....

You don't need to DO anything!
there's a big difference between a decimal point and a full stop, even if the same symbol is often used for both. at least if we're going to try and educate this mong, do it properly.

i bet he passed his gcse with flying colours
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I saw this earlier when PhilM replied. I thought it was somebody being ''funny''...

So the passionford Learn to ABC/123 talking book order seems to be growing by the day
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Originally Posted by Mr S1
Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Like i said i was being lazy, and why sit there dividing it by 10 when you can use a converter and get the answer in 1 second?

Jesus i wish i never asked now
Put a decimal place in front of the last number mate - voila, divided by 10 and the figure in centimetres..............
And takes the 1 second lol

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