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Thread Author: zippy	Replies: 36

New Fri 26 Jul 19 18:57   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - zippy

We are going backwards.... He has instructed his staff to use imperial measurements only. There are benefits to some Imperial measurements, they are pounds are easily quartered to 4 ounces etc but generally metric measurements are easier. He also wants to ban them from using certain words, one of which is "equal". Clearly maths is going to change then. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 26 Jul 19 19:22   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - VxFan

Give someone an inch...... Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 26 Jul 19 19:29   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - zippy

>> Give someone an inch...... >> and they will take 1.60934 kilometers. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 26 Jul 19 19:30   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - zippy

Just wait until they allow the supermarkets to sell in pints and pounds again. That liter of orange juice will revert to a pint and the cost per pack will remain the same! Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 26 Jul 19 19:41   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Zero

Wait till he sends his staff out to buy a pint of milk for his tea, What a Berk. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 21:05   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - CGNorwich

>> Wait till he sends his staff out to buy a pint of milk for his >> tea, >> >> What a Berk. >> Actually milk is sold in pint bottles or cartons ( 568ml.) so that wouldn’t be a problem. I suppose you don’t do the shopping. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 21:49   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Zero

>> Actually milk is sold in pint bottles or cartons ( 568ml.) so that wouldn’t be >> a problem. I suppose you don’t do the shopping. So it is, b***** me that was quick BoJo (yes i buy the milk, it Tall and fat, Tall or short) Last edited by: Zero on Sat 27 Jul 19 at 21:51 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 21:51   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - No FM2R

Can't get fresh milk here. Longlife only. Usually reconstituted at that. Last edited by: No FM2R on Sat 27 Jul 19 at 21:52 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 21:53   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Zero

>> Can't get fresh milk here. >> >> Longlife only. Prime requirement for an authentic tasting cortado. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 22:12   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Bromptonaut

>> Can't get fresh milk here. Currently on holiday in France. Compared with UK where half a supermarket aisle is differing versions of fresh milk; whole, semi skimmed and skimmed in multiple combinations of quantity plus Jersey, Organic etc it's another world. At most there are litres of whole and semi/fullly skimmed in a small fridge. Rest is UHT/Sterilised in multi packs. In Loire area I could though buy raw milk. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 22:17   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Rudedog

Raw milk is starting a come back here, a farm sells it just down the road from me, big sign out on the main road, although I think the rules here means it has to be sold directly from the farm. Can't say I've ever had it.. can anybody try and describe what it's like compared to green top? (I do remember gold top delivered to the door). Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 22:29   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - CGNorwich

The French and most other European countries never had a comprehensive network for distribution of fresh milk and so never acquired a taste fo it. Most milk was used to make cheese. Fresh cream is similarly rare in French supermarkets creme fraiche having a longer shelf life is the traditional form Coffee and tea were usually taken without milk. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 22:40   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Zero

>> The French and most other European countries never had a comprehensive network for distribution of >> fresh milk The Old Milk Marketing Board, a remarkably effective organisation, Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 28 Jul 19 06:20   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - sooty123

UHT, horrible stuff. The difference between it and the real stuff is night and day. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 28 Jul 19 09:17   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - smokie

I took some UHT when I went to the blues festival last year and my mate wouldn't touch it. Must admit, I could hardly tell the difference, and I'm quite sensitive to milk taste (esp when it starts to go off) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 28 Jul 19 09:27   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Duncan

>> I took some UHT when I went to the blues festival last year and my >> mate wouldn't touch it. This is proper milk. Accept no substitutes. www.aldi.co.uk/uht-red-skimmed-milk/p/002701000332400 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 28 Jul 19 09:36   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - sooty123

This is proper milk. Accept no substitutes. >> >> www.aldi.co.uk/uht-red-skimmed-milk/p/002701000332400 >> My parents drink that, vile stuff. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 28 Jul 19 10:09   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Bromptonaut

>> I took some UHT when I went to the blues festival last year and my >> mate wouldn't touch it. Semi skimmed UHF milk is just about OK in tea or coffee, quite often all we have at work. Would struggle to eat cereal with it though. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 28 Jul 19 10:23   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Duncan

I buy skimmed milk - red - for use in tea in 12s from Lidl, or Aldi, and 4 or 5 semi-skimmed - green - for cereals, at a time. The beauty of the long life stuff, is that you can keep a supply in a cupboard, and when you come back from a holiday there is no rushing around to buy some milk so that you can have a cup of tea! What's that you say? You don't like the taste of long life milk? Then you won't be accepting my very generous invitation to tea, will you? Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Sat 27 Jul 19 19:56   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - VxFan

>> Just wait until they allow the supermarkets to sell in pints and pounds again. Can't recall ever buying a pound of milk before. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 22:08   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Lygonos

>> Can't recall ever buying a pound of milk before Nor me, though you could buy 11.25 ounces of "St Ivel Fivepints" Mmmm…..yuck. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 28 Jul 19 10:13   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - CGNorwich

I dont really drink milk in its liquid form Coffee and tea are fine without it and they don’t need sugar either. We only really use the stuff for cooking so a pint normally lasts at least a week, in our household. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 26 Jul 19 21:07   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - sooty123

> He also wants to ban them from using certain words, one of which is "equal". >> Clearly maths is going to change then. >> What is wrong with equal, what word should they use instead? Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 26 Jul 19 21:16   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - smokie

Private Eye was reliably perceptive back in 2018 www.private-eye.co.uk/covers/cover-1463 Last edited by: smokie on Fri 26 Jul 19 at 21:17 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 26 Jul 19 21:42   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - sooty123

www.itv.com/news/2019-07-26/itv-news-exclusive-jacob-rees-mogg-issues-style-guide-to-staff/ Here's an article about it all. Doesn't really say why but I guess he thinks they are a bit trendy. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 26 Jul 19 22:03   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - No FM2R

I think it's brilliant. Clearly he has looked around his kingdom and, as one would expect, picked the most critical issue which should be his priority to address. And this is the biggest problem he can see. So that's good, reassuring even, that there are no more pressing or important issues than this. Unless he is a myopic t*** and is managing the most complex thing he believes he is capable of addressing. That wouldn't be so reassuring. Not unlike a middle-manager managing the timekeeping of his staff. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 07:10   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - sooty123

>> I think it's brilliant. >> >> I wonder if they are allowed to carry on using football pitches and Wales as a unit of measurement? Or are they banned as well because they are metric or are they imperial or SI units? I perhaps should write to him and find out more about his interest in units of measurement. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 26 Jul 19 22:04   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - No FM2R

www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/26/the-comma-touch-jacob-rees-mogg-sends-language-rules-to-staff Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 26 Jul 19 23:00   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - zippy

>>Not unlike a middle-manager managing the timekeeping of his staff. We have a general rule, if we arrive at a client after Pop Master, then we are very late! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 11:35   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Ambo

Just so long as he doesn't ban percentages in favour of fractions. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 12:06   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Clk Sec

I saved a few shillings in Robert Dyas recently, when I bought some garden tools that had already been heavily discounted. It was a one day promotion, offering a further tenth off! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 12:17   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - zippy

>>shillings Surely "groats"! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 13:04   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Clk Sec

>> Surely "groats A bit before my time, I'm afraid. Perhaps our erstwhile friend from the SE will know more. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 27 Jul 19 12:14   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Bromptonaut

To be fair to Moggy it's pretty normal for new ministers to issue drafting preferences etc to their private office and others who might have to draft responses for them. I had a set for Rosie Winterton at one time and I seem to remember Lord Irvine had some 'eccentricites' in his. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 28 Jul 19 20:49   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - The Melting Snowman

I think politics is enriched by the occasional eccentric. As long as they are not in positions where they can cause too many problems. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 28 Jul 19 21:04   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - Bromptonaut

>> I think politics is enriched by the occasional eccentric. As long as they are not >> in positions where they can cause too many problems. I absolutely agree. The problem is when eccentrics like Moggy and Nadine Dorries get into ministerial office. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 28 Jul 19 21:45   Jacob Rees-Mogg Bans Metric - sooty123

>> I absolutely agree. The problem is when eccentrics like Moggy and Nadine Dorries get into >> ministerial office. >> I'd be prepared to give him a chance, perhaps poacher turned game keeper. I mean really what can he do that gives another 'unprecedented moment in the house of commons' headline? And even if he did, what's another one? Reply to this message | Report message