Could the UK drive on the right?

[The Lawspeaker]

Progress my arse Progress can be achieved using old methods as well. And yes.. while it may be Wilkins that, in part, came up with it. Stevin and Huygens (Flemish and Dutch) had also been thinking about it.

But it were the French (during the 19th century) that pushed for internationalisation of the idea.

[Albion]

Progress my arse Progress can be achieved using old methods as well. And yes.. while it may be Wilkins that, in part, came up with it. Stevin and Huygens (Flemish and Dutch) had also been thinking about it.

But it were the French (during the 19th century) that pushed for internationalisation of the idea.

Wow, until seeing this last one I was still convinced you were joking - a continental who doesn't love metric? That's impossible!

Well I'm sticking by metric, imperial with all its weird ways doesn't appeal to me in the least.
And isn't it better to have a simple, universal system? When I was in engineering we still had everything in imperial because engineering is rather stuck in its ways and because of American influence to keep it. I always hated the accursed system, it needs to be scrapped.

Anyway, I've created a new thread for this...

[Loki]

I really hope not. I couldn't imagine driving on the right, it just seems WRONG!

[The Lawspeaker]

My father-in-law had to hold me back a couple of times on the first days when I was crossing the street (in England) but driving on the left-hand side of the road now actually now makes more sense to me rather then our Americanofrog habit of driving on the wrong side of the road.

[Lahtari]

Britain has had to give up a lot of cultural baggage. No I think that it is our turn to accommodate to British sensitivities and switch to the left. It will also be a nice little bonus for the car industry (particularly the British car industry) as there will be a lot of people that will buy new cars.. And, given the right incentives, cleaner cars.

Also while we are at it: we'll switch to Imperial and dub it the European Standard Unit.

Also while we're at it, let's switch money back to squirrelskins.

(talking about fighting inflation lol! )

Yes. Because Imperial is traditional. Metric is a French revolutionary system. It may be easy for everyday use but that's about it. We should also revert to the pre-decimal system that dates back to the days of the Franks.

And when we are at it, let's switch the distance measurements back to "dog barkings" and "reindeer pissings". They predate everything you continentals might have got by at least a millennium.

[IConnor]

My bad.

[Incal]

It would be cool. Standardization.

[The Lawspeaker]

The Netherlands should actually turn to left-hand traffic - just to be different from the rest of the club. And if the Belgians and Luxembourgers would want to do the same that would be even better. Now we should make sure that one day there will be another United Kingdom. A new United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

[Albion]

The Netherlands should actually turn to left-hand traffic - just to be different from the rest of the club. And if the Belgians and Luxembourgers would want to do the same that would be even better. Now we should make sure that one day there will be another United Kingdom. A new United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

That's the problem with you lefties, you're always trying to be different.

Britain is different because for a long time it has been conservative and isn't a country which embraces radical change. We said "screw the rest of the world, if we want to keep driving on the left we'll just make / refit the cars".
You've got to stand up to these people, the rest of the world.

[The Lawspeaker]

That's the problem with you lefties, you're always trying to be different.

Britain is different because for a long time it has been conservative and isn't a country which embraces radical change. We said "screw the rest of the world, if we want to keep driving on the left we'll just make / refit the cars".
You've got to stand up to these people, the rest of the world.

We are merely going back to the days before Napoleon.