Metric/Imperial and vital statistics
Some of the measurements given by advertisers can be rather amusing and I think it may be because they are trying to convert metric measurements into imperial.
As a rule of thumb no healthy adult woman has 30 inch hips...let alone 18 inch which I saw in one advert.
oldfool (05-06-20)
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Tbh im left scratching my head about it most of the time lol
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The one i keep noticing is where waist is bigger than hips, I have pm a few saying the theory is 34-24-34 not 34-34-24
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Buying clothing in Spain compared to the UK is a pain.
I am a size 32 UK
Spain, a size 42.
Footwear, size 9
Spain, size 43
Why can't all these countries just follow the same metric system?
It would make sense to do so.
Men are supposed to find women with a waist-hip ratio of 0.7 the most attractive.May be a fertility signal.
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Ireland has moved to metric for most things. Clothes not as much as manufacturers see UK and Ireland as same market. Also USA gallon not same as here. Caused me problems when driving in US
British/Irish gallon is larger. Good to know, not all American things are bigger.Originally Posted by oldfool
Floki (08-06-20)
its good to know inches are still used here, I grew up with cm and mm
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