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Today in Bangkok, Thailand, a pickup truck plunged into a hole linked to a ruptured 1,000-mm water pipeline, resulting in significant traffic disruption.
B
1,000-mm as in 1,000 millimeters or 1 meter? Is that in reference to the diameter of the pipeline?
P
Yes the diameter of the pipeline.
F
1 metre
S
1Kmm
T
Now don’t be mean to the poor inches and feet guys…
F
A meter is like 39 inches or so
T
r/whoosh
B
One Kelvin millimeter?
F
Not sure but i think only angstroms can exist in a Kelvin universe so there could be something there
A
Dumbass that lives in one of the only places that doesn’t use the metric system, is it normal to say 1000mm over saying 1m? I mean my idiot mind translates a meter into roughly a yard, but thanks to shooting guns and football I’m rather good at knowing what a meter is.
S
European civil engineer working in pipeline Infrastructure here. It is, when talking about pipes. The sizes are standardized and usually referred to by their nominal diameter (DN) in milimeters. So you‘d for example order a „steel flange DN 125“ and it would fit on a pipe with a nominal diameter of 125mm. Of course that‘s a bit simplified, but it probably explains why the headline talks about a 1000mm pipe.
C
We do the same in the US with inches when talking about waterlines. We will call it a 24” or 36” waterline rather than a 2’ or 3’ waterline.
P
Except that a 24” actually measures only 23.5” because… reasons
C
Depends on material, but yes the 24” is typically nominal. Larger diameter steel pipe is typically true to the internal diameter though.
H
Yup, all depends on type of pipe, the type of SDR, and if you are talking about ID or OD Also, nothing is exactly like it says, just like 2×4 lumber is not exactly 2 inches by 4 inches
B
I have to say no way here man! My lumber yard is never letting me tell them that 2×4 isn’t a 2×4 😆 I swear they don’t believe me when I tell them they gave me several damn inches too much and I don’t actually WANT any more scrap at my property, but we also use a local yard that most of his stuff is free as well to residents along with tools. Great guy and I’m glad he’s friends with my family for sure. 👍 😆
H
Canadian here, we also refer to pipe diameter in either (and both) mm and inches. So 1000mm makes sense because at least where I am people would either say 1000mm or 40 inch pipe And being in Canada that uses an inconsistent and random mix of imperial and metric, we will refer to the pipe in mm diameter, but will use feet for the length/width/height for shipping lol
G
It seems random but it’s likely more because we have traditionally had a lot of trade with a certain neighbour that refuses to use a modern measurement system.
B
Perfectly normal for pipes. In this context irrelevant, but generally you want to be much more precise, than “1 meter”.
E
1m. Could be construed as a mile 🤷♂️
A
Ok I guess that makes sense, still seems a bit weird, but I’m probably the weird one.
E
Seems weird, seems stupid. Never overestimate people’s intelligence
H
no, you normally don’t express precision down to the 3rd order only to fill it with zeroes. It’s a 1m pipe, which for daily life, is a big pipe.
H
In the industry you do. Well, at least where I work in Canada and everyone I know does. It is either mm or inches for diameter
H
Ok so in this case, professionals in the field would do that. For laymen and auntie Ingrid, that thing is a meter wide. Below a meter, you use centimeters. Need more precision? Millimeters. You don’t say “this is a 2000mm doorway” or “this milk carton holds 1000ml of milk and i can tell because it’s 50mm by 100mm by 200mm”. You strike the zeroes.
1
I used to live in Bangkok, absolutely nothing at all interesting happening on a Tuesday also leads to severe traffic. Plus flooded roads are normal, it happens every time it rains, and it often rains, the fish and frogs have adapted, they wait for the next flooding to get about, it is a strange sight to see fish swimming down a flooded road. It is , aftar all, built on a swamp.
S
can’t park there mate
S
Is everyone okay and accounted for? Shits scary af.
_
nobody hurt, lasted I read.
S
Thank you! That is good to hear at least.
P
Can’t park there, mate.
T
If my guy got 6 people to sit in the pickup bed, it would tip back down and he’d be able to back it right out.
H
Rear wheel still on the ground, could be reversed out if the driver‘s sear wasn‘t under water. Hipe nobod got hurt!
G
This exotic sport is called “extreme cell phone fishing”
D
he’s in
M
Best place for a pickup truck really.
Q
The true WTF here is the use of 1,000 mm as a measurement.
H
Common when referring to pipe diameter. Either mm or inches. We would say 36” pipe not 3 foot pipe. Or 1000mm or 40” pipe, not 1m or 3 – 1/4 feet
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