DSNS

[tgca]

I always think dsns stands for don't stop, nearly stop. I know it doesn't so could somebody please remind this old fool what the first two letters stand for ?

[SnazzyD]

Dead Slow Nearly Stop

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Dead Slow, Nearly Stop 😳

Doesn’t matter really what it stands for so long as you follow it and it works.

[tgca in reply to DorsetLady]

Thank you and I've just reached 4 1/2 mgs thanks to your advice about reducing 1/2 mg at a time and remain there for a month... many thanks fellow Viking

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to tgca]

❤️Freyja

[PMRpro Ambassador]

When they were discussing its use in a clinical study, they were a bit concerned about the "dead" bit - bless, them, little bunny medics not old enough to remember the road sign that said "Dead Slow" meaning to proceed but VERY slowly! You don't see it often these days in the UK do you?

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to PMRpro]

Not very often - but in summer Dorset does put up signs reminding drivers about motorcyclists - have one just by the entrance to my close - it is on a fast bend - despite the 40mph limit!

[HeronNS in reply to DorsetLady]

Do you stll use miles in the UK? I thought you were metric?

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to HeronNS]

Typical Brits - partially!

Weight for fruit, vegetables, food stuffs etc - metric

Money - metric

Buying material for dressmaking etc - metric

Personal height /weight - both metric and imperial - (depending on age probably!)

Distance - imperial - useless you’re an athlete - and then in meters - unless you're running a marathon of course - that’s in miles!

I could go on....😳...dread to think what will happen if we ever get Brexit sorted!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to DorsetLady]

And the Hon Member for the 18th Century issued an edict for his office that imperial measures were to be used in all documents.

As a lifelong science student, school, uni, work and living in mainland Europe I haven't got a clue about rods, poles and perches - never mind pounds, feet and inches ...

[HeronNS in reply to PMRpro]

Pretty much all metric in Canada now, except for our own body measurements! And recipes.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to PMRpro]

I’m better with ounces, pounds, inches and feet - but I’ll pass on the rods, poles & perches. even though hubby was a fisherman!😂🤣

[HeronNS in reply to PMRpro]

The names for some of the measurements are great though. My favourite is quintal. Which according to Google is equivalent to a hundredweight, which used to be 100 lb but is now 112 (?!) or 100 kilos. Certainly doesn't contribute to clarity does it?

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to HeronNS]

That’s life😳!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to HeronNS]

Especially at NASA we suspect ...

[CT-5012 in reply to PMRpro]

Many years ago when son was working for BR he was asked by an Egyptian colleague what is a chain and received the answer that it is the distance between the wickets on a cricket pitch. I hope that helped. 😂

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to CT-5012]

Did he then have to explain cricket?

[CT-5012 in reply to PMRpro]

Yes but I don’t think that helped either, what does cricket have to do with railways. Sometimes you just wish you had never started this but probably made an otherwise boring afternoon a little more fun.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to CT-5012]

Too much lateral thinking!

[Hidden in reply to HeronNS]

Are you in the UK? A hundredweight was 112 lbs when I went to school.

[HeronNS in reply to Hidden]

Canada. Metric since the 1970s although it's still a bit incomplete. I have no idea where I first heard the word quintal but it captured my imagination. Certainly not a word in common usage.

[tgca in reply to PMRpro]

We used to have lovely red exercise books with all those rods, poles, perches, furlongs etc and I liked the words, learnt them for just for fun!!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to tgca]

I asked if others remembered them a few years ago - everyone declared amnesia

[HeronNS in reply to PMRpro]

And Dead Slow Ahead or Dead Slow Astern on ships.

[Hidden in reply to HeronNS]

I think full a Stern would be my go to for docs....

[tgca in reply to PMRpro]

Probably politically incorrect to talk about death!

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to tgca]

Think that may have been the idea. However - we are old enough not to panic aren't we?