Thread: HOW TO BACK A TRAILER

Yeah. I was adding an amount of irony to your rhetoric. So there are now a number of off-topic posts.

Originally Posted by Tombie

So how does a Water meter work then

It imposes a unit of measurement and then counts it.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

It imposes a unit of measurement and then counts it.

So it measures an amount (volume) of flow

It certainly doesn’t count in ‘pipefuls’


My coffee maker meters an amount into a coffee mug.
I can count the number of millilitres or I can specify a volume (amount) delivered. I can then count how many cups I’ve filled or the amount of coffee dispensed. I can also count how many millilitres in my cup (if graduated).

Got to love the English language

A pipe of port or a pipeful of tobacco?

Originally Posted by Tombie

So it measures an amount (volume) of flow

It certainly doesn’t count in ‘pipefuls’


My coffee maker meters an amount into a coffee mug.
I can count the number of millilitres or I can specify a volume (amount) delivered. I can then count how many cups I’ve filled or the amount of coffee dispensed. I can also count how many millilitres in my cup (if graduated).

Got to love the English language

Yep, no-one said the English language was logical.
Basically, things which are uncountable include fluids, air, sand, emotions, feelings etc.
For example, you can say, 'I'm feeling very sad,' but you can't say, 'I'm feeling litres of sadness,' because emotions can't be measured.
To measure uncountable things, you have to add a unit of measurement, e.g. sand is uncountable but you can say 'a bucket of sand.'
A common error is to talk of 'terrains'. 'Terrain' is uncountable, so there can't be a plural 'terrains' because 'terrain' already includes the idea of plurality. But you can say, 'varied terrain' as that gives the idea that terrain can vary.
Anyway, I'm retired now, so I don't have to teach this stuff to confused students any longer. End of story.

If you think sand is uncountable, that means pretty much everything is uncountable by that logic.

You could give sadness a rating,such as one to ten,like pain.

There is always a way.

Oh,and I have three grains of sand in my hand.

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

Two videos I bookmarked many moons ago showing some awesome truck reversing skills.
I dips me lid...


YouTube


YouTube

The take-away for ALL forms of transport, same as pilots -

"never take your vehicle (plane/boat/semi) where your brain isn't already familiar"

Don't drive above YOUR ability.... or else a dash-cam will getcha. YouTube