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June 21, 2017 4:01 pm at 4:01 pm #1301774👑RebYidd23Participant
Using both systems is messy but perfect.
June 21, 2017 4:36 pm at 4:36 pm #1302029JosephParticipantStandardize.
June 21, 2017 4:36 pm at 4:36 pm #1302031👑RebYidd23ParticipantMillimeters are great, but centimeters are not.
June 21, 2017 4:57 pm at 4:57 pm #1302034MenoParticipantWhy not just stick with the imperial system?
June 21, 2017 5:53 pm at 5:53 pm #1302050CTLAWYERParticipantMeno
I’m all in favor to another 6 shots of whisky in a quart bottle.June 21, 2017 8:33 pm at 8:33 pm #1302103LightbriteParticipantHashem created both inch worms and centipedes
June 21, 2017 10:14 pm at 10:14 pm #1302122akupermaParticipantActually the US adopted the metric system over 200 years ago. Inches, feet, ounces, quarts, etc,., are all defined according to the metric system.
June 22, 2017 12:03 pm at 12:03 pm #1302403ChaverParticipantThe metric system rocks!!
June 22, 2017 12:04 pm at 12:04 pm #1302413👑RebYidd23ParticipantWe need inches.
June 22, 2017 1:48 pm at 1:48 pm #1302603RedlegParticipantAny measuring system works when one is sufficiently familiar with it so as to be able to visualize the measurement and think in those units. For instance, If I tell you that someone is 6 feet tall, you probably have a good mental picture of about how tall that is, but if I say that he’s 1.8 meters tall you generally have no mental image at all. Likewise, If I tell you that it’s 21 degrees Celsius out side, you don’t know how to dress but if I say that it’s 70 degrees F you know instantly what to wear.
Besides the fact that it takes some getting used to, there are, in my opinion, two significant deficiencies in the metric system.
1. There is no metric equivalent for the the imperial foot. The existing metric units are either too big or too small for convenient use.
2. While this doesn’t actually effect every day use, Metric countries also generate electricity at 50 cycles instead of the 60 cycles we’re used to. This is completely silly because. even in the metric system there are 60 minutes in an hour, not 50, and 24 hours in a day. A circle still has 360 degrees not 300. back in the days of analog electric clocks, it was physically impossible to make an accurate one on 50 cycle current. It would run either too fast or too slow.June 22, 2017 6:19 pm at 6:19 pm #1302736👑RebYidd23ParticipantInches and feet are convenient. And millimeters are easier to work with than inch fractions.
June 22, 2017 6:28 pm at 6:28 pm #1302760MenoParticipantSo use decimal inches instead of fractions.
June 23, 2017 10:28 am at 10:28 am #1302913RedlegParticipantMeno, some engineering protocols do, in fact, use decimal inches which works very well but, again, one needs to be familiar with it to us it naturally. What size open end wrench would you need for a nut that measures 0.3125″ across the flats?
June 23, 2017 10:50 am at 10:50 am #1302925MenoParticipantWell obviously 5/16″
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