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06-19-2014, 05:00 PM #1Senior Member
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Razors are measured in eights...
The imperial system of measurement brilliantly explained! Pay attention there will be a test on conversions later...
Are Imperial Measurements outdated? | Number Hub with Matt Parker | Head Squeeze - YouTubeThe easy road is rarely rewarding.
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06-19-2014, 05:11 PM
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To answer the question the video asks in the title; Yes, very much so.
The world is moving towards metric more and more every day.
It's gonna take a wee bit longer to get those thick-sculled Americans on board, but on board they will come.
Might as well just take the jump straight away....
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Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....
06-19-2014, 05:33 PM
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That was, um, interesting...
06-19-2014, 05:48 PM
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We're moving steadily towards the metric system inch by inch.Originally Posted by Birnando
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06-19-2014, 05:54 PM
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So now, I guess we will have to say, "Give an inch and they'll take a kilometer?"
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06-19-2014, 06:42 PM
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Another US gaffe here.
If people in the US DO say these words, they say CEN-timeter, MILLI-meter and NANO-meter. But when it comes to kilometers we decided on kil-OM-eter. Might as well say cen-TIM-eter, mil-IM-eter and nan-OM-eter. I don't get it. It's all messed up. Gotta start over.
Also, why do we not have metric time? 100-seconds per minute, 100-minutes per hours and 10-hours per day. This has bothered me for years.
Oh well, what's so bad about 29/32nds and 113/164ths anyhow. You can do that stuff in your head with a little practice.
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06-19-2014, 06:50 PM
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Yes, I feel metric is the best, and easiest way to measure. I have some machinist and carpenter friends who abhor it. As I build things, I prefer the millimeters and centimeters. Fractions are more difficult for me to figure, since I don't use them regularly.
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I rest my case.
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hopefully this may help...
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My physician uses the metric system...I like the #s on some measurements, not so much on my waist.
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06-19-2014, 05:57 PM
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What are yoiu guys talking about, the metric system has been the law of the land since 1975 in the US?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_Conversion_Act
