On Apr 25, 9:26*pm, Steve Barker wrote:
Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
*Nate Nagel wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
*Nate Nagel wrote:

That said, the metric system is not always easier. *When measuring
distance, for instance, it's a lot easier to use inches than mm. *reason
being fractions of an inch are expressed just that way, as fractions,
while fractions of a mm are expressed decimally.
Hard to argue with that much illogic! Working with decimals is ten times
(!) as easy as working with fractions, which is exactly the OP's point.