Smitty Two wrote:
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Steve Barker wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:
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Nate Nagel wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:
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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.
not if you're trying to divide something into halves, thirds, or
quarters...

nate
OK. Divide 7', 5 11/16" into thirds.
29-9/10"

9/10???? Where the hell is that on your fractional ruler? See, you're
lapsing into the metric system without even realizing it. Must've been
something you ate.

actually there are dozens of tapes in tenths. Can't hardly do stair
stringers without one.

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steve