On Sep 11, 11:31*am, Luigi Zanasi wrote:
On Sep 11, 11:29*am, Luigi Zanasi wrote:



On Sep 8, 5:32*am, Robatoy wrote:

I now make parts for different people who e-mail/fax me drawings so I
can quote on them.
Some parts are such that I can't tell what they are or what they're
the purpose of them are.
Sometimes I see dimensions as obviously imperial ones, sometime it is
hard to tell, especially when I have NO clue what these parts are.
Personally, I don't give a rat's ass what system is used as I work in
both metric and imperial.
But what seems to be the reason for the US hold-out to stay with an
archaic system?

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9974/metricmap.jpg

XXICVIII

That should have been CCXCVIII, and it's now CCXCIX.

Why bother changing system?

L.

CCC. Do you get to buy me a ticket to TO or Windsor or Sarnia & a
drink in your favourite watering hole?

Luigi