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Default Metric on tape measures

On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:44:03 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
had this to say:


Whats the convention for metric measurement BTW? For example should one
write 150.2cm or 1520mm or 1.52m?


Centimetres aren't standard SI units, and seem to be mainly used in
schools.

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