On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:17:21 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:14:38 -0500, Moe Gasser
wrote:

On 11/23/2011 8:15 AM, Kyle wrote:
On Tuesday, November 15, 2011 4:43:29 AM UTC-5, harry wrote:
How is Americans have to be hauled kicking and whinging into the
present?

Prosecution Exhibit 1 that we haven't: our refusal to adopt the Metric system.

Most professionals do use the metric system...because it's better.

I have a tape measure with both on it. I use one or the other,
depending on what I am doing.

If you are dividing a given distance into equal parts, metric beats
the hell out of the english system.
You also find out pretty fast that 1/2" plywood is really 12mm so you
are forced into metric.

Except that it's 48" x 96". ;-)

Forced into metric? No, 15/32" is good enough. The thickness isn't precise
anyhow, so anything critical has to be hand-fit.