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J. Clarke[_2_]

In article 8b854deb-5c55-4815-87ce-
, says...

On Jan 27, 10:15*pm, dpb wrote:

In all the ways US trade has a problem, this one is _not_ one any
longer. *I've disagreed w/ Ed a bunch, but on this one he's spot
on--where it matters the US has been metric for a long time already;
where it isn't, it just doesn't matter at all.

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It does to me. I have inch and metric wrenches and sockets. I have
inch and metric taps and dies. So it costs me time to find out which
tool I need to use and money because I need two sets of tools. My
lathe does inch threading with no problem, but needs manually changing
gears to do metric threading. So more time gone. My dial calipers
are inch. I do have digital calipers, but they are not as accurate as
my inch micrometers. So it matters, Not that it can not be done, but
it is a pain that is not necessary.

Well if that sort of thing is such a big issue for you, never buy a '72
Volvo. I had '72 Volvo that had SAE, Metric, and Whitworth on it (at
least the only wrench that would fit one particular nut was Whitworth--I
didn't check the thread). Seems that the Swedes were at that time even
more "backward" than we ignorant colonials.