On 10/22/2015 04:06 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Why is it "catching up" when SAE worked fine
for 100 years or so? It's not like we had all
kind of trouble with SAE sizes. And, to boot,
we were here first. Metric is the upstart.

Metric tools have one advantage; when you're laying under the vehicle
it's easier to yell 'Get me the 20, honey', than 'Fetch me the 13/16th,
bitch.'