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Default Socket wrench sets: SAE or Metric?

On 10/23/2015 01:05 PM, Don Y wrote:
32oz in a quart so 32/50 oz == 16/25
2T = 1oz
3t = 1T
so 6t = 1 oz

16/25 * 6 = 96/25 ~= 4t

The problem most folks have is that they don't *use* these units of
measure.
When was the last time you *used* a measuring cup? Measured teaspoon?
Etc.
Folks who bake use them constantly and, as such, have no problem
remembering
the conversion factors.


OMG!

One of the very first concepts learned in engineering school is

**** Keep It Simple ****

This basic concept lowers production costs and reduces the chance for
costly errors.

So if you designed a system of measurement you wouldn't make it an
easy-to-use base 10? Seriously?