On 25/02/2019 21:30, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:05:42 -0000, wrote:

On Monday, 25 February 2019 20:59:20 UTC, Fredxx* wrote:
On 25/02/2019 19:02, Commander Kinsey wrote:

I just bought a new socket set (for car repairs) as I lost my last
one.
Half the bits are imperial!* What the hell are they selling those for?
My first car was made in 1988, and even that was metric for goodness
sake.* I guess half of it's going on freecycle for vintage car owners.

Most people who want a metric set of sockets would buy a metric
socket set.

Are you illiterate?

Many imperial sockets have very close equivalents. I've even measured
1/2" sockets and they've been the same as a 13mm. I suspect the set you
bought was a cheap one, so you might even find some imperial sockets are
a better fit on metric nuts and bolts.

He's just a troll.

Look you utter ****wit....

Pot kettle comes to mind.

it was a perfectly sensible question,

by an idiot who can't tell the difference between buying a metric socket
set and a mixed set.

why
can't you handle that concept?* I wanted to know why people were selling
imperial sockets since there are no imperial bolts left that haven't
rusted away.

As you're learning, but in denial of, there are still imperial bolts on
new equipment.

But no, you have to come out with your stupid childish
****ing "you're a troll ner ner ner ner ner" ****e.* Just grow up or rot
in hell and stop filling up usenet with your ****ing complaints.

That is because you act like a troll. If the hat fits..........

I've got metric, imperial AF, Whitworth, a few other standards, even
one or 2 handmade ones from the 1800s. Some of the old stuff is good
on metric kit too, mark everything with its mm AF size.

On what?* An Austin Healy?

Could well be a brand new Briggs and Stratton engine, something you
obviously know very little.