On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:47:39 -0000, David wrote:

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:51:05 +0000, Roger Hayter wrote:

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.

Cars aren't the only thing people use sockets on.

Having whipped through this Trollish thread I have noted one thing.

Most people seem to class American Forces (AF) sizes as Imperial.
Now there may be a hint in the name, but I didn't think that (officially)
the USA was classed as an Imperial power. Certainly not by the UK in the
1950s/1960s when AF sizes were more common. I think they may be classed as
Unified though.

Imperial to me would be the various Whitworth threads and heads, including
British Standard Fine (BSF).

I still have a few of these but haven't needed them recently.

Keep feeding the Trolls!

WTF are you on about? If it's in inches, it's imperial. If it's in mm, it's metric. We don't have another measurement, only mm and inches.