"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Jethro_uk wrote:
On Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:21:04 +0000, alan_m wrote:

On 22/02/2021 11:52, Jethro_uk wrote:

I bet this is some Yank ****e that is hardcoded with imperial into the
guts and some clunky "code whizz" layer to deal with the Metric bits.


Any why would you use cm rather than metres as the entry?

Because you are a Yank app whizz kid who think they understand metric ?

I've never understood why so many use cm. Metres and mm do well enough
here, without complicating matters.

Just two digits needed for lots of common stuff.