"yourname" wrote in message news:x4Cqe.67$EH1.24@trndny03...
David Anderson wrote:
BA (British Association) IS metric. When the original BA metric
standards
are converted to dimensions in inches, the results are still correct,
but
they are no longer in simplified units. That is why they seem so goofy.
My
question: why are BA dimensions now expressed in inch units? Cheers,
Dave
Anderson

"Mike Francis" wrote in message
...

Anybody out there go a conversion sheet for BA to Metric.

Thanks

Mike




Short answer: friggin Brits
Friggin Yanks! Still using a measurement system based on the with of a
long dead foreign king's thumb when all the rest of the world is metric