"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Roger Blake wrote:
The metric system sucks ass. We don't want it, and furthermore we don't
give a rat's ass what bunch of effete Eurotrash may have to say about
it.

You must have your head well buried if you think you can ignore 'the
metric system'. Whether you want it or not it's here.

So What! We just use BOTH anyway!
If we cared so much about what Europeans thought, we might have sympathized
with the Nazis TOO!

JB wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Roger Blake wrote:
The metric system sucks ass. We don't want it, and furthermore we don't
give a rat's ass what bunch of effete Eurotrash may have to say about
it.
You must have your head well buried if you think you can ignore 'the
metric system'. Whether you want it or not it's here.

So What! We just use BOTH anyway!
If we cared so much about what Europeans thought, we might have sympathized
with the Nazis TOO!

I thought you did!

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:58:19 -0400, Frank Galikanokus
wrote:

Eeyore wrote:

RickH wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

And used by 96% of the world's population.

Shhhh, dont let Obama know that, or we'll have to retool all our
factories. He's got this fixation with making us more like Europe and
all.

You probably use metric already more than you realise.

Graham

Yep, my "American made truck" is all metric. Except for the lug nuts!

....and almost certainly the seat belt mounts.


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In article ,
Eeyore wrote:
The water pipe and electrical conduit in my house is 1 inch, 1/2 inch,
3/4 inch. I think any transition will still require stores to stock
fittings in both metric and inch for generations to come.

It was like that here too. Now we have 25, 19 and 12 mm. They seem to be
compatible.

Copper tube equivalents to 1, 3/4 and 1/2in are 28, 22 and 15mm. And are
compatible from any maker. Plastic tends to vary outside diameter wise so
tend to need fittings from the same maker.

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*A day without sunshine is like... night.*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

JB wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
Roger Blake wrote:
The metric system sucks ass. We don't want it, and furthermore we don't
give a rat's ass what bunch of effete Eurotrash may have to say about
it.

You must have your head well buried if you think you can ignore 'the
metric system'. Whether you want it or not it's here.

So What! We just use BOTH anyway!
If we cared so much about what Europeans thought, we might have sympathized
with the Nazis TOO!

The metric system's not 'European', it's WORLDWIDE, except for a slab of N
America and 2 backward states in Africa and Asia.

Graham

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
The water pipe and electrical conduit in my house is 1 inch, 1/2 inch,
3/4 inch. I think any transition will still require stores to stock
fittings in both metric and inch for generations to come.

It was like that here too. Now we have 25, 19 and 12 mm. They seem to be
compatible.

Copper tube equivalents to 1, 3/4 and 1/2in are 28, 22 and 15mm.

Oops, got them wrong. Isn't it o/d vs i/d ?

Graham

harry k wrote:

And the longer the conversion is put off, the more problems such as
that there will be. We should have done it back when it was tried. It
was the troglodytes that short stopped it.

No. "If you wait until the last minute, then the project will only take a
minute."

If we delay metrication until all the manufacturing jobs move to Bangladesh,
then we'll have that much fewer machines and such to convert.

Think of the savings.

RickH writes:

On Apr 28, 8:32*pm, Eeyore
wrote:
RickH wrote:
Eeyore wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

And used by 96% of the world's population.

Shhhh, dont let Obama know that, or we'll have to retool all our
factories. *He's got this fixation with making us more like Europe and
all.

You probably use metric already more than you realise.

Graham

The water pipe and electrical conduit in my house is 1 inch, 1/2 inch,
3/4 inch. I think any transition will still require stores to stock
fittings in both metric and inch for generations to come.


Pipe fittings are the same old 1/2", 3/4", 1", but they are called
R15, R20, R25 in the metric world.

CU pipes have real metric sizes though, 12mm, 15mm, 22mm etc, and
thesee are the actual outer diameter.

Eeyore writes:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
The water pipe and electrical conduit in my house is 1 inch, 1/2 inch,
3/4 inch. I think any transition will still require stores to stock
fittings in both metric and inch for generations to come.

It was like that here too. Now we have 25, 19 and 12 mm. They seem to be
compatible.

Copper tube equivalents to 1, 3/4 and 1/2in are 28, 22 and 15mm.

Oops, got them wrong. Isn't it o/d vs i/d ?

Graham


CU pipes are o/d, steel pipes are i/d.

JB wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Roger Blake wrote:
The metric system sucks ass. We don't want it, and furthermore we don't
give a rat's ass what bunch of effete Eurotrash may have to say about
it.
You must have your head well buried if you think you can ignore 'the
metric system'. Whether you want it or not it's here.

So What! We just use BOTH anyway!
If we cared so much about what Europeans thought, we might have sympathized
with the Nazis TOO!

Grow up.

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W
. | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because
\|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est
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On Apr 30, 5:12*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
harry k wrote:

And the longer the conversion is put off, the more problems such as
that there will be. *We should have done it back when it was tried. It
was the troglodytes that short stopped it.

No. "If you wait until the last minute, then the project will only take a
minute."

If we delay metrication until all the manufacturing jobs move to Bangladesh,
then we'll have that much fewer machines and such to convert.

Think of the savings.

Good point!! In addition the switchover will be almost painless as
noone will be able to function unless they do use metric. Everything
on the market will be metric sized.

Harry K

"Eeyore" wrote in message
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JB wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
Roger Blake wrote:
The metric system sucks ass. We don't want it, and furthermore we
don't
give a rat's ass what bunch of effete Eurotrash may have to say
about
it.

You must have your head well buried if you think you can ignore 'the
metric system'. Whether you want it or not it's here.

So What! We just use BOTH anyway!
If we cared so much about what Europeans thought, we might have
sympathized
with the Nazis TOO!

The metric system's not 'European', it's WORLDWIDE, except for a slab of
N
America and 2 backward states in Africa and Asia.

Graham


What slab of N. America? WE USE METRIC AND A VARIETY OF OTHER MEASURING
UNITS! WE HAVE TO CONVERT ALL THE TIME IN OUR HEADS WHEN WE SHOP! PITA
burden for sending out money all over the World for cheap crap!
I got news for you... BINARY is WORLDWIDE!