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.

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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:08:01 +0000, Andy Bennet, another retarded,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered again:


Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

I expect there can be no bait set out by the Scottish ****** that would be
silly enough for you NOT to take it, you troll-feeding senile idiot!

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:08:01 -0000, Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

I've never had to use an imperial socket bit. Perhaps if you have every size (each mm), then one will always fit. Being 0.5mm out probably still fits good enough.

Your mower would be 14.2875mm then. I assume you can't quite get the 14mm socket bit onto it? I guess 0.75mm too big would maybe jump.

I'm really surprised your mower is imperial though. What make is it and why are they in the wrong century? Bloody hell my first car was a (British) 1988 Rover, and even they used metric bolts.

Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:08:01 -0000, Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

I've never had to use an imperial socket bit.* Perhaps if you have every
size (each mm), then one will always fit.* Being 0.5mm out probably
still fits good enough.

Your mower would be 14.2875mm then.* I assume you can't quite get the
14mm socket bit onto it?* I guess 0.75mm too big would maybe jump.

I'm really surprised your mower is imperial though.* What make is it and
why are they in the wrong century?* Bloody hell my first car was a
(British) 1988 Rover, and even they used metric bolts.
American is not imperial, I have metric, AF and whitworth spanners and
metric and imperial allen keys.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:39:20 +1100, FMurtz, another brain damaged,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, driveled again:


American is not imperial, I have metric, AF and whitworth spanners and
metric and imperial allen keys.

....and another senile asshole couldn't resist taking the abnormal Scottish
attention whore's latest idiotic bait! tsk

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 05:39:20 -0000, FMurtz wrote:

Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:08:01 -0000, Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

I've never had to use an imperial socket bit. Perhaps if you have every
size (each mm), then one will always fit. Being 0.5mm out probably
still fits good enough.

Your mower would be 14.2875mm then. I assume you can't quite get the
14mm socket bit onto it? I guess 0.75mm too big would maybe jump.

I'm really surprised your mower is imperial though. What make is it and
why are they in the wrong century? Bloody hell my first car was a
(British) 1988 Rover, and even they used metric bolts.
American is not imperial,

Of course it is, they use inches, pounds, etc.

I have metric, AF and whitworth spanners and
metric and imperial allen keys.

Why? I've yet to find any device, even 20 year old ones, that won't take a metric tool. Maybe you should stop importing crap from the yanks?

In article ,
Commander Kinsey wrote:
American is not imperial,

Of course it is, they use inches, pounds, etc.

But some of their measures like a gallon are different to ours, so we
aren't imperial enough.

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On 25/02/2019 20:08, Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.


A lot of disability scooters are imperial.

Bill

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
On 25/02/2019 20:08, Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.


A lot of disability scooters are imperial.

That's because there are so many morbidly obese yanks, too obese to even
walk.

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:52:32 -0000, Bill Wright wrote:

On 25/02/2019 20:08, Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

A lot of disability scooters are imperial.

Why? Because the owners are older?! That makes no sense at all.

On 25/02/2019 20:08, Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.


+1, struggling today with a strange mixture of metric and imperial on my
American ATV (with a Japanese engine, but badged Caterpillar).

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:49:21 -0000, newshound wrote:

On 25/02/2019 20:08, Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

+1, struggling today with a strange mixture of metric and imperial on my
American ATV (with a Japanese engine, but badged Caterpillar).

I can understand American **** using imperial. Although I'm surprised it's also got metric on the same device!

On 25/02/2019 23:00, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:49:21 -0000, newshound
wrote:

On 25/02/2019 20:08, Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

+1, struggling today with a strange mixture of metric and imperial on my
American ATV (with a Japanese engine, but badged Caterpillar).

I can understand American **** using imperial.* Although I'm surprised
it's also got metric on the same device!

Well be surprised, but that is what it has. At least the imperial is AF
and not good old fashioned BSF and BSW. There are some fairly close
matches between AF and metric.

I still have a half inch socket set with both imperial and AF, and I was
very glad of it today.

On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:16:34 +0000, newshound, another brain-damaged,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered again:



Well be surprised

I'm surprised that the retarded Scottish sociopath is SUCCESSFUL, every
time, with every single idiotic bait he sets out for all you senile idiots
on uk.d-i-y! tsk

That is the point, American and some shall we say other countries, still use
imperial stuff.
Brian

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"Andy Bennet" wrote in message
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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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

But nobody buys stuff from America in the UK. It's too far away for economical shipping.


On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:55:10 -0000, Brian Gaff wrote:

That is the point, American and some shall we say other countries, still use
imperial stuff.
Brian

In article ,
Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

When you talk imperial, I think of BSW and Whitworth.

The US still uses American threads for some things, and they are measured
in inches. And the same socket size fits many older UK cars. With unified
threads.

But only an idiot would buy a socket set without making sure it covered
the sizes needed, and only those.

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To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 26/02/2019 11:04, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

When you talk imperial, I think of BSW and Whitworth.

The US still uses American threads for some things, and they are measured
in inches. And the same socket size fits many older UK cars. With unified
threads.

But only an idiot would buy a socket set without making sure it covered
the sizes needed, and only those.

Surely it's good to have both to hand anyway? Who knows when you may
come across an old item that you need to work on?

Maybe even when your hand-driver just won't move a smallish torx screw
and you need a 1/4" socket to allow the use of a small bar to get a bit
more torque? 6.35mm, just uncomfortably small for a 6.5mm socket ,
especially if a reasonable force or even shocking it is required.

I've certainly come across old, tight plumbing fittings that have been
built around after, are too rounded for a crude plumbing spanner and the
only way to undo them in the space has been to cut the pipe and use a
socket. Yes, I know there are other tools to do that, but if you've
already got an imperial socket set, you've got something that'll do the
job without having to stop and go out to buy something else.

SteveW

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:47:47 -0000, Steve Walker wrote:

On 26/02/2019 11:04, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

When you talk imperial, I think of BSW and Whitworth.

The US still uses American threads for some things, and they are measured
in inches. And the same socket size fits many older UK cars. With unified
threads.

But only an idiot would buy a socket set without making sure it covered
the sizes needed, and only those.

Surely it's good to have both to hand anyway? Who knows when you may
come across an old item that you need to work on?

Anything that old belongs in the skip.

Maybe even when your hand-driver just won't move a smallish torx screw
and you need a 1/4" socket to allow the use of a small bar to get a bit
more torque? 6.35mm, just uncomfortably small for a 6.5mm socket ,
especially if a reasonable force or even shocking it is required.

What? Torx is in mm too.

I've certainly come across old, tight plumbing fittings that have been
built around after, are too rounded for a crude plumbing spanner and the
only way to undo them in the space has been to cut the pipe and use a
socket. Yes, I know there are other tools to do that, but if you've
already got an imperial socket set, you've got something that'll do the
job without having to stop and go out to buy something else.

Anything that old should be ripped out and replaced.

On 27/02/2019 01:53, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:47:47 -0000, Steve Walker
wrote:

On 26/02/2019 11:04, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
*** Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

When you talk imperial, I think of BSW and Whitworth.

The US still uses American threads for some things, and they are
measured
in inches. And the same socket size fits many older UK cars. With
unified
threads.

But only an idiot would buy a socket set without making sure it covered
the sizes needed, and only those.

Surely it's good to have both to hand anyway? Who knows when you may
come across an old item that you need to work on?

Anything that old belongs in the skip.

Maybe even when your hand-driver just won't move a smallish torx screw
and you need a 1/4" socket to allow the use of a small bar to get a bit
more torque? 6.35mm, just uncomfortably small for a 6.5mm socket ,
especially if a reasonable force or even shocking it is required.

What?* Torx is in mm too.

The back end of small, interchageable torx, screwdriver, hex bits are
all 1/4" not metric.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:04:18 -0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Andy Bennet 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.

Still plenty of new stuff being sold using imperial. New rotary lawn
mower - the bolt that holds the blade on has a 9/16 inch head.
I expect if it has a Briggs and Stratten (USA) engine it will be all
imperial.

When you talk imperial, I think of BSW and Whitworth.

The US still uses American threads for some things, and they are measured
in inches. And the same socket size fits many older UK cars. With unified
threads.

But only an idiot would buy a socket set without making sure it covered
the sizes needed, and only those.

Why would I assume they're still making socket sets that fit things from the backward yanks, or for cars made 50 years ago?

In article ,
Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why would I assume they're still making socket sets that fit things from
the backward yanks, or for cars made 50 years ago?

The Rover V8 engine used Unified threads mainly UNC. Plenty of those still
around in Range Rovers, etc.

But I doubt you'd need then for your Corsa.

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:10:03 +0000 (GMT), Dave Blowman (News) another
notorious troll-feeding senile idiot, babbled again:

But I doubt you'd need then for your Corsa.

Right! All he needs is for you to come hurrying along and suck him off,
every time he set out some idiotic bait for all you seniles here! BG

On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:10:03 -0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Commander Kinsey wrote:
Why would I assume they're still making socket sets that fit things from
the backward yanks, or for cars made 50 years ago?

The Rover V8 engine used Unified threads mainly UNC. Plenty of those still
around in Range Rovers, etc.

But I doubt you'd need then for your Corsa.

I've had a 1989 Rover Maestro and a 1988 Range Rover. They took metric sockets.

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:02:16 -0000, Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson",
"Steven ******","Bruce Farquar", "Fred Johnson, etc.), the pathological
resident idiot and attention whore of all the uk ngs, blathered again:

FLUSH the sociopathic attention whore's latest idiotic attention-baiting
bull**** unread again

--
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trolling:
"He is a well known attention seeking troll and every reply you
make feeds him.
Starts many threads most of which die quick as on the UK groups anyone
with sense Kill filed him ages ago which is why he now cross posts to
the US groups for a new audience.
This thread was unusual in that it derived and continued without him
to a large extent and his silly questioning is an attempt to get
noticed again."
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You have been presented with a viewpoint with information, reasoning,
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"the **** poor delivery boy with no hot running water, 11 cats and
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"He's a perennial idiot"
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Wilkinson" LOL):
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""not the sharpest knife in the drawer"'s parents sure made a serious
mistake having him born alive -- A total waste of oxygen, food, space,
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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.

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!Â* What the hell are they selling those for?
My first car was made in 1988, and even that was metric for goodness
sake.Â* 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.

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.... it was a perfectly sensible question, 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. 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.

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?

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.

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:54:30 +0000, Fredxx, another brain dead trollfeeding
senile idiot, driveled again:

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

Pot kettle comes to mind.

That's what you fools get for feeding the troll! Serves you right! LOL

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:54:30 -0000, Fredxx wrote:

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.

There shouldn't be. And I've never seen one. Not on a car anyway, which is where most socket sets are used.

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..........

No, you just assume I'm one because you don't like my questions, my attitude, whatever. I'm not asking fake questions, and I can't see why anyone would do that, it would be an utterly pointless exercise.

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.

I prefer electric mowers. I live in the 21st century.

On Monday, 25 February 2019 21:54:34 UTC, Fredxx wrote:
On 25/02/2019 21:30, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:05:42 -0000, tabbypurr wrote:
On Monday, 25 February 2019 20:59:20 UTC, FredxxÂ* 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!Â* What the hell are they selling those for?
My first car was made in 1988, and even that was metric for goodness
sake.Â* 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?Â* 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.

and old

But no, you have to come out with your stupid childish
****ing "you're a troll ner ner ner ner ner" ****e.Â* 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?Â* An Austin Healy?

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

I've got lots of stuff with imperial hardware, mostly AF & Whitworth.


NT

In article ,
wrote:
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.

I've got one small socket set - 1/4 and 3/8 drive - that has metric, AF
and BA. Rather rare.

--
*What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?

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

On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 11:19:50 AM UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
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.

I've got one small socket set - 1/4 and 3/8 drive - that has metric, AF
and BA. Rather rare.


Me too. Bought for me by my Dad, 40+ years ago. I *think* I have managed not to
lose any of the sockets - amazing.

I saw the same item at a car boot sale a year or two ago - still kicking myself that I didn't buy it.

In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
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.

I've got one small socket set - 1/4 and 3/8 drive - that has metric, AF
and BA. Rather rare.


I have a feeling I bought mine in Eveshamn High Street - I wonder why I ws
theer ;-)

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

In article ,
charles wrote:
In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
wrote:
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.

I've got one small socket set - 1/4 and 3/8 drive - that has metric, AF
and BA. Rather rare.


I have a feeling I bought mine in Eveshamn High Street - I wonder why I ws
theer ;-)

I got mine from Cannons in Clapham. A large motor factors with a superb
tool department. All in a Gothic building. Long since moved and down
sized, though.

--
*How about "never"? Is "never" good for you?

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

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:59:16 -0000, 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?

No, I just expected them all to be metric by now.

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.

I just prefer to use mm, without having to do fractions calculations to work out if 9/16 is bigger or smaller than 19/32. Why don't they just make them all x/32?

On 25/02/2019 21:28, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:59:16 -0000, 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?

No, I just expected them all to be metric by now.

That's not very bright of you.

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:55:00 +0000, Fredxx, another brain damaged,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blathered:


No, I just expected them all to be metric by now.

That's not very bright of you.

Considering how he succeeds with the most idiotic baits, it's almost kind of
clever. But then he's ONLY successful with the most senile morons here! G