...snipped

The metric system starts falling apart when you

get

into Newton's second law.

...snipped
....In the English system F = W x G

Well, no matter if the metric system falls apart!
The "English" converted to metric more than 10 years

ago,

so I guess the English system will be all metric

anyway!!

:))

Thomas J.

Thomas,
They used both, as do us Aussies and often use them at
the same time.
I was watching a British home renovations show and had
to laugh as they try
to be technically correct and measure so many mm from x
and so many mm from
Y and them measure so many inches from B etc.

I've got to say I'm the same and use both all the time.
When metric came to
Australia they converted all the tape measures to metric
- there was a hell
of a stink from the building and manufacturing areas as
many technical
drawings and equipment were in inches, so the government
relented and gave a
limited time for a changeover.

Needless to many many years later the tape measures
still have both
measurements and are absolutely useless to me ( and many
others)without
both.

I used to complain about the change from Pounds,
Shillings and Pence to
Dollars - I was blaming the Yanks for that one, lets
face it you started
this mess when you invented dollars.

Of course you realise the next thing will be Metric TIME
- won't that be
fun!!. I hope I'm not flying by that time, excuse the
pun!

All tongue in cheek stuff!
George (down under)

What d' ya say!!
Gotta be flexible!
In Austria, where I come from, I only remember dual marked
tape measures and "meters" (wooden measures,2-5 m long
that fold at about 1 foot :))
The funny part is, that all waterpiping/installation still
is "English" 1/2", 3/4", pipe threads (of course non
metric)
Diversity makes live fun! :))

Thomas J.

Ok guys this is not helping the rotary. Enough.

Paul Lamar
 
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