some_dude
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Re: Could Somebody Translate This Into American?
Imagine how crazy it'd be if your water froze at 0º and boiled at 100º.
Imagine how crazy it'd be if your water froze at 0º and boiled at 100º.
Could Somebody Translate This Into American?
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beaubrummels
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Re: Could Somebody Translate This Into American?
LOL, have you seen our president??? I'm surprised we haven't invaded Canada yet in an effort to force them to change their ways!!!
LOL, have you seen our president??? I'm surprised we haven't invaded Canada yet in an effort to force them to change their ways!!!
Re: Could Somebody Translate This Into American?
We were supposed to be moving to the metric system when I was in junior high. That was the 70's. If it hasn't happened by now, I doubt it will be in my lifetime. I'm guessing that after the USA goes full socialist the congress critters will legislate us into the metric system. Or, maybe it's part of that common core mathematics stuff and I'm not up on it since my kids are grown. Hell, what do I know.
Personally, I'd just buy metric bits.
We were supposed to be moving to the metric system when I was in junior high. That was the 70's. If it hasn't happened by now, I doubt it will be in my lifetime. I'm guessing that after the USA goes full socialist the congress critters will legislate us into the metric system. Or, maybe it's part of that common core mathematics stuff and I'm not up on it since my kids are grown. Hell, what do I know.
Personally, I'd just buy metric bits.
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Ben1962
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Re: Could Somebody Translate This Into American?
You know all America has to do is print the road signs and rulers in both imperial and metric for a few years and then everyone can be on the metric system.
Yea sure, I heard that about 45 years ago in school. It may happen, but I doubt it
You know all America has to do is print the road signs and rulers in both imperial and metric for a few years and then everyone can be on the metric system.
Yea sure, I heard that about 45 years ago in school. It may happen, but I doubt it
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Ben1962
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Re: Could Somebody Translate This Into American?
They do in elevation drawings for sediment flow and the like. Not sure how your brain sees it, but I see inches and feet. The Europeans see centimeters and the like. We obviously are right and they are wrong LOL
They do in elevation drawings for sediment flow and the like. Not sure how your brain sees it, but I see inches and feet. The Europeans see centimeters and the like. We obviously are right and they are wrong LOL
Chistopher
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Re: Could Somebody Translate This Into American?
I don't even get how the rest of the world comes up with these measurements. 100 caterpillars in 1 motor? Come on, how stupid is that?
I don't even get how the rest of the world comes up with these measurements. 100 caterpillars in 1 motor? Come on, how stupid is that?
Re: Could Somebody Translate This Into American?
For those of you old enough to remember...in the 70's, not only were we "going to switch over", but we actually did (in part). Gas was sold by the liter (very, very confusing) and some road signs were being marked in miles and kilometers. I think that the gas-in-liters was a ploy by the gas industry to get us so confused that we just wouldn't even try to make the conversion, and thus the price went through the roof and nobody even knew how expensive it actually was (I don't remember the actual amounts, but it went from like $.50 - $1.00 a gallon to $.85 a liter).
Another thing they did was to claim that there was a limited amount of fossil fuels and we were running out of this non-sustainable product. But because of "supply and demand", they were able to significantly raise the price of gas by faking the reduced supply and artificially increasing the need. Then they tried to get us to "reduce our gas use" by creating gas rationing (you could only buy gas on certain days). All this did was to create panic, increase waiting lines at the gas stations to half an hour (sometimes up to an hour), and INCREASE the amount of gas we purchased. People were so afraid of running out of gas and not being able to buy any, that they bought every container they could and filled those up too when they got gas in their cars. Then to add insult to injury, the government placed strict restrictions on the types of containers that could be used and the cost of a typical plastic can went from less than a dollar to ten dollars.
I only mention all of this to show that there is a domino effect associated with change.
However, I am so in favor of the metric system. It is way easier to use, less confusing (once you learn it), and so much more precise (that's why just about anything scientific uses metric measurements). Even the guitar industry.
For those of you old enough to remember...in the 70's, not only were we "going to switch over", but we actually did (in part). Gas was sold by the liter (very, very confusing) and some road signs were being marked in miles and kilometers. I think that the gas-in-liters was a ploy by the gas industry to get us so confused that we just wouldn't even try to make the conversion, and thus the price went through the roof and nobody even knew how expensive it actually was (I don't remember the actual amounts, but it went from like $.50 - $1.00 a gallon to $.85 a liter).
Another thing they did was to claim that there was a limited amount of fossil fuels and we were running out of this non-sustainable product. But because of "supply and demand", they were able to significantly raise the price of gas by faking the reduced supply and artificially increasing the need. Then they tried to get us to "reduce our gas use" by creating gas rationing (you could only buy gas on certain days). All this did was to create panic, increase waiting lines at the gas stations to half an hour (sometimes up to an hour), and INCREASE the amount of gas we purchased. People were so afraid of running out of gas and not being able to buy any, that they bought every container they could and filled those up too when they got gas in their cars. Then to add insult to injury, the government placed strict restrictions on the types of containers that could be used and the cost of a typical plastic can went from less than a dollar to ten dollars.
I only mention all of this to show that there is a domino effect associated with change.
However, I am so in favor of the metric system. It is way easier to use, less confusing (once you learn it), and so much more precise (that's why just about anything scientific uses metric measurements). Even the guitar industry.
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Nightburst
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Re: Could Somebody Translate This Into American?
I remember that time I was in the states and went to home depot for some metric bolts and nuts... They actually had them but not a lot and it was very hard to find. People were looking at me like I was a commie
When I tried to get some stainless steel imperial threads for my Gibson bridge, I had to get them from Ebay out of the USA for top dollars. Couldn't find any in Europe anywhere. The worst part is that I don't think they make an actual difference big enough to notice... Oh well :foot:
I remember that time I was in the states and went to home depot for some metric bolts and nuts... They actually had them but not a lot and it was very hard to find. People were looking at me like I was a commie
When I tried to get some stainless steel imperial threads for my Gibson bridge, I had to get them from Ebay out of the USA for top dollars. Couldn't find any in Europe anywhere. The worst part is that I don't think they make an actual difference big enough to notice... Oh well :foot: