You also have to understand that, in an investigation engineering, details matter.
Units moderator. There should be a units moderator assigned.
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Australia went through that back in the 1960's and 1970's, but as EVERYONE went metric (including the suppliers) in the end, it all worked out fine and now you want a 2400x1200 sheet, just order it (you can still even get the old imperial stuff if you want for reno's etc- but its more expensive than the metric sheets)- and because everything is in metric (rather than 'converted imperial') it all works seamlessly with no cutting or waste involved- you put your studs in at the required distances and the seams of the plasterboard fall right on them
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So, you're saying - its our Giant export customer next door's fault? - they should go metric so we can too? LOL
Everything on a car made in the USA is metric, but we sell them wood & plywood cut to imperial dimensions.
Too Funny
& Ya the tax payers will just pick up the tab.
This reply is exactly what I was thinking, but maybe one needs to be “Canadian” to truly understand our perspective.
We live in a culture that just seems normal to us & probably do more conversions in our head ,,, because we have had to ,,, it is truly how you put it “like being unit bilingual”. There must be other Countries out there that are similar to us and are fluent in Imperial & Metric
? For us it is just normal 14L/100KM or 20 Miles/USG. 60MPH or 100KPH.I got a kick outta your last post on the doors, until I cried about the wasted tax money. As Contractors, we just attempt to fix that garbage spec / design prior to building ,,, hopefully with a change order.
To Canadians 25.4 or 3.78 or (X-32)x5/9 or 2.2 etc are just stored in our heads. You know what they are @OffGridForGood ,,, Watts BTUs again
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We do too!
16 inches and 24 inches on centre, and the sheet goods fit perfectly, and the insulation fits between the framing. LOL. even if the drawing shows the wall 3244mm long, and 2400 high it will be built 10-foot 7-3/4" long and 8 feet tall. *actually 97-1/8" tall to allow for ceiling drywall and 8' wall sheets with a gap at the floor, LOL. just can't win.
That's the thing though- metric is what most of the world uses, and there are only a few holdouts... Canada is using 'both', as is the UK,and only three are still using the old 'hogsheads per furlong' imperial measurements exclusively lol
The US really doesn't export that much outside of north America- here in Australia for example the US is right down at only 12% of our imports come from there (combined, Japan and Thailand actually export more to Australia than the US does...)
The US really doesn't export that much outside of north America- here in Australia for example the US is right down at only 12% of our imports come from there (combined, Japan and Thailand actually export more to Australia than the US does...)
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3412 of course...ok that is BTUs to kWatt, but we are just born knowing this right?
I like this one: 355/113 (better than 22/7)
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If you want it to actually work it'll take several more days.
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You could make a lot of money advertising that as a diet plan.
Nothing- but it does limit your export markets when you make stuff to the imperial measurements lol
Back when I was an apprentice many, many, many moons ago, US made tools were often bought, but with most being imperial only, and there being extremely few cars with imperial sized bolts etc on them still left on the roads, new apprentices don't even look at US made tools any more- German made is the 'go to' for quality tools...
(you know you are getting old when the new cars you drooled over (and didn't have a hope in hell of buying) when you were looking at buying your first car, are now rented out for weddings and running on 'historical' club rego plates...)
Omg, don’t get me started with pi… (22/7 is ok to 3 or so places, 355/113 gets you 7 or so…
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And what diameter are the Rims on those cars...
22/7 is wrong at the third decimal place! 355/113 is wrong at the 7th
not that we ever need this much accuracy generally - but math is fun.
Nope,
22/7 is wrong at the third decimal place! 355/113 is wrong at the 7th
not that we ever need this much accuracy generally - but math is fun.
Nah, that’s not it… it will usually work, but it will not be a quality install. Unless everything happened to be oob ready…
Yup, I realized I was off as I typed it, went back and corrected myself, but you had already quoted my oopsie.
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OOB ready is what meant. I forgot to mention that they will install a split system as a window unit but the customer will have to open the window for them.
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3.14159265357 is about all I remember. Apparently I'm a couple digit's short of NASA's requirements, and my brain has suffered some parity errors.
3.141592653589793
3.141592653589793
How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - Edu News | NASA/JPL Edu
While world record holders may have memorized more than 70,000 digits of pi, a JPL engineer explains why you really only need a tiny fraction of that for most calculations – even at NASA.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
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My pet peeve about metric is our schools teaching the kids to measure with Centimeters
In industry we never use cm EVER. we use millimeter mm, meter m, and kilometer km.
A teacher told me they use cm because mm are so small kids don't relate to the units. - oh, well then best that they be lost day-one in every industry I guess!
In industry we never use cm EVER. we use millimeter mm, meter m, and kilometer km.
A teacher told me they use cm because mm are so small kids don't relate to the units. - oh, well then best that they be lost day-one in every industry I guess!
Rims and tyres are one of the very few things left that are (partially) in imperial- but many younger people don't even know the diameter is in inches (the width and rolling diameter is in mm)- they often think it is just a 'size'- like buying a size 6 shoe versus buying a size 8...
Like the tyres I bought for the Corolla whn I first bought it- they are 195/13/70 tyres- the width is in mm, the rim size is in inches, and the height is a ratio of width to height...
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and now you can calculate the circumference of earth's orbit to a fraction of a mm-well if the orbit was a circle, which it isn't but likely you don't need this much acuracy in everyday life. LOL3.14159265357 is about all I remember. Apparently I'm a couple digit's short of NASA's requirements, and my brain has suffered some parity errors.
3.141592653589793
How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? - Edu News | NASA/JPL Edu
While world record holders may have memorized more than 70,000 digits of pi, a JPL engineer explains why you really only need a tiny fraction of that for most calculations – even at NASA.www.jpl.nasa.gov
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