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> > >I now make parts for different people who e-mail/fax me drawings so I
> > > can quote on them.
> > > Some parts are such that I can't tell what they are or what they're
> > > the purpose of them are.
> > > Sometimes I see dimensions as obviously imperial ones, sometime it is
> > > hard to tell, especially when I have NO clue what these parts are.
> > > Personally, I don't give a rat's ass what system is used as I work in
> > > both metric and imperial.
> > > But what seems to be the reason for the US hold-out to stay with an
> > > archaic system?
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> > It all boils down to time Robatoy. It takes you longer to say metric stuff
> > than inche stuff. Time is money.
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> > In the time we can say 1/2 inch and measure it. You are still listening to
> > the guy calling out, gimme Twelve m i l l - i - m e t e r s.
> > Or drive one mile vs. drive one k i l l - o - m e t e r .
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> > Too many dang syllables in that metric stuff.
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> Sorry Leon, but I can say "three mils" faster than you can say "three
> sixteenths. :-)
Yabbut.. is a 'mil' a millimeter?