> > 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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> XXICVIII
That should have been CCXCVIII, and it's now CCXCIX.
Why bother changing system?
L.