I recently received a machine part.... a drive shaft.. 1/2 inch diameter, with M5 metric threaded holes on each end.
Each hole is 1 inch deep. Ahhhahahahaha (hysterical laughter). Made in China....

We are going to heck in a handbasket! Let's mix and match....

Or as it stands on a sign at the Long Island Express way: Islip Airport -> 1 Mile/1 Km

Lemo

In Sweden a mile is 10 kilometers!

The "official" British mile is 1.6093 Kilometers.

How any advanced country can not be completely metric in the 21st Century?

Aussie went metric back in the early 1960s.

Brian

Seems everthing keeps comparing to a "Mile".

Metric is great scale to know, still, America is on imperial units.

Did you know a country mile is about that far?

Whats your teacher supposed to do with her yard stick?

Should all the lenolium in the world be changed?

All drag racing times and records must be converted. Any takers?

The fooball field is no longer 100 yards!

The hockey rink is no longer 85' x 200'.

Burr

Americans still don't want to realise how small a part of the real, measure up, world they are in maybe? (Having a dig!)

Who else in the whole world has not made the change, decades ago!

(Like, back in my day, you had to have 10% of a house price as deposit and loan repayments could not exceed 13% of the MALE (only) buyers income!)

Now, in the third world,--------

Crazy world-----me and my mates have had all the solutions for yonks!
(Nobody listens!)

Brian

Should I really respond here.

Dont want to step on toes.

Back to modeling.

Burr

Probably not!
(I just have this huge list of logical choices that no one really dissagrees with but, when it comes to action, nothing happens!
In my nearly 77th year and still not had anyone I voted for elected either!)

And I still can't come to grips with XSI----mumble/grumble

Wow is me.

Brian

Funny thing Aussie's and Americans....Really peas in a pod!

>>And I still can't come to grips with XSI----mumble/grumble

Here we are at MoI. Even Better than that!

Let the creative juices flow.

>>Americans still don't want to realise how small a part of the real, measure up, world they are in maybe? (Having a dig!)

Brian several industries still use imperial as a standard regardless of their location in relation to the US. I'm not arguing that metric is not easier to learn and apply system, I am however citing the fact as mentioned earlier that every cad package I know of can swap back and forth the units with a couple of clicks so it is really a moot point. As for the Mars lander they were probably off by more than a decimal place to say the least and an organization like NASA should have a strict QA program that requires all work done to certain standards and they managed to launch us another $125 million into debt......

"Americans still don't want to realise how small a part of the real, measure up, world they are in maybe?"


He, He, he

Well, how could I ever top that!

----one can live in hope--starting tomorrow?

Brian

By the way the request at the start of this thread to be able to enter feet & inches input with the last " sign missing (like type 5'2 for the same as 5'2") has been enabled now since the Nov-21 v2 beta.

- Michael

Michael

Thats no way to educate people!

Tis a fun/silly world---NOW, do you want to see the list of SIMPLE things that I and my friends have solved to make all good?---It's so easy!
(To make the list!)

Brian