8ob
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Ditto.I'm 1951 model so in the transition generation
Mimp, both !
So we're not all normal here ?So there’s more bi and trans folk on this forum than you’d think
Interesting point. Is a thousandth of an inch base 10 also?I was glad to see the back of pounds, shillings & pence while I was at school, metric (decimal) money with base 10 was much easier to work with.
I was glad to see the back of pounds, shillings & pence while I was at school, metric (decimal) money with base 10 was much easier to work with.
Interesting point. Is a thousandth of an inch base 10 also?
I am sure he still quotes his height in feet and inches. Weight in stone.I studied engineering in the 90s. Everything we did was in metric (Si units) with no exceptions! Yet, in the real world I’m happy to talk about MPG, buy steak by the Lb, and drink a pint.
My son is now at university doing engineering and is so strictly metric that nothing imperial makes sense. Imperial measurements are not used in common speak, except for maybe a pint.
So, I’m wondering if imperial measurements will ever completely die out?
And cables too!I am sure he still quotes his height in feet and inches. Weight in stone.
Speed limits in mph - distances in miles.
In aviation speak most people still use ft for altitude and nautical miles for speed/distance.
I use both systems a lot but I find it much easier to machine something to within half a thou or a a few tenths.
In our pallet shipping business it is all metric. One of our customers gave the weight of an item in cwt. My staff were completely confused. When I explained it was 8 stone they could picture it immediately.
Then again when I am on a boat I must be one of the very very few left who still uses fathoms