Anti-Imperial

[atomant48]

Aviation too is a proper mix. Aircraft weight can be in metric while the same aircrafts fuel is in lbs; it flies in feet but lands on a runway measured in metres. And sometimes a ton of fuel is 1000kg, sometimes it’s half that!!

 

[wookie]

I'm fine with both and car tyre measurements use both plus percentage, ie 185mm 65% X 15 inch

IIRC the Metro had fully metric wheels and tyres but it didn't catch on.

Most of the vehicles I own use fully imperial tyres, 16x6.00", 16x10.5", 19x3.25" etc

 

[Wallace]

Anyone else get fed up with Imperial measurements?

Not sure if it's an age thing!

I use metric for most things but machining under 1mm convert to decimal Imperial.

are you American there 4x2over here americans say 2x4 a...se 1st

Do Americans use rhyming slang?

 

[Gwil]

For a while in the states, I think it was the 70s,the engine of a car was Metric and the body fasteners were Imperial.
Just use whatever wrench fits.

The 70s? My Harley's still like that!

 

[merryman]

sometimes a ton of fuel is 1000kg, sometimes it’s half that!!

Someone has been overcharging you for fuel, a metric Ton and an Imperial one are almost the same weight.

IIRC the Metro had fully metric wheels and tyres but it didn't catch on.

I had a Metro with those, someone must have got their calculations wrong as they never sealed on the rims, you always had a slow puncture. Changed them for 13" alloys, problem solved. The reason for the mixture of metric and imperial measurements on tyres is, cross ply tyres were all imperial. When radials came out, they still had to fit the same imperial wheels, but to differentiate radials, the width was changed to mm.

 

[Revs1972]

Problem is now no one has any idea of imperial. When someone walks in and asks for something 5 foot long there's lots of blank looks.

My first response is always ...."what's that in English?"

Mostly followed by them saying "that is bloody English "

Farmers eh

 

[Welderpaul]

My first response is always ...."what's that in English?"

Mostly followed by them saying "that is bloody English "

Farmers eh

Does Tekla work in imperial?

 

[Revs1972]

Does Tekla work in imperial?

I believe you can switch it in the options but can't run the two simultaneously

 

[snoozer]

Does Tekla work in imperial?

No please don't introduce the Finish, We're confused enough already

 

[Cobbler]

I'm fine with both and car tyre measurements use both plus percentage, ie 185mm 65% X 15 inch

We had a Dutch guy on the pitch next door when camping in France, he started on about us & imperial measurements. I asked him what size were the wheels on his car, "err 15 inch" what size was the drive on his socket set in the boot, " err half inch drive" then I explained to him about dividing fractions in half for woodworm 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 & so on, it was easy & he realised he'd lost the argument. Made I larf as they say.

 

[reb78]

I did a lot of carpentry with my dad as a youngster. I only use imperial! I find it keeps my brain working too!

 

[slimjim]

I sort of flip between the two, depending on what is convenient at the time, most of my stuff is metric though, mainly because most of my motorcycles are built in metric.

 

[mcostello]

If You'all have Imperial tire sizes over there, Some one has it round about as I've got Metric over here,have not seen an Imperial size in 25 years.

 

[bigegg]

If You'all have Imperial tire sizes over there, Some one has it round about as I've got Metric over here,have not seen an Imperial size in 25 years.

we have metric tyres - but imperial rims.

so (for example) a 235mm wide tyre, on a 13" rim.

 

[Farside]

Yes, an inch-the width of your thumb, a foot-the length of your foot, a yard-the length of a mans stride.

Don't forget the Yarn.
The length of an indeterminate ramble (usually in a pub), which may or may not be true.

 

[Ton-up]

Thought of this thread when listening to the news on radio 2 earlier about the bridge collapse in Italy. The reporter said words to the effect of -
" there's been a couple of dozen meters of bridge come down"

 

[Gritineye]

Don't mind iether but i hate centimetres with a vengeance, millimetres I can visualize to four figures, no chance with centimetres. Might just as well use feet and inches which I can visualize.