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Re: Off Topic: Goin' Metric
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 2/3/2011, 8:54 am
In Response To: Re: Off Topic: Goin' Metric (Phil Nelson)

: "the division of the meter in factors of 10 because of the
: happenstance that we have 10 fingers doesn't seem especially
: logical and scientific to me."

: It's no less logical or scientific than the inch first being
: defined as "three grains of barley, dry and round, placed
: end to end, lengthwise".
: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch)

: Even if your '10 fingers' theory was true, and it's not, at least
: it's a reasonable basis for a measurement system. Not too many
: people I know have 4, 8, 12 or 16 of anything to help them with
: dividing-up imperial units :-)

: Metric has one advantage that no-one can argue with... it's used by
: almost every country & that's important in this modern age
: of international trading.

: Regards,

: Phil.

Have to understand history to make sense of this. Most industrial countries have industrized after the advent of the metric system so it was obvious, or they re-industrialized after WWII and it again made sense. The US was industrialized prior to any of this and that's why it's not changed.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

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John Caldeira -- 2/2/2011, 12:19 am
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JohnK -- 2/2/2011, 4:38 am
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Doug S -- 2/2/2011, 8:26 am
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Damian wentzel -- 2/2/2011, 9:19 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 1:51 am
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Richard Hayes -- 2/2/2011, 10:05 am
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Al Edie -- 2/2/2011, 11:49 am
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Mike Savage -- 2/2/2011, 1:03 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/2/2011, 4:34 pm
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John Caldeira -- 2/2/2011, 9:10 pm
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Niven Paine -- 2/3/2011, 2:07 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 2:16 am
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Niven Paine -- 2/3/2011, 4:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 8:46 am
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John Caldeira -- 2/3/2011, 2:21 am
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Chris Richer -- 2/3/2011, 9:29 am
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John Caldeira -- 2/3/2011, 9:54 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 2:09 am
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John Caldeira -- 2/3/2011, 2:26 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 2/7/2011, 12:44 pm
Off Topic: Goin' with Yost measurements
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/3/2011, 3:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 8:48 am
Re: Off Topic: Goin' with Yost measurements *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 2/3/2011, 9:21 am
R/C pushrod
Doug S -- 2/3/2011, 1:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 3:29 pm
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Doug S -- 2/3/2011, 3:44 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 2/3/2011, 3:47 pm
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Doug S -- 2/3/2011, 4:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 5:43 pm
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Tom Yost -- 2/3/2011, 6:06 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 2/3/2011, 6:12 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 7:00 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 7:03 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 2/3/2011, 7:23 pm
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Tom Yost -- 2/3/2011, 7:35 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 2/3/2011, 7:45 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 7:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 7:50 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 2/7/2011, 12:34 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/8/2011, 12:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 2:04 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/3/2011, 3:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 1:53 am
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Richard Hayes -- 2/3/2011, 7:30 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 8:51 am
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Richard Hayes -- 2/3/2011, 1:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 3:32 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 2/7/2011, 12:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/8/2011, 12:39 am
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dave -- 2/2/2011, 12:46 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/2/2011, 4:37 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 2/3/2011, 12:04 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 2:23 am
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Phil Nelson -- 2/3/2011, 2:34 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 8:54 am
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Phil Nelson -- 2/3/2011, 8:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/4/2011, 6:59 am
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Phil Nelson -- 2/4/2011, 7:17 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/4/2011, 7:23 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/4/2011, 7:31 am
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Bushwacker -- 2/4/2011, 10:48 am
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Todd O -- 2/4/2011, 11:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/4/2011, 12:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/4/2011, 7:17 am
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Phil Nelson -- 2/4/2011, 6:54 pm
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John Caldeira -- 2/3/2011, 3:13 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 2/3/2011, 4:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 8:56 am
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John Caldeira -- 2/3/2011, 10:05 am
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dhwdaniels -- 2/3/2011, 5:37 am
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dhwdaniels -- 2/3/2011, 5:29 am
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Mike Savage -- 2/3/2011, 6:28 am
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Les Cheeseman -- 2/3/2011, 8:48 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/3/2011, 9:00 am
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Les Cheeseman -- 2/3/2011, 9:06 am
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ancient kayaker -- 2/3/2011, 11:28 am
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Mike Savage -- 2/3/2011, 1:28 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 2/3/2011, 3:07 pm
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John Caldeira -- 2/3/2011, 5:56 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 2/4/2011, 12:48 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/4/2011, 7:12 am
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Mike Savage -- 2/4/2011, 1:15 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/4/2011, 1:38 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 2/4/2011, 11:51 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/5/2011, 5:35 am
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ancient kayaker -- 2/5/2011, 12:58 pm
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Charles Leach -- 2/5/2011, 1:53 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 2/4/2011, 11:07 am
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 2/4/2011, 6:56 pm
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Will Clarke -- 2/5/2011, 12:07 am
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 2/5/2011, 9:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/5/2011, 10:32 am
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Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 2/5/2011, 11:59 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 2/7/2011, 12:30 pm
I can't read any more metric conv. posts...
Robert N Pruden -- 2/7/2011, 12:50 pm
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 2/7/2011, 1:25 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/7/2011, 2:07 pm
Just one more
Ian Johnson -- 2/8/2011, 4:34 am
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Palle Dam -- 2/8/2011, 5:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/9/2011, 12:43 am
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Tom Yost -- 2/14/2011, 12:39 pm