I'm going to order a new range of metals for the shop but the packages I have a choice of are imperial or metric, I'm guessing imperial is more popular?
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LOL in ye olde worlde maybe.
its a lot simpler to work out scale in millimetres
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I'd go with metric too as Ian says it's easier to work out the scale.
VaughanComment
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Metric hopefully with out centimetres ie metres & millis.
Matter of interest in 1958 or there abouts the government of the day decided to go metric within 2 years. Bought all my metric scales & they lay for 30 years untouched. Do not think it is official even now. EU missing a trick here ?
LaurieComment
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Kids/young adults won't know imperial John and they are your future market. I personally measure everything in metric apart from my lardy backside which i do in stones.Comment
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I am still an 'imperial' man.... as for this foreign metric muck:ranting2:Comment
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Also inches can be very confusing. English Inches, Danish ones or US inches. Imperial clears that up but how many times do you see 6 ½ imperial inches. it will just say 6½"
Metric might be eurotwaddle but it does clear things up. See how things went with the ISS the bits built in the US dint match up with the bits in Europe due to an oversight. Some one forgot that US inches are different Imperial ones.... lol
Ian MComment
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Your not the only one...Originally posted by \Comment
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Up the imperial revolution but in truth John meteric is your way forwardComment
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I beelive US inches are the same as UK inches (25.4mm) , its gallons etc that are different. Personally I can work in both but I prefer 4 mm rather that 5/32"
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i work in a builders merchant and have to work with both (usually at the same time) but metric is far easier to work with.Comment
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It looks like metric it is, thanks for the feedback I must say I find it easier working in metricComment
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Another vote for metric from meComment
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Here in South Africa we work in Metric, but I work in the aviation repair indusrty. It becomes realy interesting when you work with planes from the UK with 4,5 liters per gal and speed of MPH, the US planes are 3,78 liters for a gal, all bolts in inches , speed in Kts and then the planes from France/Italy and east block with all metric stuff. The Russians also have speed in K'ph and the altimeter in meters, not feet!
The planes weights are generaly given in Lbs, but the Civil Aviation Authorities want it in KG!
Great times LOL!
I do have to say it is interesting to see the US military using "meters" when they talk about field artilary ranges.
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