Major Rant
May 4th 2006, 9:05 pm
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Major Rant
What the EFF is a 13th part of a 16th of a FLIPPING inch????????
Metric people...METRIC!!!!
Metric people...METRIC!!!!
May 4th 2006, 9:25 pm
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Re: Major Rant
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
What the EFF is a 13th part of a 16th of a FLIPPING inch????????
Metric people...METRIC!!!!
Metric people...METRIC!!!!
May 4th 2006, 9:43 pm
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Re: Major Rant
Originally Posted by Toontje
20.6375 mm
It still frustrates me after all these years!!
mm, cm, m, km, gr, kg, ml, liter.
Ah, priceless
May 4th 2006, 9:47 pm
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Re: Major Rant
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
What the EFF is a 13th part of a 16th of a FLIPPING inch????????
Metric people...METRIC!!!!
Metric people...METRIC!!!!
May 4th 2006, 9:49 pm
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Re: Major Rant
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
13/16" or 3/4" and a bit, good enough for rough carpentry
May 4th 2006, 9:51 pm
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Re: Major Rant
Originally Posted by Leslie66
Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
BTW, what do you call it?
May 4th 2006, 9:54 pm
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Re: Major Rant
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
I quite like working in "Imperial" again, but I'm an old git BTW, what do you call it?
BTW, what do you call it?
Just standard units of measurement I guess.
May 4th 2006, 9:56 pm
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Re: Major Rant
Originally Posted by Leslie66
I don't know that we call it anything.
Just standard units of measurement I guess.
Just standard units of measurement I guess.
May 4th 2006, 10:04 pm
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Re: Major Rant
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
I quite like working in "Imperial" again, but I'm an old git BTW, what do you call it?
BTW, what do you call it?
May 4th 2006, 10:06 pm
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Re: Major Rant
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Yeah I've noticed that with spanners etc. It's either "Normal" or Metric, in the UK we differentiate with 'Imperial'
May 4th 2006, 10:11 pm
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Re: Major Rant
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
And that's WRENCHES to you
May 4th 2006, 10:55 pm
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Re: Major Rant
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Yeah I've noticed that with spanners etc. It's either "Normal" or Metric, in the UK we differentiate with 'Imperial'
