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[David Savage]

I agree metric is easier, but I grew up working on old cars, old
lathes/mills, so I had to learn.

As a result when I see a certain sized bolt I first think 3/4", not 19mm :-)

Cheers,

Dave

On 10/1/07, Rick Womer <rwomer1004 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, this 50-something dog grew up with English
> units, went into science, and was thoroughly converted
> to metric.  In fact, when I'm doing projects around
> the house, I use metric.  There are a lot fewer errors
> that way.
>
> "Measure once, cut twice. Measure twice, cut once.  In
> either case, with English units, do the arithmetic
> three times."
>
> Rick
>
> --- David Savage <ozsavage at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 9/30/07, Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist at comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> > > Us old folks have to stick together:-).
> >
> > I'm just a young pup, compared to some of you guys
> > ;-), who grew up
> > with the metric system, and I think in inches when
> > it comes to
> > tinkering in the shed,