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Re: Metric vs Imperial [Re: jmudler] #4037069 12/11/23 06:51 PM 12/11/23 06:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 5,101 Opp Alabama bward85 12 point
bward85 12 point Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 5,101 Opp Alabama	I've been working on German machinery for 37 years so metric is damn near second nature. That being said, I still prefer imperial measures.

Re: Metric vs Imperial [Re: jmudler] #4037076 12/11/23 07:08 PM 12/11/23 07:08 PM
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dave260rem! Pope of Aldeer and Expert Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 13,606 behind my Dillon	When our education system tried to Metricfy me my learning disability in math kicked in and I put calibers to learn. 9mm =.355 7mm =.284 etc. I can honestly say my last math teacher who we all hated did more to unite us in solidarity against her that all 28 of us passed the high school graduation exam. Skinny is my EX.Alcohol was involved.

Re: Metric vs Imperial [Re: jmudler] #4037088 12/11/23 07:40 PM 12/11/23 07:40 PM
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ford150man Old Mossy Horns Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 19,334 .	We use both at work. I hate the metric system when having to use both at the same time. If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.-Mark Twain

Re: Metric vs Imperial [Re: jmudler] #4037208 12/11/23 09:42 PM 12/11/23 09:42 PM
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UncleHuck 12 point Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 4,843 GA	Not sure why it would be considered easier. an Imperial inch is exactly the same size it was when I learned how to use a ruler all those decades ago......

Re: Metric vs Imperial [Re: Irishguy] #4037217 12/11/23 09:51 PM 12/11/23 09:51 PM
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cartervj Freak of Nature Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 22,257 colbert county	Originally Posted by Irishguy Originally Posted by jmudler Am I the only one who prefers metric? So much easier. It's the one thing that Jimmy Carter tried to do that I wish he had been successful at. Sure would be nice and the transition period would have been long gone by now. A simpler system would’ve been nice “Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.” ― Ronald Reagan

Re: Metric vs Imperial [Re: jmudler] #4037219 12/11/23 09:52 PM 12/11/23 09:52 PM
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UncleHuck 12 point Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 4,843 GA	The metric system was invented by a Frenchman who was offended by the idea of using a British system of measurement. Depending on the source, it was supposedly either a division of the precise distance from the earth to the moon, or a division of the earth's circumference. Either way, he was wrong.

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