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    From Janis Kracht@1:261/38 to Daniel Torrey on Mon Jul 23 15:12:58 2035
    Just out of curiosity, why do you continue with this inches shit,

    We do it because...we do it. It's just second nature to us. Sort of like Greek
    dodging taxes, or Scots eating haggis, or Swedes posting flamebait.

    Lol :)

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  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Ward Dossche on Wed Apr 21 15:13:02 2027
    Hello Ward,

    On Monday December 31 2012 11:10, you wrote to Daryl Stout:

    Some Scandinavian countries way back when changed overnight from
    left-lane driving to right-line driving. It wasn't the end of the
    world. Europe in the late 50-ies or early 60-ies changed overnight
    from 110 volt to 220 volt.

    I remember when my grandparents in The Hague had 110 Volts when we in Driebergen had 220 Volt.

    Now as good as the whole world is on 220 volt.

    Hmmm.... http://tinyurl.com/yaxq8jr

    And as an added funny detail, here in the kingdom of metric the sizes
    of pipes (water, gas, sewage, ...)

    Not here. Water and gas (same pipes) in mm. Standartd values are 12, 15 and 22 mm.

    and electricity cables are still calculated in inch.

    Standard electricity pipe is labeled 5/8" but it actually is 16 mm.


    Cheers, Michiel

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Roy Witt on Mon May 10 15:17:02 2027
    On the contrary, Joe. Metrics were accepted by certain industries and rejected by others. If a company made a product that was to be
    distributed
    world-wide, they used the metric system to write their specs. That
    doesn't
    mean that they made things with metric materials, such as 19mm bar stock, but instead, their system called out 19.05 and SAE .750 material was
    used.

    What I find a bit worrysome is that when you buy an electric tool/appliance here, made here and plug it in overthere, it will work as it was built the correct way. It doesn't matter if it's intended for export or not ... it will just work correct.

    When you buy something American made and plug it in here ... chances are fair you'll get fireworks. That has improved over the years with stuff that was built in the East and in Europe.

    \%/@rd

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