Since you ask, I prefer Metric.
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Since you ask, I prefer Metric.Probably true, I'll take your word for it. Just goes to show that a hybrid system may be the best in the world. Just saying….What was the ceiling height of a recent aircraft flight? As in how many thousands of Feet? Fired your 11.43mm pistol lately? (Said nobody, that would correctly be 45 Cal ACP). How about the plethora of 50 Calibers that decorate so many of our aircraft, or do you prefer COMBLOC 12.7mm? As I just said elsewhere, we're right back to the original purpose of this Forum, asking which system do you prefer? As a known curmudgeon pushing 80 and being the perfect poster child of that old dog that can't learn new tricks I still vote for Imperial. As a young GI in West Germany I was amazed at, and always adhered to that sign: Nicht Sprechen Mit Der Wagonfuhrer!
There are 1 thread per mm, 1.25 per mm, 1.5 per mm, and more, I don't have my metric thread pitch gauge handy at the moment.The good thing with metric threads is that even with poor eyesight you can see the size of most metric threads. If it looks about 1mm it is 1mm because there are no "odd" measurements like 1 1/16 mm per threads. Even with the smaller threads if it looks about 3 threads per mm it is 3 threads per mm - because there are no 3 1/4 threads per mm.
Most GM engines used "expansion discs" (rimless, convex) in their engines prior to the mid/late 50's.Regarding U.S. car engine parts, when the freeze plug in the head of a Pontiac flat head six rusted through, no parts place, including NAPA who supplied parts for my 1941 Caddy, had or could find a new freeze plug or part number for it.
Don't let the British fool you, they still used Imperial measurements well into the 20th century.No country has adopted the entire metric system and kept it all. Even the French came to realize that the metric time and calendar were inferior. I trust that just as Confederate money is increasing in value, the world will someday recognize the superiority of our traditional American system.
I fully respect your preference as you were exposed to both systems for most of your life. As for myself, being born in the late 1940's and schooled in the 50's and early 60's I was never exposed to the Metric system early on although I vaguely recall an Elementary teacher mentioning "a different system was used in foreign countries". Not to worry was the basic premise for us young American Yahoos. In fact, we didn't even call it "Imperial", it was "Standard" measurement and to this day that's how I differentiate from Metric as needed. ***Humor Alert*** Right now my biggest concern is for the predominantly Metric Minded to never know exactly what a Quarter Pounder isSince you ask, I prefer Metric.
Confederate money today is worth much more than Federal. One of my Grannies left me with a brick size stack of CSA notes. Every now and then I part one or two out on eBay for Cubic dollars…..is Cubic metric or imperial? All I know is it's a lot. Her Dad (my G-G-Grandfather, was one of those teenagers at Griswoldville, Georgia in November 1864, lost a leg, lived until 1931.No country has adopted the entire metric system and kept it all. Even the French came to realize that the metric time and calendar were inferior. I trust that just as Confederate money is increasing in value, the world will someday recognize the superiority of our traditional American system.
Hi,In the area of getting units wrong there was a Space Shuttle mission when everybody was startled to hear a Ground Proximity Warning. The location was over Mt Everest. Turned out that they were using the Shuttle orbital altitude in millions of feet and someone had entered the top of Mt Everest as the correct value but in millions of miles, not feet.
And hey! What about nautical miles? Aviation charts use nautical miles, because it matches up so well with degrees, minutes and seconds of longitude and latitude. Aircraft airspeed indicators can be in either knots or mph. I even made a knots to mph conversion scale I could carry along so I could go between flying Cessna 150's, with MPH ASI or Cessna 152's, with Knots ASI.
All the prices that I've seen quoted for Confederate money are more than face value but I don't rule out the possibility that a common issue in poor condition might sell for less than face value. About 2007, a large cache of Confederate money was discovered in the basement of the South Carolina State House. At first, they quietly sold some in small quantities so as not to flood the market; later, they had auctions.Confederate money today is worth much more than Federal. One of my Grannies left me with a brick size stack of CSA notes. Every now and then I part one or two out on eBay for Cubic dollars…..is Cubic metric or imperial? All I know is it's a lot. Her Dad (my G-G-Grandfather, was one of those teenagers at Griswoldville, Georgia in November 1864, lost a leg, lived until 1931.
I'm also a Georgia Boy.
All the prices that I've seen quoted for Confederate money are more than face value but I don't rule out the possibility that a common issue in poor condition might sell for less than face value. About 2007, a large cache of Confederate money was discovered in the basement of the South Carolina State House. At first, they quietly sold some in small quantities so as not to flood the market; later, they had auctions.
Probably true, I'll take your word for it. Just goes to show that a hybrid system may be the best in the world. Just saying….What was the ceiling height of a recent aircraft flight? As in how many thousands of Feet? Fired your 11.43mm pistol lately? (Said nobody, that would correctly be 45 Cal ACP). How about the plethora of 50 Calibers that decorate so many of our aircraft, or do you prefer COMBLOC 12.7mm? As I just said elsewhere, we're right back to the original purpose of this Forum, asking which system do you prefer? As a known curmudgeon pushing 80 and being the perfect poster child of that old dog that can't learn new tricks I still vote for Imperial. As a young GI in West Germany I was amazed at, and always adhered to that sign: Nicht Sprechen Mit Der Wagonfuhrer!