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Re: Hey, keep your metric up there in .ca!
Posted by simul8guy (more from simul8guy) on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:09:14
In Reply to: Re: Hey, keep your metric up there in .ca!, BarryM, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:48:01

Couldn't agree more, but inertia (how do we measure that in the English system again???) is very difficult to overcome....

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Posts in this Thread:

Astounding statement in a Reuters article, MI-Roger , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:57:25
- not astounding at all, Erik919kt , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:13:10
  - Re: not astounding at all, simul8guy, Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:49:10
  - 100LL is "high lead", Saab Junkie , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:39:57
    - My favorite was..., Larry West , Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:44:08
    - Re: 100LL is "high lead", Erik919kt , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:49:16
- Re: Astounding statement in a Reuters article, KevinM, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:26:45
- The third rule of journalism is, Noel , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:44:43
- Coming up to our 35th year of Metricity here in Canada, CrNiFe , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:28:30
  - Hey, keep your metric up there in .ca!, nwas, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:43:17
    - Re: Hey, keep your metric up there in .ca!, BarryM, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:48:01
      - Re: Hey, keep your metric up there in .ca!, simul8guy, Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:09:14
  - I'll hop on board when time is metricized, AeroBaron, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:31:29
    - Time *is* metricized (long), BlaaSaab, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:17:26
      - Re: Time *is* metricized (long), simul8guy, Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:25:12
      - Re: Time *is* metricized (long), ArcticSaab, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:32:39
      - For all intents and purposes it is *not* (also long), AeroBaron, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:45:01
        Radians, Gene N , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:26:13
        2π radians per circle! n/m, xhawksaab , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:10:33
        Sorry 2 pi radians per circle, xhawksaab , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:12:20
        Time ,Trig and 360 (long), xhawksaab , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:42:37
        SI, James, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:03:35
      - But all weight is based on Earth's gravity!, Noel , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:38:48
        A kilogram is a kilogram - earth or moon or pandora, Bruce, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:07:25
        Re: A kilogram is a kilogram - earth or moon or pandora, BlaaSaab, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:37:28
        Metric/standard car fasteners, SWEDECAR , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:04:24
        Re: Metric/standard car fasteners, JimBlake , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:23:01
        Re: A kilogram is a kilogram - earth or moon or pandora, swede-murphy , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:53:40
        But 20degF doesn't seem as cold as -22degC, Bruce, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:51:38
        What about "sub-zero" temps though?, BlaaSaab, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:14:11
        Yep - too many scientific justifications in this thread, AeroBaron, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:38:41
        Re: Yep - too many scientific justifications in this thread, James, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:15:59
        Dollars/cents are already decimalized!, BlaaSaab, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:39:36
        Ah yes, memories of Engineering classes, MI-Roger , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:38:50
        Re: Ah yes, memories of Engineering classes, BlaaSaab, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:39:18
      - Help! My speedo reads "Furlongs per Fortnight"... n/m, Whirligigmike , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:30:55
        Now THAT'S funny!! n/m, SaabDork , Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:51:20
  - A pint's a pound the world around!, MI-Roger , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:24:03
    - In your dreams! >, Bill Davies , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:33:08
      - Re: In your dreams! >, pete, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:33:37
        Well >, Bill Davies , Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:37:08
        Re: Well >, pete, Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:26:30

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