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| GlennSprigg:
A few interesting comments, regarding the last page or two... We are generally metric now here in Australia, but being old, I prefer people's 'height' to be in feet & inches!! On TV, they talk of some crim being say 185cm instead of 6'1" which I can relate to. Although I've got used to Kgs for people now. Stone & Pounds are lost on me now. Also, regarding tape-measures, I was on a job once with a crew of Germans. They love their fold out wooden sticks measuring devices!! They said they were more accurate, as the metal tapes suffer from heat expansion/contraction. However, I pointed out that where their sticks were hinged, the 2 pieces of wood are about 6mm thick, so there is a possible 'Parallax-Error' when reading! |
| SkyMaster:
--- Quote from: xrunner on January 11, 2020, 03:32:32 am ---What about dice? :-// --- End quote --- You need to use 10-sided dice, else it would be a demonstration of United States arrogance to the rest of the world ;) :) |
| GeorgeOfTheJungle:
Those numbers with a line... the line goes above or below? :o |
| TimFox:
The convention for 6 and 9 is that the line goes below the numeral. |
| Gregg:
hexadecimal dice; something for everyone: |
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