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| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: GeorgeOfTheJungle on November 26, 2019, 02:45:08 pm --- --- Quote from: SilverSolder on November 26, 2019, 01:42:58 pm ---Attempting to stay on topic: the Metric system is the planet's best bet for an international standard for international trade. Most American industry already use Metric - workers in Hamtramck, Michigan, are cranking out Buicks all day with metric fasteners. I say Buick, because this brand is one of the most popular in China... which would have been much more difficult if it was made of Imperial components. --- End quote --- Those Buicks are... Opels designed in Europe!! Regal === Insignia Encore == Mokka Enclave == Grandland --- End quote --- Fair point, but the older "real" Buicks were metric too, back to at least the 90's! (The older big Buick sedans were nicer in some ways than the new Opel derivatives... something like the Lucerne Super was probably the last of the "serious" Buick sedans. And it was metric!) |
| bsfeechannel:
--- Quote from: tooki on November 25, 2019, 05:50:34 pm --- --- Quote from: bsfeechannel on November 25, 2019, 02:48:49 pm ---The rest of the world IS 100% metric and you know that's true. You can hear echos of imperial or customary units "here and there", but you know darn well that imperial outside the US is DEAD. --- End quote --- :-DD I and others already provided you with proof that non-metric measures are still in active use in so-called metric countries. It’s not 100%, and likely never will be, unless you propose leveling all existing structures to make sure no inch threaded pipes remain in use, because otherwise inch thread spare parts will have to remain available. Similarly, all pre-metric objects will need to be scrapped, lest non-metric parts be made available. Oh yeah, and commercial aviation is a thing. With few exceptions (again, already named in prior posts), all commercial aviation uses nautical miles for distance and feet for altitude. --- End quote --- Those are imperial zombies™. You know what we do with zombies? We kill them. Well, technically they're already dead. But we kill them deader. |
| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on November 26, 2019, 03:35:02 pm --- [...] Those are imperial zombies™. You know what we do with zombies? We kill them. [...] --- End quote --- It may be more accurate to say that we just leave them to die a natural death - even if it takes a long time for them to die, the long term prognosis is 100% certain! |
| CatalinaWOW:
--- Quote from: Mr. Scram on November 26, 2019, 06:29:51 am --- --- Quote from: CatalinaWOW on November 25, 2019, 06:06:05 pm ---I must also point out that most of the world has made a lot of things illegal. Like murder. Driving faster than posted limits. Stealing other peoples property. And for reasons totally incomprehensible to some, those activities still occur. Even though almost all agree that the world would be a better place if they didn't. I don't lose much sleep over the difference between a perfect world and the one we actually live in. --- End quote --- You don't lose sleep over murder? That sounds a bit psychopathic. --- End quote --- Those who do lose sleep over murder must not sleep at all, because it happens. In every part of the world. It is a horrible thing, but me staying awake is not going to change it. |
| Mr. Scram:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on November 26, 2019, 11:17:19 am ---There is here (UK), I've never seen a set of measuring spoons that weren't 5ml, 10ml, 15ml. With the proviso that they were recent enough to have markings/specifications in mls as well as nominal 'spoon' sizes; I'll bet my old mum's measuring spoons just said "tsp" etc. Just did a quick search on ebay for measuring spoons from the UK, Europe, China and the USA, and they all seem to conform to those sizes. So it looks as if there is an ad-hoc world standard. --- End quote --- Your search bubble may be getting to you. I'll refer to Wikipedia. "The unit of measurement varies by region: a United States tablespoon is approximately 14.8 mL (0.50 US fl oz), a United Kingdom and Canadian tablespoon is exactly 15 mL (0.51 US fl oz),[2] and an Australian tablespoon is 20 mL (0.68 US fl oz).[3]" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablespoon |
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