Do Americans find metric too difficult?

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Do Americans find metric too difficult?

lol

No, Americans use both as well.

 

[DGS49]

What is 36-24-36 in metric? Does it sound as good? What is six feet tall? What is a metric mile, and who gives a shit? Litres per hundred kilometers? Are you kidding? Give me mpg any day.

 

[Concerned American]

What is 36-24-36 in metric? Does it sound as good? What is six feet tall? What is a metric mile, and who gives a shit? Litres per hundred kilometers? Are you kidding? Give me mpg any day.

Only person on this forum that I've seen have a problem with metric is Donald H, the commie Canadian duck who lives it every day. He doesn't know how many liters are in a US gallon.

 

[Mindful]

Only person on this forum that I've seen have a problem with metric is Donald H, the commie Canadian duck who lives it every day. He doesn't know how many liters are in a US gallon.

Wait till you try to fathom stones and ounces. And that’s not metric.

 

[Concerned American]

Wait till you try to fathom stones and ounces. And that’s not metric.

measurements are measurements, people just have to learn conversions to what they are comfortable with thinking in--just like language.

 

[Concerned American]

What is 36-24-36 in metric? Does it sound as good? What is six feet tall? What is a metric mile, and who gives a shit? Litres per hundred kilometers? Are you kidding? Give me mpg any day.

91-61-91 cm. Doesn't sound nearly as attractive.

 

[Captain Caveman]

But they do drive on the wrong side of the road.

What happened was, Roman quarries were observed, the tracks worn into the bedrock were on the left. That meant, heavier carts came out of the quarries driving on the Left. So driving on the left was there before England, and England became England in 927.

So in your infinite wisdom, please explain how from 1776, driving on the left is the wrong side of the road

 

[Mr Natural]

What happened was, Roman quarries were observed, the tracks worn into the bedrock were on the left. That meant, heavier carts came out of the quarries driving on the Left. So driving on the left was there before England, and England became England in 927.

So in your infinite wisdom, please explain how from 1776, driving on the left is the wrong side of the road

There were no cars in 1776.

 

[Captain Caveman]

There were no cars in 1776.

In the UK, we had horse and carriages, wait for this, hence why roads are called carriageways.

Did America have such technology as horses, carts, and carriages before the car, or just in the UK?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

We use decimal equivalent the most.
As in 5 1/8 is 5.125.
We cut paper constantly, so you tend to measure with a ruler and then program the cutter in decimals. Once you know the decimal equivalent by heart... you can convert measurements very quickly.

Yep.
As a machinist you obviously have to know how to convert fractions to decimal points on the fly.
Every machinist I ever knew had the handy dandy chart that'll do it for you but after awhile you know em all by heart.
The other side of that chart had the list of drill sizes needed for tapped holes.
Like a 1/4-20 tap required a #7 drill which cut to .201.

 

[Mindful]

There were no cars in 1776.

Which side do you mount your horse?

 

[Concerned American]

Yep.
As a machinist you obviously have to know how to convert fractions to decimal points on the fly.
Every machinist I ever knew had the handy dandy chart that'll do it for you but after awhile you know em all by heart.
The other side of that chart had the list of drill sizes needed for tapped holes.
Like a 1/4-20 tap required a #7 drill which cut to .201.

13/64ths in a pinch--if you don't have a full set of letter and number drill bits.

 

[Concerned American]

Which side do you mount your horse?

Depends on your definition of mount. I prefer sheep myself. LOL

 

[Mindful]

There were no cars in 1776.

It’s all Napoleon’s fault.

 

[Mindful]

Depends on your definition of mount. I prefer sheep myself. LOL

At ease!

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Yep.
As a machinist you obviously have to know how to convert fractions to decimal points on the fly.
Every machinist I ever knew had the handy dandy chart that'll do it for you but after awhile you know em all by heart.
The other side of that chart had the list of drill sizes needed for tapped holes.
Like a 1/4-20 tap required a #7 drill which cut to .201.

On the other side in printing is picas.
Picas have been widely used in the printing/publishing business for many years.
It is easier than fractions because they are all whole numbers.
11 inches, obviously letter length of a sheet is 66 picas, so to cut in thirds it is 22 picas.

 

[Likkmee]

1 foot 8 and 17/64" divide 3 = ?
37.63 mm divide 3 = really, like really, ya know, like hard dude.
I need my k-fone and a safe space for an hour
I losted that thar key so I need a wrench...a lil bigger than 11/32 but smaller than 3/4 an shit
C'mon man

 

[Sebastian Fahrner]

After all I got cubic feet...

 

[Bob Blaylock]

I use both imperial and metric. Whatever I'm doing, if metric or imperial works better, I use that. When it comes to Quantity Surveying, I have to use metric because materials are sold in metric units.

Do you, or can you use metric?

 

[Captain Caveman]

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The UK uses both, I imagine America continued to use the imperial system from the British colonies. Funny how Americans continued to use imperial and the English language, yet you some bellends over there that try to knock the UK. France saved your arses for independence, so you should be speaking French and using metric. Retarded springs to mind.

My op stating difficulty relates to how metric fits in with imperial in the US, especially when dealing with the likes of the EU who are legislated to predominantly use metric. And on a side note, NASA thanks you for your courageous and hard working efforts in their space program.