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Jethro Rocker said:
Almost the same here. Almost.
Also 20C = 68F. As an absolute, 1 degree C = very close to 2 degrees F so 22C is 4 degrees F above 68 so 72. Can kinda convert sorta..
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For whatever reason I’ve made rocket science out of converting C to F or F to C in my head. Can do linear, mass and volume pretty close. More an estimate than exact…. But that’s usually close enough unless you’re building something or baking…. Etc.

I will say. I learned metrics taking HS chemistry and physics back in the dark ages. After figuring out how easy it was…. I wanted to go find the guy that invented the asinine system we use in this country and inflict harm on him…. It would seem I was too late.
 
WavMixer said:
That looks like it will be solid as a rock when you are done!!!
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They are going to eventually pull it like a sled away from the house , at the bottom of the framing you can see the painted silver 2x8’s that are 10’ long.. the have a couple of garden spikes pounded into the ground, the will have to pull up before they move it. The deck top will get screwed so they can be removed.

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iblive said:
For whatever reason I’ve made rocket science out of converting C to F or F to C in my head. Can do linear, mass and volume pretty close. More an estimate than exact…. But that’s usually close enough unless you’re building something or baking…. Etc.

I will say. I learned metrics taking HS chemistry and physics back in the dark ages. After figuring out how easy it was…. I wanted to go find the guy that invented the asinine system we use in this country and inflict harm on him…. It would seem I was too late.
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Well if you never use it, why learn it?
That's why I don't know calculus, forgotten all the trig, quite a bit of chemistry...
 
iblive said:
I will say. I learned metrics taking HS chemistry and physics back in the dark ages. After figuring out how easy it was…. I wanted to go find the guy that invented the asinine system we use in this country and inflict harm on him…. It would seem I was too late.
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Yeah. Remember that push in the late '70s or early '80s to go metric in the US? I wish that would have succeeded. I started to use the metric system myself, as much as I could. I drove my mother nuts using units like centimeters and kilograms!

Ah well...
 
smitty_p said:
Yeah. Remember that push in the late '70s or early '80s to go metric in the US? I wish that would have succeeded. I started to use the metric system myself, as much as I could. I drove my mother nuts using units like centimeters and kilograms!

Ah well...
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I was all for it as well. As a mechanic I welcomed it. Especially when, in the case of a 77 Chevy I had, most of it was still American hardware. Until I climbed under the car to drop the trans. Bolts that held flex plate and bell housing to engine…… American. Rear trans mount. Metric. Why??? Transmission itself was metric.

Late 70s. Tractors we worked on were also part metric, part American. It was a large pain in the rear end. Since I had Honda motorcycles I already had an assortments of metric tools in my box. The other guys were scrambling to purchase metric tools.
 
Except for my old Harleys, everything I do is now metric. If I’m repairing a machining center, I have to put it into metric to match the current calibration of my eyes, and because all the parameter sets are metric.

As for GM transmissions, they moved production to Ontario in the seventies. That’s why they were all metric.

Besides, this meme is spot on. Americans refuse to use the metric system, and sometimes can’t even grasp Imperial.

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SG John said:
Except for my old Harleys, everything I do is now metric. If I’m repairing a machining center, I have to put it into metric to match the current calibration of my eyes, and because all the parameter sets are metric.

As for GM transmissions, they moved production to Ontario in the seventies. That’s why they were all metric.

Besides, this meme is spot on. Americans refuse to use the metric system, and sometimes can’t even grasp Imperial.

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This is a good read on the danger of metric and imperial conversions.

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Gimli Glider - Wikipedia

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Don O said:
This is a good read on the danger of metric and imperial conversions.

en.wikipedia.org

Gimli Glider - Wikipedia

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A fascinating story, saw an excellent docu on this. Amazing,. for those who don't wish to read it all-

how does a 757 jetliner run out of fuel?
Faulty fuel gauge combined with a calculation for POUNDs instead of KILOS, a difference of over twofold!!!
Can it land like a glider on an unused airfield which is hosting drag races? Can it slow down without power?
Read and find out....
 
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