Or 1 3/8" ... although it's not that, since it's half of 70mm (just a bit more than 1 3/8"). Edison wanted 1 3/8 but got 70mm split in half.
...and, regardless of geography, we all refer to 35mm as 35mm. Not 1.3779527", so most of us should be able to visualize (visualise) how large 24mm and 35/36mm are.
Haha, the same would apply to 120 of course.
That 1-3/8" thing drove me crazy. It might seem like just a tiny bit different than 35mm; but when you've got a line bore machine matched to actual 35mm European round hinge bases, substituting a 1-3/8" Forstner bit can cause many hours of extra installation tweaking in a large kitchen. If they griped, I told them to buy a metric crowbar, a rubber mallet, and rubber nails.
Changing from one system of measurement or currency to another can be fairly easy.
I often wonder why the USA can't get its' head around the metric system since their $ is based on it (100c = $1)
In National school I learned money maths in £ s d. That changed to metric (100p = IR£) in 1971. Then miles feet and inches changed to metre, cm, mm. And by 2005 all our road signs and speed limits were in kilometre and kph.
I know it's off topic but here is an example of £ s d maths.
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My public school and university time coincided with the time when much of the everyday metrification started really happening in Canada.
As a result, my ability to mentally see and estimate in either system is probably impaired.
I just wish that we would finish the job - stop advertising prices per pound and then having both on the shelf sign, but only the metric on the receipt.
We don't see miles per hour anymore on our road signs or speedometers - and we survived!
By the way, my then young nieces were confounded by clock faces when they visited our home - they were only comfortable telling the time using digital clocks.
And as for the answer to your question Alan, just tell your Tesla to get you there, and you can stop worrying about it
Not a reason. Not even a worthwhile excuse. Everywhere else people were able to make the change without a brouhaha. People in the US just need to get over themselves.
You may want to do some research about the metric system before posting about converting to a decimal clock. That has never been seriously considered.
You have bigger problems in Canada as all the signs and government papers are in two languages French and English. At least we both drive on the right side of the road instead of the wrong side like those Brits.
You have bigger problems in Canada as all the signs and government papers are in two languages French and English.
You may want to do some research about the metric system before posting about converting to a decimal clock. That has never been seriously considered.
I never said it was. Maybe you ought to read my posts first before criticizing what they didn't say.
But in fact it was actually implemented for 12 years in revolutionary France. To quote Wikipedia:
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Decimal time was introduced in the decree of 5 October 1793 under which the day was divided into 10 "decimal hours", the "hour" into 100 " decimal minutes" and the "decimal minute" into 100 "decimal seconds". The "decimal hour" corresponded to 2 hr 24 min, the "decimal minute" to 1.44 min and the "decimal second" to 0.864 s.
The implementation of decimal time proved an immense task and under the article 22 of the law of 18 Germinal, Year III (7 April 1795), the use of decimal time was no longer mandatory. On 1 January 1806, France reverted to the traditional timekeeping.
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Along with the 10-month Roman calendar.And it died. Never to be resurrected again.
Along with the 10-month Roman calendar.
I understand that Japan is considering going to right-side driving. During the pilot program all cars will start driving on the right in 2024. If it works out smoothly, trucks will be added to the program later in the year.You have bigger problems in Canada as all the signs and government papers are in two languages French and English. At least we both drive on the right side of the road instead of the wrong side like those Brits. ...
I understand that Japan is considering going to right-side driving. During the pilot program all cars will start driving on the right in 2024. If it works out smoothly, trucks will be added to the program later in the year.
I never found multiple languages on signs a problem. Especially when I am in a country were English is not the dominate language. One should be tolerant of others and their ways and they will be tolerant of us.
But in fact it was actually implemented for 12 years in revolutionary France. To quote Wikipedia:
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Decimal time was introduced in the decree of 5 October 1793 under which the day was divided into 10 "decimal hours", the "hour" into 100 " decimal minutes" and the "decimal minute" into 100 "decimal seconds". The "decimal hour" corresponded to 2 hr 24 min, the "decimal minute" to 1.44 min and the "decimal second" to 0.864 s.
The implementation of decimal time proved an immense task and under the article 22 of the law of 18 Germinal, Year III (7 April 1795), the use of decimal time was no longer mandatory. On 1 January 1806, France reverted to the traditional timekeeping.
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I understand that Japan is considering going to right-side driving. During the pilot program all cars will start driving on the right in 2024. If it works out smoothly, trucks will be added to the program later in the year.
In case you're not aware, it's not road signs that are the real issue. It;s that every Federal government document is printed bilingually in English and French.
You might be amazed at how infrequently we encounter this in everyday life
The requirement for bilingual information on packaging is much more of an everyday thing - but it really is something you only notice when you need to turn the container to read the directions - about 50% of the time.
It can be a challenge for people who sell small packages - e.g. it was tough to fit everything in on a box of film.
There are, of course, large parts of the country where a lot more French is commonly used. Including one province (Quebec) where in many/most areas it is the primary language.
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