RE: gEDA-user: DJ's back

["David Kerber" <dkerber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bicycle parts are just as mixed:  a headset sized at 1-1/8 inch might be
installed with an 8mm allen wrench, and hold 26mm diameter handle bars.  The
standard pedal thread size is 9/16", but again uses a metric wrench to
install.

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc Moreau
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 10:15 AM
> To: geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: DJ's back
> 
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:02:25 +0100
> Peter Baxendale <peter.baxendale@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > It actually hits me why the English don't write Metres when they 
> > > write litres, but that's probably me being ignorant.
> > > 
> > Hey, don't expect us to be consistent - that would take all the fun 
> > out of it. We measure beer in pints, farm land in acres, road 
> > distances in miles and petrol in litres. Meanwhile the kids 
> only learn 
> > metric in school (which gives us oldies a small advantage).
> 
> In the construction industry here in Cananda things are more 
> screwed up.
> 4'x8'x18mm plywood.  :?
> 
> -Marc
> 
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