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theendisnye:
I went for black and I am currently in the process of planning a cocktail cabinet. As soon as I start I will be taking pictures. Steve
danny_galaga:
the only good thing about imperial measurements is:

for the ladies= 6"

for the guys= 1/4 mile

(",)

interestingly, it was the USA that first offically used a metric system of any kind when it introduced dollars and cents...

and i find this quite funny:

1889
    As a result of the Treaty of the Metre, the U.S. received a prototype meter and kilogram to be used as measurement standards.
1893
    These metric prototypes were declared "fundamental standards of length and mass" in the Mendenhall Order . Since that date, the yard, pound, etc. have been officially defined in terms of the metric system.
Grasshopper:

--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on March 11, 2007, 08:04:29 pm ---As for using Base 8, 12, and 14...... Not sure where you got the 14 one from. SINCE WHEN! the only thing that used that was the monitary system, and we certainly don't use that any more.

--- End quote ---

I'm talking about weight. There are 14 pounds per stone.

There's a bit more to a measuring system than just distances....
Level42:
Pfffff, I feared this would be happening.....

Is English a better language than Dutch ?

Is brown a better color than blue ?

It's just all what you are used to. I also use the "system" that comes in as the most handy for the job (but only since I started this hobby, I have to admit, hence the " tape measure).

Actualy, there are laws that rule out the use of certain measuring systems. Let's take TV's. TVs diagonals have always been indicated in centimeters here. However, when computer monitors arrived, the diagonals were indicated in inches, even here. In Germany, there is a law that it should be indicated in metric in adverts, shops etc. Luckely, we're a little bit more relaxed (in some ways) here in Holland, and I see about everything used, " and cm.

But when you ask me, how big is a 19" screen, or how big is a 25" screen, I have a FEELING of about how big it is. I had to calculate back to know what second hand TV to get to use as a 19" monitor for my Galaxian !!! (And I even messed up with it, getting a 55 cm first, while it should be 51 cm. !!!)

The only thing I would say is better about metric is that everything is 10 based. We have 10 fingers. That's why 10 bases systems are so logical to us. 10 cm = 1 decimeter, 100 cm = 1 meter, 1000 meter = 1 kilometer.......now try that with inch, feet, miles.

But I still know that a 12" is a nice piece of vinyl for my pick-up, a 3.5" is a hard disk drive (or floppy) and that the singer of Vanity 6 needed 7" or more.....:D  (Which must have been the first conversion I did from inches to cm..........to see if I qualified   :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: Grasshopper on March 12, 2007, 06:13:27 pm ---I'm talking about weight. There are 14 pounds per stone.

There's a bit more to a measuring system than just distances....

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You most certainly were not!!!..... You were complaining that it complicated engineering because measurements were not in Base10 in Imperial.

So when I show you that they ARE in base10 in imperial, you come up with another excuse.  Go Figure!!  :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

As for weight measurements?? I don't see how it complicates anything. You complain that you'd have to do conversions all the time.... WHY??? what do you need to convert??? You can't count in Ounces, Pounds, and Tons ??  It's not Rocket Science you know.....

Ermmmm well actually it can be Rocket Science. Jet and Rocket Thrust (worldwide) is measured in Pounds not in Kilograms! On the other side of the coin, car engines are usually measured in Cubic Centimetres or in Litres. Except of course in parts of the USA where they also use Cubic Inches for that.

To be honest non of this really matters a damn..... I really don't care what system anybody uses or choses to use..... Use whatever system you want and whatever system makes you comfortable. But for anyone to try and dictate what measurement system anybody should use the way the EU does is an absolute outrage.   

In relation to arcade cabs (trying to get this back on topic) 99% of the classics are built in Imperial and that's when it starts to get complicated, when somebody tries to convert it to Metric and ends up with stupid numbers of mm.  It's easier to build or repair something that was designed in imperial by using imperial to measure it.

At the end of the day, all I'm saying is, that for me Imperial is a far better system. If you disagree then OK use Metric if you want to.  Personally I consider it a breach of my Human Rights and Civil Liberties to have the EU try and dictate that to me.  Which is one major reason why we still don't and won't have those crappy Euros as currency.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
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