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Vic Smith

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:14:21 -0500, wrote:

I think you will find they are 38mm x 89mm now along with that plywood
that is 12mm and 18mm. The approximate "inch" designations like 15/32
plywood are just for old geezers who don't believe in the commie
metric system.

Is that the system that was supposed to be on the road signs 30 years
ago?
When I had a '64 VW bug, I had every metric wrench needed for it and
could estimate metric nut/bolt sizes with about 99% accuracy.
Still remember the engine to bell housing nuts were 17mm.
Junked it in '74, and never needed to know a metric weight/measure
since. Wish I could forget that 17mm.
Of course I'm not the one plotting space vehicle trajectories that
crash into Mars because of confusing meters and yards.

--Vic