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I spent 45 years as a machine designer. The SI (System of Units), the official name for the "metric system", is by far simpler than the Imperial System (Customary Units of Measure in the USA). Using the SI System is like learning and becoming fluent in a second language. Once you understand it you can switch back and forth without too much trouble. It's really very easy to learn and way less confusing.
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I'm from the Czech Republic and while I got mostly used to the US lengths and weights thanks to watching all the cool American bushcraft stuff, I always felt a bit sad that you guys didn't moved to the metric system. The ease of multiplying or dividing by 10 let's my simple brain to do other things. :D
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As an American, I was amazed by the ease of calculating volume by size and also the weight. 1ml(of water) is 1 cubic centimeters, which is one gram or in larger terms 1 liter of water is 1000 cubic cm and 1 kilo. Not necessarily as easy if you are looking for the wight of something other than water, but volume still works. Without looking it up, how many gallons are in a cubic foot?
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Iâm Canadian, grew up as a kid in the SI world, adopted into the metric system when Canada flipped and am equally confident in using either system. However, I frame houses 16â on center, using 2x4s, 2x6s, 2x8s etc, do most cutting with either a 8 1/4â or 10â blade on my power tools. When I drive to the local hardware store I keep to an average posted speed of 60 km/hr over a driving distance of 12 kilometres, all the while wondering if the weight of the load of 5/8â plywood will make the trailer tongue weight exceed its maximum rating of 200lbs. Of course during the drive home my wife phones and asks if I could pick up a pound of ground beef, 2 litres of 3% milk, 150-200g of freshly sliced smoked ham. I said âof course I will, but first have to stop and get some gas - hey, did you notice gas prices dropped to 173.9 a litre today!?!?!â Her response: â great, now we have a few extra toonies to take with us on our trip to the States tomorrow!â And, finally âYes dear Iâll remember to drive at their posted speed limit of 60mph!â Now I ask you, do I qualify for dual-citizenship, or do I simply have to accept the fact I live in a global world.
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A funny thing is that although almost everything over here is measured in SI units (that's why you easily can calculate that one cubic meter = 1000 liter etc.), we also have traces of imperial. One common example is computer screens, we buy them in 15, 21, 27 inches - that's just the international standard for them đ No-one knows exactly what it means but we know what screen size we're expecting.
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As a Harley drag racer in Europe, I´m surrounded by either system- drive 320 kilometers to Hockenheim at 34 degrees Celsius, go for a 1.4 second 60feet time, explain how much cc a 96 ci motor has got, get a 3/16" allen wrench to tighten some 1/4" bolts, and enjoy half a liter of beer from Belgium afterwards. Went fine so far. Thanks for making serious stuff fun to watch!!
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As I don't live in USA, Liberia or Myanmar I use metrics. But when I am working with a folding ruler I can choose inch or mm. Which is good for measuring, when the hole might not be whole mm but linstead ines up with the inch side of the ruler. Almost all folding rulers in Sweden only uses mm but you can still find the ones with both inches and mm, my favourite ones. Thank you for helping with the fast reading in inches.
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