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I'de like to know where the hell all of the missing 10mm sockets end up. I never loose the 3/8 and 7/16 sockets but every thinking time I need a 10mm socket, it's MIA.

I suppose, because industry was built-up around imperial units since colonial times & the cost would be considerable to change over. I like metric in that the base units of each are proportional: 1 cubic centimeter = 1 gram = 1 milliliter. And, of course it all being based on units of 10, making scientific notation a lot nicer when performing operations & calculations in Algebra or Calculus, etc.

hubby is tool and die and vehicle tech and he uses metric,,in canada of course,,but I hate metric I use inches,,hahahaha

I think ill sit back and have a beer or two...

Ho i forgot the fucking screws 8-24 or 10-32 and others all mixed up vwhat is size 6 or 10 wood screws im pretty confused all mixed up in my drawer with the M6 M8 M10 metric the number says the actual size in MM but imperial is what??

Yes Indeed its costly most countries did it. i know American car industry is metric for long time ive worked in a GM factory 20 yrs ago was all metrics.

3 countries in the world still use the old system of inches pounds miles and others . Why USa didnt switched to metric like 99% of the world did it??? Since i know Reagan reversed the conversion what is the main reason??

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Ancient Roman definition of a foot being the average length if a human foot. Although credited to the Babylonians by some, 360 degrees in a circle originates with another ancient Mesopotamian civilization: The Sumerlans. They would use their thumb to count each of the three segments on the four fingers, arriving at 12. They would then keep track of these multiples of twelve with the other hand's five fingers, arriving at sixty, their base numerical system. Hence the subdivisions of 60 minutes, 60 seconds, 12 months in a year, roughly 360 days in a year, 360 of those days for the earth to complete its circle of 360 degrees, etc. I imagine the contemporary Akkadians would have also used this system.

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We have 12" to the foot so subway's Foot Long is accurate!!!

I just want to know the logic on why 12 inches in a foot , why 5000 more feets in a mile why not 5000 even , who decide ounces in a pound, and the worst Fareinheit zero corresponds to what and the 100 degree, like metric 0 is freezing point and 100 boiling point of water.... i was around 10 or 12 when metric came , Now im almost all converted temperature , kilos , KM, but we still use inches in construction we order 2 x 4 studs 8 feet long

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Ananda Shankar - "Streets of Calcutta", 1975. Lots of great music coming out of India in the sixties and seventies, thought I'd share a favorite: