[X] My Assistant

Metric
Pros: Easily convertible between its own equivalent scales 🤓
Cons: No feet 😢

Imperial
Pros: Has feet 🥵
Cons: Difficult to convert between its different measurement types 🤔

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I use imperial measurements for working on old cars.

Or using my lathe.

I also used imperial when I used to buy weed back in the day.

I use imperial measurements for working on old cars.

Or using my lathe.

I also used imperial when I used to buy weed back in the day.

Why are so many of my tools in imperial measurements?

*shakes fist at spanners*

Why are so many of my tools in imperial measurements?

*shakes fist at spanners*

Holden and Ford phased out imperial and switched to metric in the early 90's.

Most motors made by Briggs and Stratton are 50% imperial which is very irritating.

A lot of engineering stuff is still imperial too.

EDDY:



This post has been edited by Mags_: May 29 2025, 19:38

Holden and Ford phased out imperial and switched to metric in the early 90's.

Most motors made by Briggs and Stratton are 50% imperial which is very irritating.

A lot of engineering stuff is still imperial too.

Yeah. My car is a bit unusual, its got a lot of imperial bits because a lot of the old TRD guys worked on Holden / Ford super cars / race teams. Even though TRD Australia closed down Toyota sponsored the TRD racing series, now its the GR racing series.

It confuses the shite out of the Toyota dealers how my car has new TRD parts even though TRD Australia closed in 2009.

The original Formula Atlantic 4AGE used a lot of imperial US parts as well... So now I have a Formula Atlantic spec FA20 and the mix of metric and imperial.

The United States goes by imperial/US customary units and I like it because it's easier to understand. We tried doing the metric system but no one wanted to bother learning it. Also Fahrenheit is easier to understand than Celsius, imo. I think the attitude is we're the United States, eff the rest of the world. Same as speak English when you come here or piss off, etc.

But we do have metric listed on food labels and measuring cups. Every American knows what a 2 liter soda is. With my sinus medicine, I use the mL amount that's on the dosage cup. When I watch documentaries, the scientific community uses metric no matter where they're from.

One thing I've noticed is kilometer used to be pronounced kil-OM-iter, now I hear it being pronounced KIL-o-meter.

imperial = freedom units

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This post has been edited by physics152: Jun 2 2025, 03:30

Freedom units... like... 9x19mm Luger?