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25th March 2012, 05:53 PM #1
Use Less Info list
1) USA changed to the metric system in 1997
how come a 10mm peg dont fit in a 10mm hole
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25th March 2012, 09:23 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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6 inches sounds better than 152.4mm.
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27th March 2012, 12:19 AM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Actually the US has had several daliances with the metric system, starting when it was introduced in the very late 1700's during the French Revolution. A number of early US military firearms had nominally metric screws, but inertia prevailed.
Like 'Satute' miles, which are a US only measurement re-introduced when the US signed up with the Empire to have a standard International mile - someone decided it was going to cost money to convert all the existing maps & land grant documents, so 'they' fudged it.
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