Americans can't handle the metric system

[Atomic Playboy]

I can't remember if a gallon is 144 oz. or 160 oz.

You could try remembering that it's neither...

That part of the Imperial system is all binary counting anyway. 8, 16, 32, 64, 128... these are not difficult to remember. Especially if you followed videogames in the late 80s through the 90s (8 bit, 16 bit, 32 bit, etc). Or built computers and had to buy RAM. Or have spent any amount of time considering common screen resolutions and aspect ratios. Base 2 is pretty common in the tech world.

 

[dullard]

And while we are at it, we need to come up with a new currency system, not based on 10. Heck, we are changing our bills and coinage all the time, what's a bit more confusion.

How about we try a currency with quarters and nickels. Then we won't be based on 10!

 

[BoomerD]

I need a board cut from 3ft and 9/16 down to 2 feet and 5/8ths.

How much do I need to take off?

I dunno...but I cut it 3 times and it's still too fucking short!

 

[vi edit]

I dunno...but I cut it 3 times and it's still too fucking short!

:awe:

 

[TheGardener]

How about we try a currency with quarters and nickels. Then we won't be based on 10!

Silly me. When I write a check, where you spell out the amount, I write 5/100 or 25/100.

 

[dullard]

Silly me. When I write a check, where you spell out the amount, I write 5/100 or 25/100.

What is a check?

 

[IronWing]

Silly me. When I write a check, where you spell out the amount, I write 5/100 or 25/100.

You could write "Three and suck me off/100 dollars". No one reads it anyway.

 

[Chaosblade02]

I'm an American and I prefer metric. I'm a CAD drafter by trade, and can do some machining as well. Metric just makes more sense because everything works in variables of 10s. Most machine shops in the USA have already transitioned to metric.

 

[IronWing]

What is a check?

It's like a cheque, extraneous letters and all.

 

[dullard]

I need a board cut from 3ft and 9/16 down to 2 feet and 5/8ths.

How much do I need to take off?

That would be 0.28575 m or 11" + 1/4", whichever is easier to measure.

 

[dullard]

It's like a cheque, extraneous letters and all.

What is a cheque?

 

[Humpy]

Silly me. When I write a check, where you spell out the amount, I write 5/100 or 25/100.

You're holding up the line writing that shit!!!!

 

[IronWing]

What is a cheque?

It's like a czech, except with different letters and a different meaning.

 

[CraKaJaX]

It's like a czech, except with different letters and a different meaning.

So it's like a check?

 

[Humpy]

That would be 0.28575 m or 11" + 1/4", whichever is easier to measure.

There were no units given for the fractions so there isn't a good answer.

 

[dullard]

There were no units given for the fractions so there isn't a good answer.

touche

 

[vi edit]

You're holding up the line writing that shit!!!!

With the chips that are now coming in credit cards I think I can write a check faster. Not only do I have to swipe a card, now I have to wait for it to tell me to shove it back into the machine, then wait for it to process, then take it back out. And depending on the purchase/retailer I have to sign a pad too.

May as well just prepare a checkbook while I'm waiting in line and have it ready to go.

 

[Chaosblade02]

I need a board cut from 3ft and 9/16 down to 2 feet and 5/8ths.

How much do I need to take off?

The amount you need to take off is irrelevant to that particular task. You grab the 3ft 9/16th piece, measure to 2ft 5/8ths, mark a line, then cut it. Done. The part you cut off is going in the scrap bin most likely.

 

[vi edit]

The amount you need to take off is irrelevant to that particular task. You grab the 3ft 9/16th piece, measure to 2ft 5/8ths, mark a line, then cut it. Done.

For the pedantic challenged it's just an example why imperial measurements can be a pain in the ass. Especially if it's not something you use every day.

 

[Humpy]

With the chips that are now coming in credit cards I think I can write a check faster. Not only do I have to swipe a card, now I have to wait for it to tell me to shove it back into the machine, then wait for it to process, then take it back out. And depending on the purchase/retailer I have to sign a pad too.

May as well just prepare a checkbook while I'm waiting in line and have it ready to go.

You carry a pen and a check book and all your other stuff in some sort of fanny pack or sumthin'?

Even if you were fast I would still be all upset if you wrote a check in front of me in line. Might even post about my outrage on the ATOT. :|

 

[dullard]

For the pedantic challenged it's just an example why imperial measurements can be a pain in the ass. Especially if it's not something you use every day.

Because measuring and cutting off 0.28575 m is easy? (Assuming your 9/16 and 5/8 were in the same feet units)

 

[Brainonska511]

 

[waffleironhead]

I'm all down with metric. Just used a 12.7mm wrench. Americans use metric tools all the time, it's the rest of the world who cant handle metric wrenches that are not in round units.
I asked my BIL who was born into the metric system to hand me the 11.1125mm wrench, the dumb ass couldnt even figure out what I wanted.

 

[dullard]

I asked my BIL who was born into the metric system to hand me the 11.1125mm wrench, the dumb ass couldnt even figure out what I wanted.

But the 11.1125 mm wrench has to be one of the most commonly used wrench of all. Your BIL really doesn't know his tools.

 

[Exterous]

Ten
hundred
thousand

Did I miss something?

Your US citizenship if you keep this up