When I started in the building trade I learnt both metric and imperial. I find metric so much easier to work with when adding and taking away but when measuring, I use whichever is closest to the measurement I want to take. I can also very easily convert one number to another. Overall, metric is so much easier. It's decimal. It's denary. It's base 10. Happens to be the same number of fingers+thumbs I have.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

I agree totally. Thanks for sharing

Just a few minor errors in the justification of the metric system and why it is not used in the USA 1. the meterline definition starts at the north pole THROUGH Paris to the equator divided by 10 million 2. Was it during the War of Independence or shortly after? But in this period around 1770-1790 the British tried to sink the ship from France that had the "UR-Meter" and the "UR-Kilo on board in order to bring it / explain / show / how it is functions / to the Americans The French were able to escape but the ship now lies at the bottom of the sea somewhere in the Caribbean, sunk and plundered by pirates

@PawPawsWorkShop

5 ай бұрын

Outstanding! Thank you for this information

You and I are about the same age. When I graduated from architectural school in ‘69, I was sent to Europe to help in the development of Holiday Inns there. All our work was understandably metric. In learning that I asked about the size of plywood there, since most of the US construction system is based on that 4’ x 8’ module. I learned that plywood in Europe at that time was 122 cm x 244cm which is 4’ x 8’. Why? Because the machines that made the plywood were all manufactured in the US. I suspect that sometime in the last 50 years that has changed. Today I find that, when working with laser cutters, it is far easier to use the metric system because we are usually dealing with small objects, and it is easier than the Imperial. Many of our construction workers come from south of the border where they are used to the metric system. Here, they are lost without a metric tape measure but they are forced to convert.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

You are correct. Just look at our plywood in the big box stores today. You see mm and inches. Just a little crazy

Also most all 3D printing is set in MM

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

That’s true. That’s all that I have used so far in 3D printing

The idea that it will cost companies a lot of money to switch to metric from imperial is not entirely correct. If your company only buys American made parts and only sales in the US then imperial system makes sense. But if you plan to be a global company then imperial only costs your company more money. To sale your product around the world you will need metric tools for the metric parts needed to assemble the metric parts the rest of the world wants. Also it costs your company and lot of money to have metric and imperial fasteners in your inventory. The US company that I retired from changed to all metric about 20 years ago. They did a study that proved that having only metric and not metric and imperial saved to company over 2 million a year in inventory. I loved it when company switched to metric. Once you learn it you will find it is so much simpler to use.

Here in Canada, we converted most of our domestic measurements to metric, but the old imperial system remains. Railroads still mainly use miles and MPH, the building industry still uses imperial and stove ovens are still calibrated in fahrenheit degrees. There are other imperial holdouts as well.

I always thought it had to do with hemispheric isolation. It also provided a military advantage. They couldn’t use our parts.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

That’s true but in the 1790 and early 1800’s world war was not the concern. Being isolated from the rest of the world made it easier not to convert. Back then we had an industrial revolution and we actually made stuff

I use an OXO SoftWorks food scale that has both metric and ounces, and a cutting cardboard that I use for sewing with both.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Sounds like you use both measurements

I remember learning the metric system in school. They told us we were gonna convert some day. Well, that was over 50 years ago and still no conversion. I don’t get it because the metric system is so much easier. Like you, I have difficulty visualizing what 300mm is but I can visualize 1ft. Years ago I was in Canada and stopped at Walmart and bought a metric tape measure. I’m sure you could find them on Amazon.

@johncorrall1739

Жыл бұрын

Here in the uk,we converted to the metric system decades back. That said,we still use miles per hour instead of kilometres,we drink pints of beer and dick sizes are still measured in inches. I’m 60,I’ve been in construction for the whole of my working life. When I was a young man,we used the imperial system exclusively. Even today,if you buy a ruler or a tape measure in the uk,it’ll have feet and inches on one side and metric on the other. I still picture measurements in imperial in my mind’s eye. I still often use imperial on site to this day or I’ll use both systems on the same plywood,twenty four and seven eights by 307mm,for example,baffles the shit out of the young blokes. I know the metric system is simple,efficient and practical,I still prefer feet and inches,because they feel like home.

@Milesco

6 ай бұрын

@@johncorrall1739 Literally, because your home was undoubtedly built using imperial units! 😄

Yes two sets of tools, my Jeep has fasteners of both systems, a pain at times. I'm old school, but have found the metric system does have advantages. I have used it several times when setting up carves on the CNC. One of my pet peeves with the imperial system is wet and dry measure both using the same designation ie. ounces. Thanks for the background on metric system beginnings I often wondered about that.

My son is 27 years old and grew up in Western NC they did teach metric and imperial! He is an engineer for Shopbot CNC Machines and he is very fluent in both, When we have discussions on technical things measurements creep into the conversation and the metric system comes out first. Then I have to remind him I was the one who taught him to use the spoon. I have tapes that are both and sometimes using the metric system is easier to use. Especially when following plans that are in metric! Side note when he 4 years old we started teaching him the alphabet, he was a bit reticent to learning the abc’s. One day I was eating a Hershey’s candy bar. Candy to him was apples, oranges, bananas and grapes. I gave him the chocolate block letter “e”he tasted it and asked what it was I said dit dah. ( Morse code for the letter “e” ) he said he liked it dah. And asked did I have anymore dit dah I said no but I have some dit dit dit ( the letter “S”) the point is he learned his abc’s in Morse code before he realized he was learning his ABC’s.

I'm 83 and started off in Imperial. Industry I worked in was one of the first to go fully metric. At the time I was working with a young fellow and he said don't try converting as you will never learn. Best advice I ever got. Today I am fully metric. As a hobby I work in graphic design. I might be forced to use mostly Imperial size paper but I do all my work in metric. A few of the print shops have difficulties, but they are mainly the mom and pop shops. The larger shops admit I am one of the few that sends metric to them but they have no problems working in metric. The younger kids are familiar.

@Milesco

6 ай бұрын

_" Industry I worked in was one of the first to go fully metric."_ What industry was that, if I may ask?

@jamesoldman3021

6 ай бұрын

@@Milesco Forest Industry. All maps, road design, block layout, diameters and height of trees have been done in metric since the mid 70's.

@Milesco

6 ай бұрын

@@jamesoldman3021 Ah. Good to know. Thanks. 😊

The United States., Liberia and Myanmar my friend. However, in the UK we do still use the Imperial system along with the metric system. Here in Mexico certain industries use the metric system such as woodmills; wood is sold by the cubic foot. Copper, steel and galvanised pipes and screws are also available in both systems. At school they are taught both as well.

The problem is that none teach americans that you NOT had to do conversions. You just star to work with one system from the begining to end of the project. That's it. You can buy your lumber o whatever in imperial, but when you star to work with those materials you just use metric for everything and from that moment on and throug the entire project you had to mentalized that the imperial system does not exist anymore. Once you achieve that and you are in the zone, the metric system is very very easy to use.

@PawPawsWorkShop

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree totally. I use the metric more and more for my projects. The problem that I have is visualizing the size of the project. I can see 24” in my mind but it’s still hard for me to visualize that in cm or mm.

@geomax3465

6 ай бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop Well, right there is the beauty of all this. I totally understand if you visualize a 3 foot high for a kitchen cabinet, for example, but then, you know that is about 90cm, so you start working from there in the shop and everything else falls in it's place more easily after that. 😊

I was born and raised here 76 years ago. I love the metric system. It's easy to use. Easy to understand. Totally universal. Thanks for bringing up this subject.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome. I use both systems in my shop all the time.

You're going to use metric units? Then you've just got yourself a new subscriber!

@PawPawsWorkShop

8 ай бұрын

I use both metric and inches in my projects

@DelticEngine

8 ай бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop Sounds great! I'll look out for your videos. :)

Really is a shame we keep kicking the can down the road, the longer it takes to switch, the more it costs. After all, everyone has to buy two sets of tools and/or spend time converting - time is money.

You're actually partially wrong with the UK not using imperial. We do. I bought a new socket set recently, has a set in metric and imperial. You can also still buy tools in just imperial.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the update.

Paw Paw did a good job of explaining why his country uses imperial units and why he uses both. That the majority of his audience uses imperial is a good reason for him to. His intention to use more metric in his videos will make him one of USA's leaders in changing systems. As a New Zealander who grew up with the metric system I find the imperial system very strange. It seems like it would be a chore to remember all the peculiar divisions of a unit and cumbersome to use fractions especially verbally.

@PawPawsWorkShop

11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for you comments

Americans understand 5.56, 7.62 and 9mm.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Yes, they definitely do sir. Very important numbers

I remember my first aircraft plans as a child and was confused by all the fractions on it. I just went off the drawings. All imperial measurement should be made illegal is my strong opinion. The US ownership of Australia is pushing it more and more into Australia.

@PawPawsWorkShop

10 ай бұрын

For the most part I think you can chose what works best for each situation. I use both systems on a regular basis

@chippyjohn1

10 ай бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop Imperial doesn't work better for any situation. If you encouraged people to stop using it, it would be much better. Currently there are still people in other countries that are familiar with imperial measurement, but in 30 years time, they will be mostly gone, and definitely gone from the industries. The US will be suddenly left behind using a measuring system that no one else uses, and they will be forced to make a sudden change instead of being able to gradually change like they can now. The US does not seem like an intelligent country or one that thinks ahead. They just think about the now.

@PawPawsWorkShop

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comments. I believe you are 100% correct.

@Milesco

6 ай бұрын

@@chippyjohn1 No, companies in the U.S. use metric whenever it suits their needs. Many U.S. industries and professions are largely or even entirely metric. The U.S. automobile industry is nearly 100% metric. As is the medical profession, all of the sciences, and the U.S. military. The construction industry is the only main holdout, and I think that's because buildings are, by their very nature, local. You don't export or import buildings. The U.S. is not as stupid as you like to believe.

You missed one of the main reasons why metric is avoided. All of our buildings have been built on the Imperial system. Most materials are manufactured on the imperial system. 2" X 4" are 1 1/2" X 3 1/2", dry wall is 1/2" thick, studs are placed on 16" centers and rafters on 24" etc.

@PawPawsWorkShop

11 ай бұрын

What about the plywood that we get in the lumberyards measured in mm?

@chippyjohn1

10 ай бұрын

Exactly, you call it a 2 by 4 but it isn't actually. In Australia it is called a 90X45 and that is its exact measurement. Just like yanks say a foot is the average size of a adult foot, but it is not.

@GH-oi2jf

9 ай бұрын

@@chippyjohn1- “2x4” is the nominal size. Everybody understands that it is not the actual size. Actual size used to vary by region, but it is now standardized across North America.

@chippyjohn1

9 ай бұрын

@@GH-oi2jf Don't you understand how stupid and complicated that is? No logic in that whatsoever!

@2l84t

9 ай бұрын

The Imperial system is legally defined by metric measurements.

I'm in Canada. We switched (or started learning) metric around my Grade 3 (about 1977). I use both systems depending on practicality. I prefer Miles over KMs... Pounds over Kg.... Inches over CM... but sometimes when I'm measuring things in woodworking and the metric fits better for math, then I'll use that. eg. Finding middle of a 220mm length is easier and more accurate to just measure to 110mm than to split 8 and 21/32.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your story. I agree on your choice of using the two systems. I must say that I really began using metric system the most since I started with the CNC machines about six years ago. Before that it was minimal. Thank you for sharing.

I live in the UK, and I use both systems depending on what I'm doing. My daughter will use both at the same time giving me a measurement of six feet and five centimeters which is very confusing.

@hexadec

Жыл бұрын

...and buying 20 meters of 4X2 LOL.

We're basically on the metric system in terms of legality-- the US official definition of the inch is *exactly* 25.4mm. Since we're defining our customary units in terms of metric, we're basically on the metric system. The problem is cultural. Every major technical business in the US does its work in metric unless its industry hasn't converted. (For example, hydraulics still use inch based dash-hose sizing, but often with a metric port).

The metric system is taking over by stealth anyway. I was brought up in feet and inches and still can't visualize the metric lengths. Miles to Kilometers is another pain along with gallons and liters. I'm good with 500ml beer cans and bottles though. The US schools need to teach metric for sure. In a worst case scenario a real life conversion error from imperial to metric could result in serious problems.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

You are absolutely correct. I know of situations where the wrong quantities of fuel were loaded on airplanes because of wrong units. Not a good situation.

@Milesco

6 ай бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop True, but that was a long time ago (1983), when metric units were first being used for fuel quantities. Whenever a new system of anything is being introduced, there are going to be a few growing pains.

@Milesco

6 ай бұрын

_"The US schools need to teach metric for sure."_ They do. (But to be fair, the students are likely to forget most of it unless they use it regularly in their everyday lives.)

The US has always used Metric........THE DOLLAR.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Good point.

@GH-oi2jf

Жыл бұрын

Money is decimal, not Metric. It has nothing to do with measurement.

When I was in the fifth grade our teacher told us that everything would be metric by the time we got to high school. At 68, I still punch a time clock and sit down to my cad system system using nothing but imperial units.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree. I was convinced that in 1975 we were actually going to change.

I am a retired master machinist and I am a holdout for the imperial system. I have thousands of dollars in tools. Next time you have a cough take a teaspoon of cough syrup!

@jeffteeter501

Жыл бұрын

I have often used 1/10,000 of an inch.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

I have to say that I would not have ever used metric if it were not for the CNC machines and the lasers. The 3D printers are almost all in mm. It hard not to use the metric system when in that realm. Even though I am not a machinist I am familiar with the extreme tolerances that you must work with in your job.

@jeffteeter501

Жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop I got my degree in CNC Programming back in the 1980's

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I learned CNC by trial and error and my construction background was with my father. My degree was in the aviation field. I was a professional pilot and officer in the military.

@jeffteeter501

Жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop My degree was after serving a four-year apprenticeship under my father. My father was a moldmaker. We made several molds for aerospace and many parts were used to get a man on the moon in 1969.

Gran labor bro

Australia has been metric for a long time but annoyingly many things are still Imperial. Try buying a M10 bolt in Bunnings, unless it's stainless you pretty much can't.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

The United States is bimetral, since adopting the Metric System in 1866. “Switching” is meaningless, because individuals and groups are free to use whichever system suits their needs, or both if they please. Generally, industries will switch to Metric when they operate in an international market in which uniformity of units is required, or at least advantageous. Thus the US automobile industry now uses Metric hardware and the wine and spirits industries use Metric bottles. Other industries may prefer to stick with US Customary units when there is no advantage to switching.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for sharing this information. You are correct, anyone or company can chose what system they chose or use both. I chose to use both systems in my shop. Thank you for watching my videos.

@Milesco

6 ай бұрын

Exactly right! That's a point that many people miss.

BURMA, LIBERIA and good ol USA. We tried it back in the 60's or 70's and it didn't work out. Who wants to buy a LITER of gas when noboDy really knows how much it is in volume. hehe

@BizzyX78

Жыл бұрын

----- @karlriley1314 ----- - I have to point out that your "Liter of Gas"-argument is flawed... You fail to take into account that it's not just the pumps and prices that will change as such. It's a pretty neat example of a Domino-effect. Meaning that when the pumps and prices for gas change, the vehicles themselves will also change in accordance with this aforementioned change of pumps and prices. The tank volume will change to some degree, and the gauges will also change to reflect the use of the Liters instead of the (US) Gallons. Basically, in everyday life, people won't notice a whole lot of a practical difference going from (US) Gallons to Liters, or vice versa. Not counting the fact that most American cars historically tend to be "Gas Guzzlers". But let's, for argument's sake, say that you own or rent a car with a fuel tank that can hold 13 (US) Gallons. For whatever reason, something made you switch over to a car with a fuel tank that can hold 50 Liters. The only real difference would be 13 (US) Gallons vs 50 Liters... And that in and of itself is so tiny a difference that it doesn't really matter, in the great scheme of things. A full tank of gas is a full tank of gas regardless of which unit you use, be it (US) Gallons or Liters. Heck, the unit could have been "Buckets of Gas" and it still wouldn't have made a lick of difference for the average consumer. You are simply over-thinking it... Contrary to popular belief, there is no conversion needed in everyday life for the average consumer when sticking to one system of measurement or another. Trying to combine them, that is when it can get pretty tricky. NASA learned that the hard way... -----

@JohnFlower-NZ

11 ай бұрын

@@BizzyX78 I agree. I go to the petrol station and select 'Fill'. The unit of measurement is irrelevant.

I have to say I do enjoy my feet and inches. And think. Football would be meterball. Not cool.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

If it’s meter ball then all the fields would have to be longer. Lol

That whole Myanmar / Liberia thing is a cliché and a gross exaggeration. In fact, many countries, even if "officially" metric, still use imperial units for certain everyday things, like distances (miles), speeds (miles per hour), volume (pints of beer), height (feet and inches) and weight (pounds, and in some cases, stones) .

@PawPawsWorkShop

6 ай бұрын

Yes, that is true including the United States. I’m using metric more and more in my shop. Thank you for visiting my channel

It's the dang fractional measurement system that is so silly it seems to me. Let's say you have something that is 11 and 19/64th inches long and you want to add a 64th to it. Now you have 11 and 20/64ths.. no wait, that's wrong! Now it's 11 and 5/16ths. Confusing much? It's time to get rid of that silly fractional measurement system! It's an embarrassment to the USA.

The metric system is where we should be. Period. There is no real debate here. The math is simpler. Period. We are just making things complicated cause MERIKA DONT NEED TO CHANGE .... LOL

It will be more expensive to adopt it now.

@PawPawsWorkShop

11 ай бұрын

It’s never a good time. Just do it

@2l84t

9 ай бұрын

🤣Do you actually think the cost will get less going forward?

Well for one reason, it would cost business money to convert. So what politicians will pass that law. Who would put them in office and keep them there. Ahhh not the businesses.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Excellent point. Thank you

Swedish Yardsticks usually have both inches and cms, since many woodworkers find a fractional system more logical. We started swiching to metric in 1889...

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you for sharing

@DASPRiD

Жыл бұрын

I mean, you can also work with fractions in the metric system if you want to ;)

@Milesco

6 ай бұрын

@@DASPRiD No, you can't. You won't find a quarter or eighth of a centimeter on any metric tape measure.

@DASPRiD

6 ай бұрын

@@Milesco But you can find a fifth and a tenth, which you won't find on any imperial tape measure ;)

@Milesco

6 ай бұрын

@@DASPRiD Who divides lengths by five or ten? Two or three or four, I can see, but not 5 or 10.

The reasons are greed and dumpness

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

People always resist change even if is beneficial

Please don’t confuse me🤣🤣🤣🤣

Liberia and Myanmar

@PawPawsWorkShop

5 ай бұрын

Awesome!

The UK converted to the metric system in 1965 when I was still at school, I left school in 1971 and through those 6 years, they were still teaching the imperial system in school. It wasn't until the mid 70's the began using weights and measures in metric. Like you guy's can, we would buy our petrol/gas by the gallon but when they changed gallons to litres we began to be ripped off by the government, what you guy's pay per gallon we pay near the same price for per litre, so don't let them rip you off when you eventually change to metric. I love PawPaws workshop because he still works in imperial measurements. Over the years I've learnt to use metric but still use imperial when I can. Even though the UK is metric, we still have speed limits in MPH and not KPH I believe this was for the sake of people who used imperial wouldn't get confused, I wouldn't have a clue at the KPH speed but if you told me to drive at 50mph then I'd have more of an idea of my speed than in metric. Hold out as long as you can if you've been taught imperial.

Tell it to the both Republican and Democrats oligarch.

@PawPawsWorkShop

10 ай бұрын

We have the opportunity to use whatever system works best for us. Here in the US we definitely have a mixed system in use. Thanks for watching

A more appropriate title would be "why in the world has the United States not switched" since the US is just a small part of " North & South America". For me at age 77, I've used and still use both, although more conversant in Imperial. No good, valid reason to change now.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. You most likely correct however, the world is getting smaller and we are importing more and more which is not good, Yet it is a reality. As a result, we will move closer and closer to converting to the metric system.

@Milesco

6 ай бұрын

"America" is an extremely common shorthand for "The United States of America". Get over it.

@MarcusCactus

Ай бұрын

@@Milesco Actually, in Spanish they usa Americano for Latin American, and they use Estadounidense for the United States. And in the world, we call it "Les États-Unis" or "Die Vereingte Staaten", not America.

Why not? why not bring all Eastern Europe problems over to our Country. Everything was fine for centuries, keep America American.

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

I have no problem with that and I will continue to use the imperial system. But you realize that the quote “American” system is not ours. The British used it. We got it from them.

@Tonyoh.

Жыл бұрын

I stand by my comment.

@JohnFlower-NZ

11 ай бұрын

@@Tonyoh. good ideas are good ideas no matter where they come from.

Myanmar & Liberia

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations, you are correct

@GH-oi2jf

Жыл бұрын

We have free speech in the United States. I still say Burma. Does anyone say Deutschland instead of Germany?

@JohnFlower-NZ

11 ай бұрын

@@GH-oi2jf we have free speech in New Zealand. I say, ja!

"We don't want to switch, because it's too expensive" "Just let us have two complete set of tools". american logic 😁

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

From what I have read in the comments many countries have two sets of tools, not just the US. Thanks for sharing your thoughts

@TheEuronaut

Жыл бұрын

@@PawPawsWorkShop not many. Just the few who used to have imperial also. In Germany for example, no one would have 2 sets of tools. Just metric. Nothing else.

@Milesco

6 ай бұрын

@@TheEuronaut But that can't be avoided. Even if every industry in the U.S. were to completely switch over to metric (which many actually have), you would still have old cars, old machines, etc., that would still need U.S. Customary tools to work on them. So switching over to metric will not solve the "two sets of tools" problem.

The Imperial system is based on a "bunch of nothing?" Really research its history like you did the metric. Ever heard of the Golden Rule in furniture design? I use both but most of my work is WW and so Imperial makes more sense for me. Bottom line is do you want a base of 10 or a base of 12? In whole numbers 10 only works with 2 and 5. On base of 12 scales 2,3 4, and 6 divide into whole numbers. Therefore, multiples of the base 12 fractions. 6 1/4" = 163.1937mm. Show me a line on the metric rule that is 6 1/4". Or you really want to go fine. Show me 6 1/64" which is 152.7969 mm. That's easier? 1 inch / 2= 1/2. 1/2 / 2=1/4. 1/4 / 2= 1/8. 1/8 / 2 = 1/16 etc etc. ALL whole numbers and easily marked on a rule down to whatever level of detail you want or need. . Here is a good resource for you from Rob Cosman as to why a base 12 system makes sense for WW. kzread.info/dash/bejne/jIas1ZRsmJbdotI.html

@PawPawsWorkShop

5 ай бұрын

Awesome information, thank you

In Europe I rarely see a tape measure with inches. Some Rulers do have it. Seems like a waste of opportunity to put the same units on both sides.

Because Imperial is better. Myanmar and Liberia are the other two. Just because others moved, why should we? Didn't your mother ask you that?

@mmlg24

Жыл бұрын

Imperial better? Explain! 🤷‍♂️

@PawPawsWorkShop

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations, these are the two countries

@LudwigSpiegel

Жыл бұрын

Please enlighten us why is it better!

@ramosel

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@@LudwigSpiegel The easiest piece of better is your mind’s ability to divide. It’s real easy to get 1/2 of 1/2, a quarter. 1/2 again an eighth… and so on. But in metric, you’re reliant on base 10. So you really only have practicality at devising at 2 and 5. Think about 1 cm. 1/2 is easy, 5mm. But 1/2 again? 2.5 or 2-1/2mm. 1/2 again 1.25 or 1-1/4mm… then 0.75mm, 0.375mm, next stop 0.1875. Quick, what is the next 1/2? So you are dealing in ten thousandths of a millimeter AND Technically, your values are changing…. Micrometer, nanometers, picometers, in imperial, it’s just an inch…. Ten thousandths of an inch or a millionth of an inch. In imperial, it’s whole number denominators. 1/2, 1/4, 1,/8, 1/16, 32nd, 64th, 128th, 256th, 512th, 1024th, 2048th… shall I go on? Notice anything there…. The tie to binary. Realistically, they both switch to decimal measurements, so as long as you are using decimals, does it make a difference what you are taking a percentage of? So tell me, what is the 11th half of a centimeter? Likewise, time isn’t metric.. 60 seconds to a minute, 60 min to an hour, 24? Hours in a day. Same for rotational degrees, minutes, seconds, 360, 60, 60. Have you ever seen a metric clock? That was a real hairbrained idea. There are many other reasons to stay imperial. Better reasons than “Well, everyone else is Metric” Go look them up, you might be surprised. Or, we could all be like Kurtis at Cutting Edge Engineering and switch to measuring in bananas. The key is that we measure to a standard… not that we all use the same standard.

@ramosel

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@@ArtieFufkin546 BS... a second is historically defined as 1⁄86400 of a day. 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute. Nothing about that is base 10. The word second comes from Latin meaning the 2nd division of hours. Even under the modern measurement standard (1967) using cesium the reference of Hz is dependent on a time frame based on itself. (cycles per second) and that number is 9192631770... or ΔνCs. It's based on an arbitrary standard of 24 hours in the cycle of a day. It could have been 17 hours... The Swiss tried to develop Metric time, they divided a day into 1000 beats... each beat was then 1 minute, 26.4 seconds as we know time. It never caught on.

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@PawPawsWorkShop

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Thank you very much. I’m sure I could learn a lot from you about flying jets. Thanks for watching. I appreciate you very much

Liberia and Myanmar

@davidstreet3505

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Myanmar use their own antiquated measurement system which is not the same as imperial.

@PawPawsWorkShop

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