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And, there are only 100 degrees C between freezing and boiling points, instead of 180 degrees F which would appear to make C more precise than F, no? No. If we're working in whole degrees then Farenheit degrees cut finer. Global warming is scarier in Celsius.
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I can't believe some of the irrational bullshit I'm reading here. Many are saying essentially, English system over metric system. What's irrational about that? It's not about the preference. The "reasoning" behind the preference is faulty. mathman, ...............You weren't expecting anything other than faulty reasoning here, were you? PS, if I was nearby I'd buy you a couple of fingers of nice Scotch for your comments on this thread.
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In it is death and all you seek
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And, there are only 100 degrees C between freezing and boiling points, instead of 180 degrees F which would appear to make C more precise than F, no? No. If we're working in whole degrees then Farenheit degrees cut finer. I prefers dem hole nummers. deys mush eeziar to deal wif then dem frackshun things.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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It's been a dual system my entire life so 🤷🏻♂️ it is what it is. Own both metric and sae tools. Metric won't go away. Same here. Metric can be real handy when needing to repair stripped threads. The next size larger is much closer to original than going up in SAE.
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First time I went to England I was confused when everyone was using the imperial system. I ask for directions and they give them to me in miles….when I asked about it at the Pub the guys laughed and said they use both but a lot of the English preferred using miles, inches, etc. This was around 1993 so maybe it’s different now but it surprised me since I’d always heard that we’re the only ones using inches, miles, yards, etc.
I prefer the old system, not metric. If only because I don’t want to follow the effeminate Europeans in ANYTHING they do. 😀
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