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05-05-2021, 01:02 PM #48876
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05-05-2021, 01:16 PM #48877
Part 2: Padded Room Special Collection Of Junk That More Than Likely Will Be NSFW
In PA..lol...government recently just made a new guard rail standard....(current ones not tall enough/like a couple inches short)......so all guard rails across the Commonwealth are currently being replaced......Maybe road signs are next?..lol.
Now, back to Viva’s posts....haha.
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05-05-2021, 01:30 PM #48878Registered User
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05-05-2021, 03:51 PM #48879
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05-05-2021, 03:57 PM #48880
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05-05-2021, 04:00 PM #48881
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05-05-2021, 04:22 PM #48882
The only time freedom units suck for carpentry/contracting is when you need to divide a measurement and almost have a seizure trying to figure out what half or a third of 45 - 15/16" is.
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05-05-2021, 04:24 PM #48883
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05-05-2021, 04:31 PM #48884
Someone installed 3’ rails, but they were supposed to be 1 meter.
Sent from my iPhone using TGR ForumsIt makes perfect sense...until you think about it.
I suspect there's logic behind the madness, but I'm too dumb to see it.
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05-05-2021, 04:41 PM #48885
How tall is that in Pinkbike Units?
Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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05-05-2021, 04:49 PM #48886
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05-05-2021, 05:10 PM #48887
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05-05-2021, 05:11 PM #48888
That’s three seconds more than it would take if it were metric!
Think of the time savings!Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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05-05-2021, 05:13 PM #48889
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05-05-2021, 05:17 PM #48890
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05-05-2021, 05:37 PM #48891
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05-05-2021, 05:56 PM #48892
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05-05-2021, 06:10 PM #48893
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05-05-2021, 06:18 PM #48894
All measurements in the NEC are given first in metric then SAE. Yet we electricians still use the crappy antiquated system. And metric nuts and bolts are way easier. Even the English, who invented this crappy system, have made the change. When I worked solar I bought a metric tape as every component’s dimension is metric.
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05-05-2021, 06:32 PM #48895
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05-05-2021, 07:08 PM #48896
The reason that Fahrenheit’s freezing is at 32 and that boiling is at 212 is because the scale is based upon the temperate range in which humanity can thrive. From 0-100 degrees were deemed to be appropriate temperatures for humans to live.
As for units of measurement, a yard is the length it is because it was the length of the average mans stride. This made measuring distances via walking much easier. Why is a meter the length it is? I’ve asked this many times and the most consistent answer I’ve received is “because it’s 100 centimeters long.”
Just because we don’t understand why things came to be doesn’t mean there wasn’t a good reason for them to develop the as they did. Many of the people who advocated for the metric system also pushed a metric 1000 month calendar and that idea made no fucking sense at all. It takes 364 days for Earth to orbit the Sun and I think our calendar should reflect that. Now if someone will push for a 13 month calendar that had 28 days per month that is a brilliant idea I could get behind.
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05-05-2021, 07:35 PM #48897
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05-05-2021, 07:47 PM #48898
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05-05-2021, 07:53 PM #48899
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05-05-2021, 07:56 PM #48900
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