The Chill Out Zone - Page 3435

coolcat · 11th February 2014, 17:59

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Originally Posted by NigelOBB

Don't worry Rod I'm the same.. I haven't gone metric..

Us young 'un's have no idea what your talking about

reworht · 11th February 2014, 18:04

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Originally Posted by NigelOBB

Don't worry Rod I'm the same.. I haven't gone metric..

Funnily enough, I found measuring in metric was more accurate than imperial in my industry - printing. An A4 sheet of paper can be very accurately measured at 297mm x 210mm - whereas in imperial, the commonly accepted 8¼" x 11¾" isn't that accurate.

coolcat · 11th February 2014, 18:16

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Originally Posted by reworht

Funnily enough, I found measuring in metric was more accurate than imperial in my industry - printing. An A4 sheet of paper can be very accurately measured at 297mm x 210mm - whereas in imperial, the commonly accepted 8¼" x 11¾" isn't that accurate.

Would they be Mens measurements or ladies?
I find that ladies always seem to under estimate

NigelOBB · 11th February 2014, 18:16

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Originally Posted by reworht

Funnily enough, I found measuring in metric was more accurate than imperial in my industry - printing. An A4 sheet of paper can be very accurately measured at 297mm x 210mm - whereas in imperial, the commonly accepted 8¼" x 11¾" isn't that accurate.

And what's wrong width 16th's and 32nd's 😉

NigelOBB · 11th February 2014, 18:17

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Originally Posted by coolcat

Would they be Mens measurements or ladies?

I find that ladies always seem to under estimate

I thinks it's something to do with their vision and perception of speed and distance

reworht · 11th February 2014, 18:35

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Originally Posted by coolcat

Would they be Mens measurements or ladies?
I find that ladies always seem to under estimate

and I'm sure the women will say that men tend to overestimate

suzublu · 11th February 2014, 18:39

Eyup

First flurries of the white stuff here now

NigelOBB · 11th February 2014, 18:39

Rod it's always better to over estimate

NigelOBB · 11th February 2014, 18:41

We had a blizzard up here about 6:30 Ronnie not good 😒

reworht · 11th February 2014, 18:42

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Originally Posted by NigelOBB

And what's wrong width 16th's and 32nd's 😉

I'm happy with 'em - still go all my old AF, Whitworth, BSF and BA spanners.
We were to a degree governed by the way paper mills measured paper and they opted to go metric. A lot of the younger staff we employed had enough problems with multiples of 10, never mind introducing them to 2,4,8,16 etc.

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