[AT] Supposedly why our old tractors are not metric and a fairly simple tutorial

[Aaron Dickinson]

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Aaron Dickinson

Mason, Mi





From: Al Jones
Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎February‎ ‎24‎, ‎2020 ‎10‎:‎11‎ ‎AM
To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group






Real men do fractions.  The metric system is the work of the devil.....




Al



On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 9:09 AM Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:



I'm not sure how accurate this story is but it matches what I had read for years.
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/04/12/metric-system-usa/




If they had listened to Jefferson we would  not be messing with a double system, metrics would just be what we use...  The 10 based system can be done in  your head (could have saved all those years learning those damned fractions)  :-)  and every tool box wouldn't have a fraction to decimal conversion chart tucked in somewhere that you can't ever find when you need it. Also we would not have to worry about some dead kings thumb size getting lost or a bad few years for the barley crop or a lot of other stuff they tried to set as standards long ago.




This site looks fairly well done and I liked the little section on the metric size of a few common objects.

https://www.wikihow.com/Measure-Centimeters?fbclid=IwAR1z77b9GTGRpTD7TM1cH51LA1CKzsTyPJ-n87HsRDmbJv7b5ME7QyCVpbs




If you have forgotten how to use your Abacus there is a section on that too.  :-)







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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
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