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

[Al Jones]

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/
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> 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.
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> This site looks fairly well done and I liked the little section on the
> metric size of a few common objects.
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> https://www.wikihow.com/Measure-Centimeters?fbclid=IwAR1z77b9GTGRpTD7TM1cH51LA1CKzsTyPJ-n87HsRDmbJv7b5ME7QyCVpbs
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> If you have forgotten how to use your Abacus there is a section on that
> too.  :-)
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