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

[Cecil Bearden]

31416 x 10**-4

Cecil

On 2/24/2020 4:09 PM, Carl Gogol wrote:
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> Reminds me, what is the metric equivalent for pi?
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> *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of *Al Jones
> *Sent:* Monday, February 24, 2020 10:11 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Supposedly why our old tractors are not metric and 
> a fairly simple tutorial
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> Real men do fractions.  The metric system is the work of the devil.....
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> Al
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> On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 9:09 AM Indiana Robinson 
> <robinson46176 at gmail.com <mailto:robinson46176 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     I'm not sure how accurate this story is but it matches what I had
>     read for years.
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>     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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>     Francis Robinson
>     aka "farmer"
>     Central Indiana USA
>     robinson46176 at gmail.com <mailto:robinson46176 at gmail.com>
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