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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>Cecil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>The things they teach you kids today! Back before calculators they let us use 22/7 for pi.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>Carl<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'> AT <at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Cecil Bearden<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 24, 2020 5:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> at@lists.antique-tractor.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Supposedly why our old tractors are not metric and a fairly simple tutorial<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>31416 x 10**-4<o:p></o:p></p><p>Cecil<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 2/24/2020 4:09 PM, Carl Gogol wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Reminds me, what is the metric equivalent for pi?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> AT <a href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com"><at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Al Jones<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 24, 2020 10:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com"><at@lists.antique-tractor.com></a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Supposedly why our old tractors are not metric and a fairly simple tutorial<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Real men do fractions. The metric system is the work of the devil.....<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Al<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 9:09 AM Indiana Robinson <<a href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com">robinson46176@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm not sure how accurate this story is but it matches what I had read for years.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/04/12/metric-system-usa/" target="_blank">https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/04/12/metric-system-usa/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This site looks fairly well done and I liked the little section on the metric size of a few common objects.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Measure-Centimeters?fbclid=IwAR1z77b9GTGRpTD7TM1cH51LA1CKzsTyPJ-n87HsRDmbJv7b5ME7QyCVpbs" target="_blank">https://www.wikihow.com/Measure-Centimeters?fbclid=IwAR1z77b9GTGRpTD7TM1cH51LA1CKzsTyPJ-n87HsRDmbJv7b5ME7QyCVpbs</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you have forgotten how to use your Abacus there is a section on that too. :-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>.<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>-- <br><br>Francis Robinson<br>aka "farmer"<br>Central Indiana USA<br><a href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com" target="_blank">robinson46176@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>AT mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>