scott wrote:
>> Screws here go down to 1/32nd or 1/64th of an inch,
> 
> Oh god that just reminded me of working on old stuff when I was 
> younger.  OK so the 1/2" socket is too small, ermm what comes next, this 
> one looks bigger, 5/8", nope too big, hmmm, ummm, 5/8, that's 10/16, ok 
> so let's try 9/16", ah yes cool that fits.
> 
>>> What if you need 5 foot 3 point 85 divided into 2?  Dividing 158.3 cm 
>>> into 2 is much easier.
>>
>> You'd cast everything to inches. That's how construction work is done. 
>> Studs are 16 inches apart, for example. I went to the store and bought 
>> 20-inch hoses to connect wall to sink.
> 
> So the length of a support beam is measured as something like 475 
> inches? Do you have any idea how long something that is 475 inches 
> actually looks like?  Or do you have to convert roughly into feet/yards 
> first?
> 
> Or like the example you gave earlier, if something is 50 thousand feet 
> away, do you know how far that is? Or do you have to do a rough 
> conversion to miles first?
> 
> In metric it's far easier, you buy a piece of wood that is 1200x600x28, 
> you know straight away how big it is without needing to any sums in your 
> head. Ditto if something is 50 thousand metres away, I know it's going 
> to take me about 30 mins to get there straight away - no tricky 
> conversions needed.
> 
And as a bonus I can see that you will use a car and not go by foot, 
bike, boat, or public transport.

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