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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.
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>> 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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