I'm somewhat used to the metric system now, but I'm also damn tired of having to keep two different sets of tools in the toolbox. I'd bet that the main reason the U.S. hasn't changed over to the metric system yet is due to the cost.
Bolt sizes are a very small problem with the metric system
Go to your home depot and ask for the following
I need eight 3.81 x 8.89 x 243.84 Boards
1 need one 121.92 x 243.84 x 12.7 Sheet rock
All legal descriptions will have to be changed!
I would not take that bet.
If we'd switched to the system of measurements of the godless pinko commie heathens back when it came out, it would've been doable, but now we have a biggly yuuuuge economic investment in the system we have. As Uncle TK says, it's not just nuts and bolts; our entire construction industry runs on the inch pattern. Ask a professional carpenter for the centerline measurement of a 6' 8-13/16" cabinet, and I'll bet he can give you the number in no time flat because he deals with those fractions on a daily basis.
The simple fact is that there is no good reason to switch our system of measurements. It would affect people who use it on a daily basis to benefit, essentially, no one. As noted elsewhere, the industries that need metric already use it internally.
Of course, if we keep dumbing down our educational system, we'll eventually be so stupid we'll have to switch to a system that was designed to be so simple that even a Frenchman could use it...
Would it depend on what kind of train he drove? You know, steam, diesel, electric?
When I was about six, I asked my mom what my dad did for a living. She told me he was an electrical engineer. That confused the hell out of me, 'cause I'd thought he was flesh and blood, and I didn't know that he did anything with trains.
1. Motors are meant to be in CUBIC INCHES.
2. Since automakers converted to metric, they are NOT metric. Changed brakes on Wif's car. 2 bolts hold the crappin brake calipers. One is a 7/16" and the other is an 8.5mm Allen head. Who in the hell has an 8.5mm Allen wrench? The car dealer, that's who.
Or the cheap hemmoroid with a 9mm Allen socket and a bench grinder.
2. Since automakers converted to metric, they are NOT metric. Changed brakes on Wif's car. 2 bolts hold the crappin brake calipers. One is a 7/16" and the other is an 8.5mm Allen head. Who in the hell has an 8.5mm Allen wrench? The car dealer, that's who.
Or the cheap hemmoroid with a 9mm Allen socket and a bench grinder.
Every motor in the world is listed in liters my friend. The day of the 350, 454, 383, 302, 440, etc... are dead.
