5/4 means ?

[siliconbauhaus]

the fact of the matter is: it doesnt really matter.

All I was saying was I prefer metric as it 99.9% of the time deals wiht whole numbers.....apart from the odd .5.

I dont have to add up 32" plus 40 1/2" plus 6' 7 3/8"

No offense was meant by this posting at all

[siliconbauhaus]

Wouldn't that actually be 304.8 mm?

Ed

300 mm to the rest of the world mate...just ask

[Ed62]

No offense was meant by this posting at all

None was taken. Just having fun.

Ed

[JSCOOK]

No. The correct term would be "ambinumerical"

I like that one even better ... I'll have to use that one on my resume next time!

[siliconbauhaus]

I thought I was quad lingual...I could speak Amreican , English, Canadian, and Oz...how does that fit with ambinumerical?

[JSCOOK]

300 mm to the rest of the world mate...just ask

Yup ... FWIW, check any 12" ruler (at least up here) and the metric side only goes to 300mm ... not saying that it's an exact conversion, but we often refer to 1ft as 30cm or 300mm ...

[siliconbauhaus]

I wish I had this much interest in my c'man I'm parting out

[Bruce Cohen]

Yup Mark,

But you have to first tell our misguided Millimeter "chaps" that 100 caliber = 1". Thererfore, .50 Cal is 1/2" or 12.5mm (assuming that 25 mm is still roughly 1".

Now, are we all totally confused, or by this time of night, do we no longer care.

Bruce

and I'll take a .45 cal any day of the week, big, heavy and slow enough to do some real damage and stop them bad guys cold.

[p8ntblr]

Yup ... FWIW, check any 12" ruler (at least up here) and the metric side only goes to 300mm ... not saying that it's an exact conversion, but we often refer to 1ft as 30cm or 300mm ...

How can that be? It's been a while but in Chemistry class I remember learning 2.54cm = 1 inch. And that was an exact conversion like 1 foot = 12 inches. Which means 12 inches = 30.48cm = 304.8mm

Unless of course that exact conversion only exists in the US

[siliconbauhaus]

and I'll take a .45 cal any day of the week, big, heavy and slow enough to do some real damage and stop them bad guys cold.

True enough mate.... I'm not that much into firearms but doesnt the .40 / 10 mm seems to be the bullet of choice these days?

[siliconbauhaus]

I cant belive how far off topic this has gone....it's almost as good as the song game

[JSCOOK]

How can that be? It's been a while but in Chemistry class I remember learning 2.54cm = 1 inch. And that was an exact conversion like 1 foot = 12 inches. Which means 12 inches = 30.48cm = 304.8mm

Unless of course that exact conversion only exists in the US

No, what I meant was that the ruler has 12" on one edge, and UP TO 300mm on the other side ... it's not meant to be an EXACT conversion, just a close approximation to be convenient to the NEAREST centimeter ...

Now if you will study the image below, you will understand ...



Now lets all go and get a cold one of whatever you drink ... and relax!

[Richard in Smithville]

Yeah, but that ruler is in an entirely different language.

[leehljp]

Here is another measureing device that adds a different dimension to measures:

Guess where it is from?

[JSCOOK]

Yeah, but that ruler is in an entirely different language.

Shhh ... that's our secret language unless they are in Maine ...

I knew when I posted that, that someone would point out that ...

So round #2 will be wheather Metric is English or French ...

I've never laughed so hard as I have with this thread ...