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1. Anglo/US measurement phobia (score: 1): Author: "William Moyer" <William.Moyer@millersville.edu>; Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 08:08:52 -0400; There's nothing more or less "logical" about any system of measurement. Logic is a thin reed to grasp in any event, but that's another discussion. There's nothing magic about either the base 10 or t; /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00056.html (8,066 bytes)
2. Re: Anglo/US measurement phobia (score: 1): Author: "Ph.J.Aeckerlin" <j.aeckerlin@tiscali.nl>; Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:45:50 +0200; Come on, Bill, be realistic! I live in a fully metric world, and the spanners on my tool board are hanging in the order:6-7-8-9-10-11-13-17-19 and so on. Never a problem to hang a tool back on its pr; /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00099.html (8,884 bytes)
3. Re: Anglo/US measurement phobia (score: 1): Author: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 20:57:55 +0800; If you can believe it, they still use imperial measurments on some specific parts on the Airbus where fine tolerances are required. Apparently specifying fine measurements by the thousands of an inc; /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00104.html (9,545 bytes)
4. SV: Anglo/US measurement phobia (score: 1): Author: "Per Schoerner" <healeyguy@bredband.net>; Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 16:45:16 +0200; Well, I think we safely can say that the British Empire is slowly going metric, inch by inch. Best -- Per; /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00106.html (6,669 bytes)

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