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pluscab

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brainless metrication in L/R manual
« on: March 11, 2011, 04:49:39 PM »
Ok, you've all got a pet example of "why don't they leave it in inches" but I opened the L/R manual to check the backlash on the front wheel bearing of the Disco and it wants 0.1270 to 0.1016mm instead of 4 to 5 thou.  That last decimal place is 1 millionth of an inch. I'll need an interferometer to get it right.
I'm still a bit pissed off after I lined a wall with plywood, in sheets 2440 x 1220, or good old 8' x 4', and then had to cover them with plasterboard which is 2400 x 1200. The screws in the edge of the last sheet missed the studs by a mile ( 5", or 1.25 hands if you know about horses)
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geoffg

Re: brainless metrication in L/R manual
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2011, 05:58:03 PM »
Quote from: pluscab on March 11, 2011, 04:49:39 PM
The screws in the edge of the last sheet missed the studs by a mile ( 5", or 1.25 hands if you know about horses)
Or1760 yards if you went to school when I did  :'(   (Or5280 feet and well past max depth if you know about how to keep dry in a submarine!!)  :o
Geoff :)
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Re: brainless metrication in L/R manual
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2011, 06:54:50 PM »
My darling wife runs a baking business through the Farmers Markets - her "recipes" are priceless, a total mix of metric, imperial and US weights..... 300 grams of X, 4oz of Y, a tablespoon of sugar and a cup of milk.... etc etc. I've started just writing the metric value alongside them, all the way down the card.
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Re: brainless metrication in L/R manual
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2011, 07:03:01 PM »
When I make soup I use the Scottish measuring system.








A wee dod o that
a smattering of this
a hawnful of the other
and a toty wee drap of them

My soup tastes great. ;D ;D ;D
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pluscab

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Re: brainless metrication in L/R manual
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2011, 07:18:10 PM »
I'll assemble it with the old Scots engineers clearance, a ba' hair
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Re: brainless metrication in L/R manual
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2011, 07:21:25 PM »
Quote from: coolcamper55 on March 11, 2011, 07:03:01 PM
When I make soup I use the Scottish measuring system.

A wee dod o that
a smattering of this
a hawnful of the other
and a toty wee drap of them

My soup tastes great. ;D ;D ;D

She has actually got a set of measures an American friend sent that start with a "1/2 a pinch" and move on up through "Dod",  "Smidgeon" and on to a "Tad". 
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Re: brainless metrication in L/R manual
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2011, 07:30:57 PM »
@ pluscab: I take it you know there are "big ba hairs" and "wee ba hairs"  lol
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pluscab

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Re: brainless metrication in L/R manual
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2011, 08:01:58 PM »
@ pepsimax: Yes but there might be ladies present :-[
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Re: brainless metrication in L/R manual
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2011, 11:33:39 AM »
was told off by my wife for not having enough fizzy pop in my can as i offered it to her,

i only had "hof a slebber" in it apparently....
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