Metric vs fractional

[rocco16v@netzero.net (L F)]

I'm not surprised.
Makes about as much sense and the length of King Edward first joint of his
thumb (or whatever the source of the inch was...)

Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>
To: "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
Cc: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>; "John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>;
"The List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: Metric vs fractional


> A Frenchman, it was originally 1/50,000 of the distance from Paris to the
> north pole IIRC.
> John
>
> L F wrote:
>
> > Well....who ever came up with the meter?????
> > Give me the English system.
> > (and I, also, have wondered why the metric world uses 13", 14", 15", etc
> > wheels/tires....I mean c'mon; 195mm wide tires by 15"???)
> > Larry
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
> > To: "John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>; "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>;
> > "John Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>; "The List"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 4:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: Metric vs fractional
> >
> > > --- John Van Vuren <veedublu@prod.net> wrote:
> > > > The real question - we went to metric tire sizing (195mm wide,
> > > > etc)...  how
> > > > come wheels are still measured in inches??   With metric offset
> > > > measurments???    :)
> > >
> > > Yeah...and how come you buy fuel in gallons in England but count
> > > distance in miles?
> > >
> > > And how come Levi's are sold all over the world in inches?
> > >
> > > And who ever came up with the dumb old inch anyway?  What a silly
> > > system of measurement we have here.
> > >
> > > =====
> > > Cheapass Ron
> >
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