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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 07 Sep 2024 07:33:16 +1000, Trevor Wilson   
    wrote:   
      
   > On 6/09/2024 8:05 pm, Rod Speed wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:08:44 +1000, Trevor Wilson   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2/09/2024 10:17 am, Rod Speed wrote:   
   >>>> On Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:02:41 +1000, Trevor Wilson   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 1/09/2024 8:31 pm, Joe wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 16:29:53 +1000   
   >>>>>> Trevor Wilson  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> **Just a reminder moron: I am not the one trying to use   
   >>>>>>> measurements   
   >>>>>>> that no one on the planet uses, except Americans. Australia, like   
   >>>>>>> the   
   >>>>>>> rest of the planet, uses Metric measurements.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>  There are still many electronic components, even those made in the   
   >>>>>> Far   
   >>>>>> East, that fit a 1/10" grid. If you actually use measurements in   
   >>>>>> real   
   >>>>>> life, you need to be able to deal with any system you may   
   >>>>>> encounter. It   
   >>>>>> is also not unusual to see dimensions quoted in a strange number of   
   >>>>>> millimetres which turns out to be an exact number of inches. And   
   >>>>>> don't   
   >>>>>> bother trying to find a metric screw to fit a photographic mount,   
   >>>>>> anywhere in the world.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I am well aware of legacy products that are still in Imperial   
   >>>>> measurements. Plumbing and, as you say, old school electronic   
   >>>>> components. However, common-place measurements (distance, capacity,   
   >>>>> etc) are now Metric all over the planet. Except for one, tiny,   
   >>>>> pocket.   
   >>   
   >>>>  Aircraft aren't one tiny pocket, fuckwit   
   >>   
   >>> Are you SERIOUSLY trying to tell us that Airbus Industries use   
   >>> Imperial measurements when they build aeroplanes?   
      
   >>  Nope, that the ENTIRE FUCKING INDUSTRY except for the   
   >> russian military uses FEET for altitude, KNOTS for airspeed   
   >> and TONS for fuel, and MILLIBARS for QNH fuckwit.   
      
   > A knot is NOT an Imperial measurement.   
      
   Corse it is, guess who invented it.   
      
   Pity about the other units I listed.   
      
   > The Imperial measurement of speed is mph. A knot is one nautical mile   
   > per hour. A nautical mile is a radial measurement equivalent to one   
   > minute of arc.   
      
   Still not metric, fuckwit.   
      
   >>> I call bullshit on that. The Frogs would NEVERuse Imperial   
   >>> measurements  for their products.   
      
   >> Thanks for that completely superfluous proof that   
   >> you have never ever had a fucking clue, ever.   
      
   > Nonetheless, a fact to prove you wrong.   
      
   Just another of your pathetic little drug crazed drunken fantasys.   
      
   >>> However, it would appear that Boeing still use Imperial measurements,   
      
   >>  And so does RR, GE and P&W engines.   
      
   > Again: A piddling 5% of the planet bothers with imperial measurements.   
      
   Wrong with the aircraft and shipping industry, you pathetic excuse for a   
   bullshit artist.   
      
   > EVERYONE else uses Metric.   
      
   Wrong with the aircraft and shipping industry, you pathetic excuse for a   
   bullshit artist.   
      
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