On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 06:07:16 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

> On Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 7:55:59 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> > Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >
> > > No, you're not. I'd love to see the U.S. abandon the old system,
> > > even if it were just a soft conversion.
> > >
> > > Isn't plywood thickness actually sized in mm now?
> >
> > Not in my area. Still see 1/4", 1/2", 3/4" plywood.
>
> Well, 3/4" plywood is now 23/32, but that's probably because everything
> has been cheapened.
>
> > I agree that the
> > metric is more efficient but it would take several generations to
> > change to that in the US.
>
> It'll never happen if we don't get started.
>

It's been started for at least 30 years. AFAIC, just make the damn
change... converting from one to the other is pure torture and that's
where a major part of the problem lies. When kids our age were taught
metric, we spent our time with it converting back & forth, which was a
stupid waste if time and we hated it. Make the switch, think only in
metric, done. Everybody is happy and the world will live in harmony.


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