[USMA:24292] Re: Millimetres, centimetres, and decimetres

[Mike Joy]

John said:- I think Australia went through the same phase.  Pat, mike and Brenton can clarify this.  The reason the FFU-ists lost the battle was that "products" were not available in FFU after a certain date.  Thus a house builder who wanted to continue with FFU could not do it so easily. **************   No builder here in his right mind would want to use FFUs to build a house.   He's only interested in getting the job done in the shortest possible time, and accurately too.   Using FFUs would take him 50% longer, even if all products were still available in FFUs.   The only building products you can buy in FFU are some screw sizes and some screw thread sizes e.g. taps. Maybe some nails have inches in brackets.   Regards   Mike