Nice picture Mike! BTW, let me concur with your mm-only approach. I've been using mm-only around the lab and house for years, and its *just plain easier* to use one multiplier consistently rather than be shifting a decimal back and forth one place. Millimeters gives you the resolution to do most fine work without fractions and decimals, and thinking in "blocks" of 100 mm and 1000 mm becomes quite natural after a while. The point is you're *always* using the same unit, whether it's for measuring a sample size, cropping graphics for insertion in a Word document, measuring propagation distance in a microwave transmission line, or fixing your mother's picture frame.
It's an "acquired" skill, but works quite well once you acquire it. Nat -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Joy Sent: Monday, 2003 January 06 1.07 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:24386] Building in Metric Hi all, Here is a picture of yours truly (left) with the builder (right) in the dead of winter six months ago. We are studying the plans of the extensions to my home, which are all in mm. (The next storey/story was yet to be added.) But now I'm very pleased with the results (where I'm writing now) and hope it won't be too long before all American builders will see the light and measure this way. Best regards to you all, Mike Joy, Perth, W Australia
