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Thanks for your kind comments, Nat. It was so easy
to design this, in fact I designed it myself and got an architect to formally
draw the plans.
When living in Canada, I started using mm-only way
back in 1974 when I built an extra bedroom for my new arrival.
Best regards
Mike
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Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 9:12
AM
Subject: RE: [USMA:24386] Building in
Metric
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
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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
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