On Tuesday 18 October 2005 08:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That's exactly what I was thinking. If I have to know how to calculate > the area of a piston and the pressure that exerts by calculating it in my > head (or even on paper) to know metric than I'll never no metric (not > because it is beyond me to learn that but because I really could care less > how to do that). I wouldn't expect the average person to know how to do > that in metric or 'US customary'.
I was trying to figure out if I could get enough pressure out of it to pump up the tires. I had a pump before that I couldn't. I know not everyone can calculate the area of a circle in his head, but someone who works in a bike shop should know what a kilopascal is. phma
