Stephen,In the car industry the 'thou' is still in use. It's commonly used when repairing engines after a blown head gasket (the mating faces have to be 'polished' back to be flat and square.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:47131] Re: household measurement--for real Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:44:19 +0100 I used to disagree with measuring everything in millimetres. I believed (for some reason) that not refering to 10mm as 1cm and 100cm as 1 metre would be confusing to people, I can now see that one unit of measurement, the millimetre, is better and far less confusing. I believe millimetres are solely used for engineering purposes, eg, 25.4mm to represent a inch diameter pipe. (sorry for referring to WOMBAT units). ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Trusten To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 3:53 PM Subject: [USMA:47130] household measurement--for real By household measurement in this context, I mean just plain, old measurement. For length, it is done with millimeters, of course. I am still the owner of a traditional cathode ray tube television, but the sight of an HDTV display in a store blew me away, so I am considering joining the 21st century of video. To get an idea of what, if anything, would fit my entertainment center cabinet, I took out my SI tape measure and estimated 810 mm x 630 mm, so a new TV would have to fit that size opening with room to spare. Pat Naughtin just wrote a post re-stating the principle of sticking to millimeters, and I cannot concur strongly enough---no fractions! I'm looking forward to visiting the store again to pick out my TV and use the metric units that are usually provided on the display, even here in the land of WOMBAT.* Paul *Way Of Measuring Badly in America Today (coined by yours truly in1997) or, according to some, Waste Of Money, Brains, And TIme _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/
