I have both kinds of tools.Â* It's maddening to need a metric wrench on a
Harley Davidson.Â* Frankly I have no grief with the metric system other
than the fact that, being raised with the "moon" system, I can visualize
the measurements.Â* I can look at an SAE nut and tell you that it's 3/8,
1/2, 9/16 inches, but I can't do the same with 6, 8,10,12 mm.Â* Just what
I'm used to.

I think the gliding community likes the metric system because 1,000 km
sounds more impressive than a mere 621.3712 miles, and way better than
539.9555 nautical miles.

On 3/10/2018 1:44 PM, wrote:
On Friday, March 9, 2018 at 6:42:58 PM UTC-6, wrote:
"And that's why the metric system rules worldwide - except for some backwater countries."

"There are two systems of measurement. The Metric system, and the one that put a man on the Moon." (Anonymous)

Yeah, yeah, I know. Parochial and childish, but it is what it is. I personally use both systems interchangeably.

So at the present time, the "English" measurements are used in, uhh, Liberia, Myanmar and the US. Runnin' with the Big Dogs!
Mark and 'Anonymus': the metric system is used in all of science, check it out. Remember the failed Mars shot some 30-40 years ago? The clear cause of conversion factor errors. Dan, don't forget your metric tool set when flying your beautiful Stemme!

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Dan, 5J