Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If one really wants to "go metric" you have to buy the tools: metric rulers metric thermometers etc. Problem is so much of out "stuff" is still "not metric" so we need to be fluent in both (actually three systems) need fractions wrenches and taps drill bits need decimal inches and numbered drill bits and taps in the machinist world need metric wrenches taps and drill bits Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Aug 9, 2010, at 10:57 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > I totally agree that conversion doesn't work. You need to start thinking > in > metric - just like with a foreign language. Don't translate - think in > the > other language. Metric makes so much more sense. I use it whenever I can > - > of course, in the darkroom and with photography, metric is the only > language! I wish more of my cookbooks used metric, but so far, it's only > the "foreign" ones that do.