Yes that is true the Buick 3.5 v8 snapped up by BL
We might be getting imperial measurements back.
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Yes that is true the Buick 3.5 v8 snapped up by BL
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NHS forms from a pre-op are not "politically correct". They are, in part, so that the anaesthetist calculates the correct dosing so that they don't kill you.
It actually requires birth gender - again so that you get the correct medication. BTW whether you like it or not gender reassignment by surgery is a fact and is legal
Maybe in your split screen Morris Minor, but all the cars I had from the 1980s onwards had TWO sets of numbers
So how do you square that with buying petrol in litres?
Agreed, so what? Go to Ireland and their speed limits and signs are in kilometres. Are you saying that the British are more stupid than the Irish in being unable to work in kilometres? Anyway, look at any engineering drawing or architect's plans produced since the 1970s and it is in SI units (or metric) - you won't find a single one in Imperial, in the same way that you probably won't find a single modern machine tool or woodworking machine made here after early 1970s with scales in anything other than metric. But hey, that's only industry...
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Fact is I was brought up in both. I can use (and visualise stuff) in both. But any form of calculation is faster and less error prone in metric
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There are lots of average badges looking for cheap mass produced engines. Why waste money on sophisticated European or Japanese stuff when you can have throw-away American tat.
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If accuracy, logic or scientific refinement are required - metric always wins.
What you know about it noseall could be written on a postage stamp with a six inch brush
And incidentally that “ thing” in your car that has caused you confusion is a jack
U use it to change a wheel if you get a puncture / flat tyre
It will
Explain it in the car manual ??
152.4mm actually
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all positives as far as i’m concerned.
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oooh being drilled by two old men every day. It all becomes clear. poor thing.
Well yes
And that other thing that comes with the jack is a wheel brace it’s for undoing the wheel nuts
Tip for you noseall don’t undo all the nuts fully untill the car is jacked up
And remember they are right hand threads
Meaning to un do it’s anti clock wise and to tighten it’s clock wise
Like you I only really use metric, but if you're working with something like the thickness of newspaper, 1 or 2 thou is probably easier than using 0.0254mm or multiples of. Horses for courses.
Wasn't easy. Both wore bib 'n' brace overalls and the old-old boy wore a flat cap. There were no goggles, dust masks, gloves or ear defenders. Setting out stud walls (to match metric plasterboards) was hilarious especially the dodgy fractions. I did enjoy my formative years though and am glad for the experience. I can still out (hand) dig my young oppo on the rare occasions we don't/can't use an excavator.
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I've had it the other way round where we had a young chippy installing joists ahead of us laying a plywood floor (with the PB beneath to be supported on MF, so metric/Imperial didn't come into it for the ceiling boards). My instructions were quite simple - all joists must be at 16in centres so we carry the joints on a joist - not 400mm, not 406mm, not 410mm, but 16in (because the boards were 2440mm, i.e 8ft long), and here's an 8m tape marked in both. Stupid fecker couldn't get his head round using inches and globally screwed up - mind you he wasn't even installing at 400mm or 406mm or anything else consistently. On day 3 we canned him
BTW I still wear a flat cap in inclement weather (or basically 2 days in 3 round here)
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