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From: Mortimer on 26 Jul 2010 13:08 "alan.holmes" <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message news:owi3o.90995$xf1.26863(a)hurricane... > >> I'm one of those half-and-half people who is old enough to have been >> brought up with imperial units so I estimate distances in inches, yards >> etc and know my height and weight in feet/inches and stones/pounds, BUT >> if I'm asked to measure anything I always do it in metric units for ease >> of calculation and for consistency between linear, volumetric and weight >> units. > > But you still buy plywood in 8 foot by 4 foot sheets! Is it still sold in 8' x 4' sheets? I presume at the very least the size will be quoted in centimetres rather then inches to keep the EU happy, and I wonder if the size may have been modified to be a round number of centimetres. As a matter of interest, are old plumbing fittings (1/2", 3/4") still available (or at least 1/2" to 15 mm and 3/4" to 22 mm convertors) for people who have old piping and need to make repairs? > "alan.holmes" <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> So you do not know there are 960 farthings in a pound? > Bear in mind, Alan, that decimalisation of the currency was forty years > ago next year. Suddenly I feel very old! I can remember going along to the newsagent on the parade at the end of my road, with my shiny new 1p and 2p coins, on decimalisation day to buy my comic and some sweets with the "new money". I was 7 at the time. I kept a few old pennies and ha'pennies for a while: I stuck a safety pin on the back of each with Araldite and wore them as badges! I've still got the commemorative mug that I was given at school with an old pence / new pence conversion table on it.
From: Nick Finnigan on 26 Jul 2010 15:29 Mortimer wrote: > "alan.holmes" <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message > news:owi3o.90995$xf1.26863(a)hurricane... >> >> >> But you still buy plywood in 8 foot by 4 foot sheets! > > Is it still sold in 8' x 4' sheets? I presume at the very least the size > will be quoted in centimetres rather then inches to keep the EU happy, > and I wonder if the size may have been modified to be a round number of > centimetres. B and Q may be 2400x1200 but proper builders' merchants sell 8x4 (the rear door on my car is not quite 4' diagonally). > As a matter of interest, are old plumbing fittings (1/2", 3/4") still > available (or at least 1/2" to 15 mm and 3/4" to 22 mm convertors) for 1/2" is 15mm.
From: Mortimer on 26 Jul 2010 17:46 "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message news:i2knnl$cpf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Mortimer wrote: >> "alan.holmes" <alan.holmes27(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message >> news:owi3o.90995$xf1.26863(a)hurricane... >>> >>> >>> But you still buy plywood in 8 foot by 4 foot sheets! >> >> Is it still sold in 8' x 4' sheets? I presume at the very least the size >> will be quoted in centimetres rather then inches to keep the EU happy, >> and I wonder if the size may have been modified to be a round number of >> centimetres. > > B and Q may be 2400x1200 but proper builders' merchants sell 8x4 (the > rear door on my car is not quite 4' diagonally). > >> As a matter of interest, are old plumbing fittings (1/2", 3/4") still >> available (or at least 1/2" to 15 mm and 3/4" to 22 mm convertors) for > > 1/2" is 15mm. No, if 1" is 25.4 mm, then 1/2" is 12.7 mm. 15 mm is a little over 1/2". Likewise, 22 mm is more than 3/4" - it's 0.87" rather than 0.75". Old and new size copper pipes are different sizes and elbows/joints/t-pieces for imperial pipes will not fit metric pipes.
From: Nick Finnigan on 26 Jul 2010 18:10 Mortimer wrote: > "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > news:i2knnl$cpf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >>> As a matter of interest, are old plumbing fittings (1/2", 3/4") still >>> available (or at least 1/2" to 15 mm and 3/4" to 22 mm convertors) for >> >> 1/2" is 15mm. > > No, if 1" is 25.4 mm, then 1/2" is 12.7 mm. 15 mm is a little over 1/2". Nevertheless, 1/2" pipe is 15mm pipe. > Likewise, 22 mm is more than 3/4" - it's 0.87" rather than 0.75". Old > and new size copper pipes are different sizes and elbows/joints/t-pieces > for imperial pipes will not fit metric pipes. They will for 1/2" and 15mm.
From: tomcov on 27 Jul 2010 04:41
On Jul 26, 10:46 pm, "Mortimer" <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > "Nick Finnigan" <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:i2knnl$cpf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > > > Mortimer wrote: > >> "alan.holmes" <alan.holme...(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message > >>news:owi3o.90995$xf1.26863(a)hurricane... > > >>> But you still buy plywood in 8 foot by 4 foot sheets! > > >> Is it still sold in 8' x 4' sheets? I presume at the very least the size > >> will be quoted in centimetres rather then inches to keep the EU happy, > >> and I wonder if the size may have been modified to be a round number of > >> centimetres. > > > B and Q may be 2400x1200 but proper builders' merchants sell 8x4 (the > > rear door on my car is not quite 4' diagonally). > > >> As a matter of interest, are old plumbing fittings (1/2", 3/4") still > >> available (or at least 1/2" to 15 mm and 3/4" to 22 mm convertors) for > > > 1/2" is 15mm. > > No, if 1" is 25.4 mm, then 1/2" is 12.7 mm. 15 mm is a little over 1/2". > Likewise, 22 mm is more than 3/4" - it's 0.87" rather than 0.75". Old and > new size copper pipes are different sizes and elbows/joints/t-pieces for > imperial pipes will not fit metric pipes. |