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From: Now in San Diego on
On Jul 27, 1:41 am, tomcov <thomas.coven...(a)rocketmail.com> wrote:
> 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$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
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> > > Mortimer wrote:
> > >> "alan.holmes" <alan.holme...(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message
> > >>news:owi3o.90995$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
>/either as the situation demanded. It ain't that hard!
> >> 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.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

I never had any problem using both
From: Now in San Diego on
On Jul 27, 9:16 pm, Now in San Diego <midl...(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Jul 27, 1:41 am, tomcov <thomas.coven...(a)rocketmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > 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
> >/either as the situation demanded. It ain't that hard!
>
>  > >> available (or at least 1/2" to 15 mm and 3/4" to 22 mm
> convertors) for
>
>
>
> > > >  1/2" is 15mm.
>
>n in metric and convert to english at the end > > 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.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> I never had any problem using both- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

L hsed top design in Metric and convert to English at the end - then
they got metric/english machines in the ashop and metric was fine.
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