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On 2023-04-04, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 11:23:25 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I note from watching many car mechanic you tube videos that even
proper US made cars are moving to metric screws. And things like a
\"12.5mm wrench\" are mire likely than a \'half inch\'
I have tools in both systems. Even my 1986 Ford pickup throws in a
little metric every now and then. The forks, carb, and other bits on
the Harley are Japanese and hence metric. Only the Toyota car and
Suzuki bikes have no surprises.
When working under car a female significant other can copy better with
metric sizes than \'Give me the damn 13/16\"
Your female significant other, perhaps. I\'m quite comfortable with
fractions.
Breaux Bridge LA used to have an annual cayenne pepper eating contest,
at the crawfish festival. Maybe still does.
Although I like BBQ, I\'m not that fond of Cajun/Creole or BBQ. I much
prefer Asian food. Anything from Suez to Seoul.
On Mon, 3 Apr 2023 13:00:34 +0100, NY wrote:
My parents\' portable radio, a Grundig Yacht Boy, which they got in the
mid-to-late 1960s, was calibrated in kHz and MHz rather than kc/s and
Mc/s (or even wavelengths in metres).
https://www.petervis.com/manuals/yacht-boy-210/yacht-boy-210.html
(actually the SW band was also marked in metres in the sense of \"41 m
band\" etc).
afaik things like the 40 m ham band that was assigned in 1924 in the US
has always been called the 40 m band.
A specific frequency will be given
as 7.010 MHz but I\'ve never heard it called the 7 MHz band.
otoh 2 m is often referred to as 144 MHz and 440 MHz is rarely referred
to
as 70 centimeters.
Why be consistent?
On 3 Apr 2023 02:30:14 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 19:46:56 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:
To imagine America, just think of any other country 50 years ago. They
evolve slowly over there.
At least America is evolving. The UK has been devolving since they lost
that war they thought they won. How\'s that true Scotsman, Humza Yousaf,
doing? Bad enough to have one named after a fish. What was the matter
with
Forbes? Upset the poofters?
England was the cultural and technical driving force of the world, a
long time ago. The US has taken over those roles.
The class structure of many countries drives the best and brightest
individuals to the US. It\'s so big and there are so many different
places and cultures here, it\'s a good place for unusual people to come
and find a place to fit in. I have several very smart and very nice
neighbors with huge incomes and interesting accents.
I think that Putin actually wants the war objectors and draft dodgers
to leave Russia.
He wants a country of dumb poor alcoholic patriots,
and he\'ll get it.
I read a claim that, in 1900, people mostly married someone born
within 15 miles of themselves.
Now we have national and international
immigration diffusion gradients thus positive-feedback effects on
populations and genetics.
On 03/04/2023 17:09, John Larkin wrote:
On 3 Apr 2023 02:30:14 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sun, 02 Apr 2023 19:46:56 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:
To imagine America, just think of any other country 50 years ago.
They
evolve slowly over there.
At least America is evolving. The UK has been devolving since they lost
that war they thought they won. How\'s that true Scotsman, Humza Yousaf,
doing? Bad enough to have one named after a fish. What was the matter
with
Forbes? Upset the poofters?
England was the cultural and technical driving force of the world, a
long time ago. The US has taken over those roles.
The class structure of many countries drives the best and brightest
individuals to the US.
Utter bollocks.
There are 10 times as many acres per head of habitable land in the USA
as in Europe, and ten time as as many resources under it.
The miracles is that middle class americans are not ten times as rich
as Europeans, a tribute to the rapacity of its leaders.
Like any other country,Such success as the US has us *despite* it\'s
(lack of) culture religion ethnicity and political, ideology.
It\'s so big and there are so many different
places and cultures here, it\'s a good place for unusual people to come
and find a place to fit in. I have several very smart and very nice
neighbors with huge incomes and interesting accents.
I think that Putin actually wants the war objectors and draft dodgers
to leave Russia. He wants a country of dumb poor alcoholic patriots,
and he\'ll get it. We\'ll take the troublemakers.
Long term, diffusion of talent dominates progress.
I read a claim that, in 1900, people mostly married someone born
within 15 miles of themselves. Now we have national and international
immigration diffusion gradients thus positive-feedback effects on
populations and genetics.
In pakistan, its rare to marry outside your own family
On Tue, 04 Apr 2023 02:08:12 +1000, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Mon, 3 Apr 2023 13:00:34 +0100, NY wrote:
My parents\' portable radio, a Grundig Yacht Boy, which they got in the
mid-to-late 1960s, was calibrated in kHz and MHz rather than kc/s and
Mc/s (or even wavelengths in metres).
https://www.petervis.com/manuals/yacht-boy-210/yacht-boy-210.html
(actually the SW band was also marked in metres in the sense of \"41 m
band\" etc).
afaik things like the 40 m ham band that was assigned in 1924 in the US
has always been called the 40 m band.
Yes.
A specific frequency will be given
as 7.010 MHz but I\'ve never heard it called the 7 MHz band.
Me neither.
otoh 2 m is often referred to as 144 MHz and 440 MHz is rarely
referred to
as 70 centimeters.
Why be consistent?
On 03-Apr-23 22:12, Scott Lurndal wrote:
\"Real\" Scotsmen also eat Haggis. \'nuf said.
But only when they are in season.
No-one has ever managed to successfully farm haggis, they only thrive in
the wild.
I think they have garlic ice cream but I don\'t know about garlic custard.
It can get foggy in that part of the world but you always knew when you
were close to Gilroy -- or Coalinga. Gilroy was better.
On Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:26:55 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2023-04-04, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 11:23:25 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I note from watching many car mechanic you tube videos that even
proper US made cars are moving to metric screws. And things like a
\"12.5mm wrench\" are mire likely than a \'half inch\'
I have tools in both systems. Even my 1986 Ford pickup throws in a
little metric every now and then. The forks, carb, and other bits on
the Harley are Japanese and hence metric. Only the Toyota car and
Suzuki bikes have no surprises.
When working under car a female significant other can copy better with
metric sizes than \'Give me the damn 13/16\"
Your female significant other, perhaps. I\'m quite comfortable with
fractions.
I\'m certain she can work with fractions in a normal context but 20 or 21
works better when you\'re hunting through a set of open ends than looking
for the one between 12/16ths and 14/16ths.
On 2023-04-04, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 11:23:25 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I note from watching many car mechanic you tube videos that even proper
US made cars are moving to metric screws. And things like a \"12.5mm
wrench\" are mire likely than a \'half inch\'
I have tools in both systems. Even my 1986 Ford pickup throws in a little
metric every now and then. The forks, carb, and other bits on the Harley
are Japanese and hence metric. Only the Toyota car and Suzuki bikes have
no surprises.
When working under car a female significant other can copy better with
metric sizes than \'Give me the damn 13/16\"
Your female significant other, perhaps. I\'m quite comfortable with
fractions.
On Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:26:55 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2023-04-04, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 11:23:25 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
I note from watching many car mechanic you tube videos that even
proper US made cars are moving to metric screws. And things like a
\"12.5mm wrench\" are mire likely than a \'half inch\'
I have tools in both systems. Even my 1986 Ford pickup throws in a
little metric every now and then. The forks, carb, and other bits on
the Harley are Japanese and hence metric. Only the Toyota car and
Suzuki bikes have no surprises.
When working under car a female significant other can copy better with
metric sizes than \'Give me the damn 13/16\"
Your female significant other, perhaps. I\'m quite comfortable with
fractions.
I\'m certain she can work with fractions in a normal context but 20 or 21
works better when you\'re hunting through a set of open ends than looking
for the one between 12/16ths and 14/16ths.
\"rbowman\" <bowman@montana.com> wrote in message
I\'m certain she can work with fractions in a normal context but 20 or 21
works better when you\'re hunting through a set of open ends than looking
for the one between 12/16ths and 14/16ths.
Better to quote the sizes in thousands of an inch rather than fractions:
688 thous means a lot more to me than 11/16 inch.
Here in England we get Faggots. Much the same as the factory produced
Haggis above but made with pig offal instead of sheep offal.