Tony Smith wrote:

>>> Yay metric!  
>> 
>> It's rare to read this in English :)
> 
> Yeah, sad isn't it.  

The sad part is all the wasted time and effort. 

> It's common to see both fractional & decimal inches on the same plan, oh
> the pain.

I feel with you. I'm a bit involved in mechanical design done in the US,
and it seems that many designers there just "don't do metrics". 

> No doubt when the US goes metric they'll change a few things, like make
> the metre = 3 feet and a kilogram = 2 pounds.

Germany actually did the latter (but the other way round: 2 pounds = 1 kg
-- they didn't change the kg :). There were a few versions of pounds
("Pfund") around before, AFAIK, and they were simply "metricised". When I
was young, you'd still buy the bread at the bakery by the (metric) pound. 

Gerhard

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