On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 09:05 -0700, Bob Blick wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:18:32 +0100, "Michael Watterson" said:
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> > > 3.175 mm (exactly if true 1/8")
> > >
> > >         R
> > I guess USA  not Metric yet?
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> > You'd get only metric bits in "ordinary" shops in Ireland now.=20
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> Interested to see what they do in Canada, which is mostly metric from
> what I noticed, but I was never in hardware stores.

Canada is officially metric, but in many areas it's still a hodgepodge.=20

Most "construction" stuff is imperial, so pretty much all of our
construction materials are imperial in measurement (4x8, 2x6).

Tools are mostly imperial, although wrenches and sockets often come in
both (mostly driven by cars which have ALOT of metric bolts, my 1988
Olds used a ton of 10mm bolts).=20

Drill bits are mostly imperial (although more specialty shops will have
metric bits).

About the only major difference you'd see in a Canadian Home Depot vs.
an American is metric sizes for wrenches/sockets, and Robertson
screwdrivers and screws.

TTYL

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