Off-Topic Hamburger Math Story

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[Benjamin Renaud]

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Do you end up with both metric and imperial parts on the same bike because of mods and customisation? That's nightmare material right there...

 

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Bicycles are mostly metric. Although they have some speciality tools.
But I’ve had some motorbikes and cars that had some goofy stuff.

 

[Steve Freides]

So… riddle me this…in regular conversation would you say “half a kilometer” or “500 meters”?

I would say "half a kilometer."

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[Steve Freides]

As a beer drinker also I got quite annoyed when I bought some pint glasses online only to discover they were American pints, not English pint glasses. It means I just have to have an extra one.

I like your thinking.

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[Don Fairbanks]

Working as a carpenter in Canada is a pain. We all learn metrics in school, but end up having to work with imperial measures all the time. And don't get me started on using Allen keys, Torx or a ratchet set here...

A few years back I put on a 60 minute or so clown show working on a flood light that was at the end of my arm extension, trying to get an Allen into a Torx screw. Finally grabbed a ladder so I could look down on it from above. First time I'd seen a Torx.

 

[Halfakneecap]

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At work I would say we have 3 lockers worth of similar spanners. Can’t get rid of them though, eventually we’ll find something that’s been in service for 40 or so years and it’s imperial. And the Oxy acetylene torch can’t reach everywhere haha.

 

[Benjamin Renaud]

A few years back I put on a 60 minute or so clown show working on a flood light that was at the end of my arm extension, trying to get an Allen into a Torx screw. Finally grabbed a ladder so I could look down on it from above. First time I'd seen a Torx.

I had a similar issue fumbling around with "anti-theft" (the ones with a whole in the center of the bit) Allen and Torx screws fixing up a module of a water play park (not sure that's the right name for them). It ended up being a Torx, but a metric one while I had imperial ones (or the other way around). I'd tried everything I had in my tool kit until one of my coworkers showed up with the proper kit.

 

[5x5]

And don’t even get started on Whitworth sizes…

LOL I hear ya! One of the pieces of equipment I work on has metric, imperial, and BSW.

 

[Don Fairbanks]

I had a similar issue fumbling around with "anti-theft" (the ones with a whole in the center of the bit) Allen and Torx screws fixing up a module of a water play park (not sure that's the right name for them). It ended up being a Torx, but a metric one while I had imperial ones (or the other way around). I'd tried everything I had in my tool kit until one of my coworkers showed up with the proper kit.

I got lucky. Did not even know I had the proper tool. Found one in a tool kit I received as a gift.
The worst part was the standing on my toes , with my shoulders burning, for way too long before I grabbed a ladder.

 

[Mirek]

So… riddle me this…in regular conversation would you say “half a kilometer” or “500 meters”?

Always 500.000 milimeters.
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