Here in Brazil we've been always metric but we use "inches" sometimes. For example: most TV sets, computer monitors, diskettes (obsolete), water pipes (specially smaller sizes), surf boards and automobile wheels still are measured in inches. The conversion is easy: 1 in = 2.54 cm, 1 feet = 12 inches. My notebook has a 15" monitor; my first Intel PC had 5 1/4" diskette drives. As a teenage I had a 5'11" surf board. My car has 17" wheels.
2009/12/18 Henry Vermaak <[email protected]> > 2009/12/18 Graeme Geldenhuys <[email protected]>: > > John wrote: > >> this century! (Not sure why we still mostly refer to monitors in inches > >> when Australia has been "metrified" for decades.) > > > > It's those f****n Americans. :-) I think they are one of the last > countries > > in the world (read stubborn) that are still stuck with inches, miles, lbs > > etc... Oh God, and UK is still referencing weight in stones - that must > be > > even worse! :-D > > Haha, I still struggle with those. I need to tattoo the conversion > rates into my arm or something. > > Henry > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > -- Atenciosamente, Alexsander da Rosa Linux User #113925 "Extremismo na defesa da liberdade não é defeito. Moderação na busca por justiça não é virtude." -- Barry Goldwater
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