Metric vs fractional

[jlagnese@massed.net (John Lagnese)]

It was the tip of the King's thumb IIRC.
John

Ron Pieper wrote:

> --- John Van Vuren <veedublu@prod.net> wrote:
> > The real question - we went to metric tire sizing (195mm wide,
> > etc)...  how
> > come wheels are still measured in inches??   With metric offset
> > measurments???    :)
>
> Yeah...and how come you buy fuel in gallons in England but count
> distance in miles?
>
> And how come Levi's are sold all over the world in inches?
>
> And who ever came up with the dumb old inch anyway?  What a silly
> system of measurement we have here.
>
> =====
> Cheapass Ron
> '87 Scirocco 16'Victor'
>
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