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<blockquote data-quote="Ded Driver" data-source="post: 442521" data-attributes="member: 12692"><p>how funny to hear that Tathradj.</p><p>I was 12, in grade 7 when we switched to metric, so I grew up with both systems. (I might just add here that there are good mathematical reasons for the base 12 imperial system ..its earth based, whereas metric is base 10 for simplicity & convenience)</p><p>my younger brother also has a handle on both, & even now when we are building stuff together, he often (just to twitch my nerves) quotes measurements in a combined number. eg, verbally as this, 2meters 600 & 8 1/2 inches</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ded Driver, post: 442521, member: 12692"] how funny to hear that Tathradj. I was 12, in grade 7 when we switched to metric, so I grew up with both systems. (I might just add here that there are good mathematical reasons for the base 12 imperial system ..its earth based, whereas metric is base 10 for simplicity & convenience) my younger brother also has a handle on both, & even now when we are building stuff together, he often (just to twitch my nerves) quotes measurements in a combined number. eg, verbally as this, 2meters 600 & 8 1/2 inches [/QUOTE]
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