Metrics are  inherently dangerous.  The vast super majority of 
industrial accidents occur when people are using the metric system.
Don't use metrics. It causes injury.



On 4/17/2014 9:39 PM, Don Schwartz wrote:
>
> This thread is about to morph into an Imperial vs Metric debate which 
> (sadly) has already been settled in most of the world....
>
> Don, in Calgary, where Metric rules, at least in theory...
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> On 4/17/2014 7:16 PM, Andrew Baughn wrote:
>> Didn't they used to use. 16 foot chain for surveying? It's in one of 
>> my Eric Sloane books. 16 divides into acres and miles and such 
>> evenly. They also used to use a 10 foot pole so maybe not.
>>
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