And I've witnessed imported food that came in 500g containers (when first seen from the global market) being packaged specially for the US in 454g (with more empty space, and a different label) once the exporters figured out it would sell pretty much the same only 90.8% full.
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
i don’t care what others are doing. IMO the metric system of measurement makes more sense than the others. And so does most of the world apparently.
Back when I was in the cabinetmaking business a guy I worked with switched over to the decimal system (after I left.) He would proudly tell customers “See, a millimeter is smaller than a sixteenth of an inch, so our work is much more accurate!” Right…..he always did have an inflated opinion of his own cleverness.
We speak of a custom builder or international corp?
If I buy US designed car, it might be made in inches. As long as it works, who cares?
You might want to get less emotional and more focused on topic when posting.
I've never ever used inches in anything so metric for me. I can't understand why such a difficult system with fractions of inches is even used today. But that system seems to be easy for you who have always used it so who am I to speak. I find metric so so much easier and logical.
My man, you're trying to play a game of "I know you are, but what am I?" and this really isn't the right forum for that.
Moderator insert: please make my job easier and ratchet down the whiffs of snark. Many thanks.
Would you rather that we snark in metric or imperial units? Which is smaller and more accurate?
(That's an engineering snark, not a political snark)
Last edited:
Ah yes, basses crafted in Angstroms, and the folks that use blue light in their interferometers sneering at those that use green or red as less precise. Let's not go there. The UV interferometer folks would be the next wave...
Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure the average shop gets by just fine without even a set of gauge blocks. Which can be had to the same levels of accuracy in either system.
Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure the average shop gets by just fine without even a set of gauge blocks. Which can be had to the same levels of accuracy in either system.
Last edited:
So, length of 0.002763854 furlongs in what fraction of a fortnight? (or 2.763854 milli-furlongs)
In the part of the multiverse I started in, our amusing Mass Length Time system was Elephant Furlong Fortnight. I appear to have transitioned to a different part of the multiverse where Firkin (a volume measure awkwardly made into a mass by filling it with beer or water) replaced Elephant as the mass standard (admittedly a difficult measure itself in terms of determining what the standard Elephant massed, and indeed what Elephant was the Standard Metrology Elephant at all.)
In the part of the multiverse I started in, our amusing Mass Length Time system was Elephant Furlong Fortnight. I appear to have transitioned to a different part of the multiverse where Firkin (a volume measure awkwardly made into a mass by filling it with beer or water) replaced Elephant as the mass standard (admittedly a difficult measure itself in terms of determining what the standard Elephant massed, and indeed what Elephant was the Standard Metrology Elephant at all.)
Last edited:
Yesterday I installed my aluminum stiffeners in my bass neck for the winter build off. They are 1/8" wide and 9mm tall. I used a 1/8" wide spiral router bit in 2.5mm deep passes. One channel was 21 7/8" long, the other was 556mm long.
OK, so this allegedly happened, and yet I am not seeing any updated posts in your thread.
I call shenanigans!
Fy-een. I updated my stupid thread about my stupid bass.OK, so this allegedly happened, and yet I am not seeing any updated posts in your thread.
I call shenanigans!
Fy-een. I updated my stupid thread about my stupid bass.
Now we're talkin'... and "metric" reference in your update as well. Well played, sir.
