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In the Aviation world , so we have height / altitude in feet ( except for Russia who use metres), Km for visibility and wind is quoted in Knots and usually the distances are Nautical Miles. Temps are in Celsius
....and pressure is in hectopascals !
the yanks use inches mercury ( and also statue miles for the viz )
[quote=whitestone ]Sheets of plywood, plasterboard and the like are 2400x1200mm not 8x4;
How many of the chippies etc. didn't describe those as 8x4? If they were really metric then they'd be 2.5x1.5 rather than a metric conversion of an imperial size.
Which reminds me of one thing which really bugs me in the metric/imperial debate - the need for some media outlets to quote measurements in imperial when the measurement they were supplied with was clearly metric.
How many of the chippies etc. didn't describe those as 8x4? If they were really metric then they'd be 2.5x1.5 rather than a metric conversion of an imperial size.
Not really, size and measurement are different things, historically sheets are that size so it continues.
According to google 8ft is 2438.4mm with 4ft being 1219.2 so if you want 8x4 you really want 2438.4x1219.2mm boards.
The real benefit comes when somebody asks you to get the ply for boarding a 30ft wall with 1/4" gaps between the sheets...
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Mine (Edge 820) does, in fact if I use a Connect IQ app it displays elevation gain in Feet and Metres.
I didn't say the Garmin (800) can't do it.
Just I can't.
😉
Anyway, I'm used to KM now and wouldn't want to switch.