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Posted by Michael Daly on July 19, 2005, 4:06 am
On 8-Jul-2005, twillmon@cybermesa.net wrote:
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> I have noticed some curious things about how goods are measured in
> UK:
> Fabric comes in widths measured in inches, is sold by the metre
> length.
I notice the same thing here in Canada from some local shops.
I figure out how much fabric I need in meters. Then if I end up
ordering it by Internet from the US, they sell by the yard and I
have to figure everything out all over again. Working in meters
is so much easier than figuring yards, feet and inches.
Mike
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Posted by Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS on July 19, 2005, 2:41 pm
Michael Daly wrote:
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> I figure out how much fabric I need in meters. Then if I end up
> ordering it by Internet from the US, they sell by the yard and I
> have to figure everything out all over again. Working in meters
> is so much easier than figuring yards, feet and inches.
That shouldn't be so hard. Just add 10% to your length to order by the
yard.
--
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean,
But much benefit is derived from the labor of the ox.
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Posted by Michael Daly on July 19, 2005, 5:57 pm
On 19-Jul-2005, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply
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> That shouldn't be so hard. Just add 10% to your length to order by the
> yard.
yabut - then I have to figure out the lengths of where to cut etc. Easy
when everything is tenths/hundredths of a meter, but I don't have any
measuring devices that show similar for yards - only feet, inches etc.
E.g. 1.5m divided by four is 37.5 cm and I can find that exactly on my
metric measuring tape. In yards, that 1.5x1.1 = 1.65 y divided by four
is, ummm, 0.4125 y and that has to be changed to inches before I can
use the measuring tape. Gimme metric anyday.
Mike
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Posted by Doug&Michelle on July 20, 2005, 12:08 am
"Michael Daly"
and that has to be changed to inches before I can
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> use the measuring tape. Gimme metric anyday.
> Mike
Its funny how in school they taught only the metric system......but then
when I got out into the "real world" alot of things were not metric. So I
just don't notice anymore. Joy of being canadian I guess lol
Michelle Giordano
Saskatoon
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Posted by Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS on July 20, 2005, 1:30 pm
Michael Daly wrote:
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> yabut - then I have to figure out the lengths of where to cut etc. Easy
> when everything is tenths/hundredths of a meter, but I don't have any
> measuring devices that show similar for yards - only feet, inches etc.
>
> E.g. 1.5m divided by four is 37.5 cm and I can find that exactly on my
> metric measuring tape. In yards, that 1.5x1.1 = 1.65 y divided by four
> is, ummm, 0.4125 y and that has to be changed to inches before I can
> use the measuring tape. Gimme metric anyday.
I wouldn't bother. I'd cut the entire length, and then fold it in
fourths to find where to cut. But then again, for such things I am
definitely too lazy to measure.
--
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean,
But much benefit is derived from the labor of the ox.
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> UK:
> Fabric comes in widths measured in inches, is sold by the metre
> length.