> > To resurrect and add fire to the unit debate, here's an interesting web page. It's a little -- check that, very -- extreme and defensive in its viewpoint. (I can think of a lot better things to get riled about.) Nonetheless, I agree with several of the core principles given.
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> My two pence worth:
> A bunch of buildings, no make that almost ALL buildings in the US are built of materials measuring 4 X 8 feet with two-by-fours on 16 inch centers. Can you imagine remodeling such a structure using metric materials? The English system will be with us for a long time.
> How"two sons who are contractors"ard

What I think is funny about construction is that even though you're buying milled lumber boards called, say, two-by-four, and nominally 2" x 4" in dimension, they're actually quite a bit smaller than that. Strange. So the dimensions aren't even in Imperial, either!