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Anons will argue about anything (media.communities.win)
posted 1 year ago by Achanz on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +75Score on mirror )
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the-new-style on scored.co
1 year ago 0 points (+0 / -0 ) 3 children
they all still use Imperial sized wood converted to metric

e.g what size door would you like sir?

1981mm by 762mm please

one 2’ by 6’ door coming right up

https://www.expressdoorsdirect.co.uk/internal-doors/moulded-internal-doors/premdor-white-moulded-ladder-4-panel-smooth-internal-doors/1981mm-x-762mm-x-44mm-30-premdor-white-moulded-ladder-4-panel-smooth-internal-doors
golliwog1 on scored.co
1 year ago 3 points (+0 / -0 / +3Score on mirror ) 1 child
"They" don't, though.

https://www.leroymerlin.it/prodotti/finestre-porte-e-scale/porte-da-interno/porte-interne/porte-in-legno/porta-battente-strauss-bianco-l-70-x-h-210-cm-reversibile-36103746.html

The UK is a useless comparison, because everything was built before metric was phased in. Of course they still use feet and inches.
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golliwog1 on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 1 child
Basically, the key benefit of the imperial system is to serve as an ego boost for Americans, which makes them feel special. Furthermore, it caters to their whole persecution complex, believing that the rest of the world is out to "take their guns".

Unfortunately, the truth is that no one else actually cares about their infatuation with old British measurements. Anyone commenting here in favour of metric, is only doing so because of how comically touchy and defensive they get as soon as the topic is raised.
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the-new-style on scored.co
1 year ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
I wasn't trying to "get you"

Just that 3" by 4" is now called 75mm x 100mm nominal
PurestEvil on scored.co
1 year ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
For that cm is used. [This](https://dostawaokien.pl/en/blog/door-sizes) is how the standards seems to look.

> Standard sizes. Most often, these are doors with a width of 80-90 cm and a height of 200-210 cm.

Wow, sure that must have been crazy, right? And if you think "2 by 6 foot" is accurate enough - for customers it's the rough cm value, for practitioners it's mm-precision. Even that 2 by 6 foot will have some standardized calculation to have precision.

And we know our body height, so 210cm vs ~180cm means 30cm is free above your head. No inches and feet and elbows necessary.
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