[Jewelry making - Article 00523] - Re: [Orchid] Metric system

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    Janet Just my cue word. Yes, here in Europe we all went metric some
    time in the 19th century, except tthe British,  - they have always
    been somewhat conservative (big grin (no offence meant)), -I don't
    know how far they are in their conversion by now, but I think that
    they measure speed in miles per hour?!? I normally teach my students
    how lucky they are that they do not have to cope with things like
    grains, dwt, ounces of one or the other sort, inches in a variety of
    fractions, B&S and other gauges , and drill numbers, but simply can
    stick to millimeters and grams. And I'm looking forward to the day
    when (or should I say if) the US go metric. By the way Janet, if your
    left thumb has a diameter of 20 mm (2 cm), it is a ring size 63 (or
    62,85 to be more accurate). We measure the ring sizes as the inner
    circumference in millimeters, - also makes calculating ring sizes
    much easier. And for same reason we do not have any problems with
    ring sizes varying (a recent thread here), as this simply is an exact
    measure. So convert, convert, convert. ;-) Niels, Bornholm, Metric Denmark


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