From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.survival,misc.survivalism,uk.politics.misc,alt.conspiracy,can.politics,aus.politics
Subject: Re: Desalinization vs. Reservoirs
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 10:17:21 +1000
On Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:02:41 +1000, Trevor Wilson
<trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
> On 1/09/2024 8:31 pm, Joe wrote:
>> On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 16:29:53 +1000
>> Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> **Just a reminder moron: I am not the one trying to use measurements
>>> that no one on the planet uses, except Americans. Australia, like the
>>> rest of the planet, uses Metric measurements.
>>>
>> There are still many electronic components, even those made in the Far
>> East, that fit a 1/10" grid. If you actually use measurements in real
>> life, you need to be able to deal with any system you may encounter. It
>> is also not unusual to see dimensions quoted in a strange number of
>> millimetres which turns out to be an exact number of inches. And don't
>> bother trying to find a metric screw to fit a photographic mount,
>> anywhere in the world.
> I am well aware of legacy products that are still in Imperial
> measurements. Plumbing and, as you say, old school electronic
> components. However, common-place measurements (distance, capacity, etc)
> are now Metric all over the planet. Except for one, tiny, pocket.
Aircraft aren't one tiny pocket, fuckwit