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The old 100mm trick
I had a plumber who used to say A Man who has never made a mistake has never made anything. I like this sort of home spun wisdom, in those few simple words there is so much to learn. You … Continue reading
Posted in By Marcus, technical matters
Tagged 100mm trick, Builders, building construction, housing, Metric, metrification
Getting used to units
Learning all those millimetre and centimetre parts of a system like metric, looks daunting at the outset but we have all learned that it is really child’s play. Getting your head around the numbers is just a question of experience, … Continue reading
Posted in By Marcus, technical matters
Tagged Builders, building construction, cent-, kilo-, measurement, Metric, milli-
Why not going Metric makes America a laughing stock
People wander onto my sites with the strangest requests. A woman walked in recently looking for a piece of timber to put under the wheel of her fridge. She explained the floor was out of level and she needed a board … Continue reading
