Badge measurements

[Doug N]

Who's idea was it that millimeters should be the unit of measure for badges?? As a stubborn old Canadian / new American, I neither know nor want to know what a millimeter is. Tolerance of such ignorance is the only benefit either nationality can offer at present, & I cling to it desperately.

[DavidS]

I like mm, Doug, there's more of 'em to the inch

[Voltigeur]

Doug, have you ever tried to find 3 17/32nd in. or 2 35/64 in. on a ruler? Probably not but finding 9, 11 or 21 mm is a lot easier. Also, according to an information that I just read there are only three countries that have not officially changed to the metric system and these are, Liberia,Myanmar (formely Burma) and the United States of America out of 193 states offically recognized by the UN.
Jo

[wright241]

Originally Posted by Voltigeur

Doug, have you ever tried to find 3 17/32nd in. or 2 35/64 in. on a ruler? Probably not but finding 9, 11 or 21 mm is a lot easier. Also, according to an information that I just read there are only three countries that have not officially changed to the metric system and these are, Liberia,Myanmar (formely Burma) and the United States of America out of 193 states offically recognized by the UN.
Jo

Spot on Jo. Didn't Ronald Reagan try and get the US to convert at one
time? Don't know what happened there, maybe it was a sub-prime measurement problem. david

[NorthStafford]

I have no problem whatsoever finding 17/32" on a rule (a ruler is more a monarch than a measuring tool) but do get confused visualising the metric system. Just because a lot of countries converted doesn't make it right. Using Imperial measure we ruled the world but as a metric nation we are something like one thousandth as important.

[regimentalrogue]

Originally Posted by NorthStafford

Using Imperial measure we ruled the world but as a metric nation we are something like one thousandth as important.

So, the relative place of the British Empire/United Kingdom in the world was solely based on its units of measure? By such descriptions, you'd think the adoption of the metric system was the defeat of one's nation on the battlefield.

I keep rulers with both units of measure on my desk and understand both systems rather than fighting such trivial changes to life.

[NorthStafford]

Originally Posted by regimentalrogue

So, the relative place of the British Empire/United Kingdom in the world was solely based on its units of measure? By such descriptions, you'd think the adoption of the metric system was the defeat of one's nation on the battlefield.

I keep rulers with both units of measure on my desk and understand both systems rather than fighting such trivial changes to life.

No I don't think that at all but I do think that tradition and individuality played , and plays,a big part in what any nation is.