<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff>Joe, <BR><BR>I just can't believe you get= pissed about anything.   You're so easy= going...<BR><BR>David I.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px;= PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid;= PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Joe Garrett= <JOEGARRETT@EARTHLINK.NET><BR>To: pianotech= <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 15:30:04= -0800<BR>Subject: Re: Conversion<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Porritt said:= "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>If you just use the 7mm= it's much easier than 0.2755905511811"</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>David,</DIV> <DIV>Easier for What? Certainly not drills or bolts or any= other materials we acquire here in the US. For Regulation of= Foreign made pianos, yes, but that's about it IMO! Granted, if= everything was metric, I wouldn't have a problem with it. BUT IT= AIN'T! I still get pissed when someone tries to force a concept= on me. For you younger, more flexible of mind types, go for it.= I could care less. But for me, mechanical measurements make more= sense in 10ths, 100ths, etc. AND, by the way, when trying to do= extreme machining to +/- .0001" I'd prefer that to whatever the= decimal equivelant is.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool= Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>