Gtootie
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posted on September 21, 2004 08:11:15 AM
How big is 9" X 3" in centimeters? I have a customer asking and I don't have a clue. Please help.
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cta
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posted on September 21, 2004 08:17:45 AM
9" x 3" should be 22.9cm x 7.6cm. But check out the site: http://www.manuelsweb.com/in_cm.htm
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tomwiii
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posted on September 21, 2004 08:20:08 AM
Do ya remember when the USA went METRIC? 
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Gtootie
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posted on September 21, 2004 08:27:54 AM
Thanks
This guy is in Norway.
Math was my best subject in school. Nothing but A's, but when it comes to weights and measures it's like I'm missing the brain cells. I just can't get it.
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classicrock000
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posted on September 21, 2004 11:39:44 AM
lol tom-I remember that-20 or so years ago right? yea U.S. was going metric....NOT
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sanmar
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posted on September 21, 2004 01:34:44 PM
If I remember correctly there are 2.54 cm to an inch. 9inches would equal 22.86cm.
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stonecold613
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posted on September 21, 2004 02:00:52 PM
lol tom-I remember that-20 or so years ago right? yea U.S. was going metric....NOT
Actally, most things have gone metric. It's just the behind the scenes things.
Automobiles
Construction
Medicine
Food industry
Just to name a few.
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tomwiii
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posted on September 21, 2004 02:57:42 PM
"...Food industry "
When Micky-D's starts selling the "Quarter-Gram'er"
I'll believe in a METRIC US 
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classicrock000
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posted on September 21, 2004 05:19:36 PM
"...Food industry
it must be behind the scenes..
Im still buying
a pound of butter
a pound of sugar
a gallon of milk
1/2 pound of roast beef
1/4 pound of turkey
a quart of ice cream
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japerton
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posted on September 21, 2004 05:22:43 PM
It's very behind the scenes, labels are for the consumers.
As I told the guy in Home Depot the other day, things do seem longer in metric.
He took a double take and showed me to the electrical switches.
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leads
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posted on September 21, 2004 07:58:19 PM
A lot of foreign transactions pay good money for your item. It should be worth the effort, include for him to look up postage on www.usps.com because next he will want to know shipping. In lots of Europe they by the hour for use on the computor unlike our systems here so be patient with foreign buyers it has always worked out very well for me.
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stonecold613
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posted on September 21, 2004 09:33:20 PM
it must be behind the scenes..
Im still buying
a pound of butter
a pound of sugar
a gallon of milk
1/2 pound of roast beef
1/4 pound of turkey
a quart of ice cream
Not really, if you read the labels carefully, you will see they are in metric with the US measurements next to them. The only reason the US measurements are even listed on the boxes is for the American public. The factories actually doing the packaging will do it in metric. Whether it is liters or grams.
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sparkz
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posted on September 21, 2004 09:59:08 PM
The only reason metric measurements will appear on any American made product is because that product is also exported and it is required by other countries. Same reason the directions for your ceiling fan are in English, Spanish, French and whatever other primary language is spoken in the countries that fan maker exports to. U.S. measurements are official in the U.S. When Classic buys that gallon of milk, it better contain exactly one gallon. The dept of weights and measures could care less how many liters he bought. If they test it, they will look for one gallon exactly. Same for the roast beef. If that butchers scales is not capable of measuring accurately in pounds and ounces, they will seal it and issue a citation. A car maker can advertise the displacement of an engine in liters or any other unit of measure that suits him, but the gas pump that fills that tank better dispense in accurate gallons if they wish to stay in business.
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