Yes I took the bait.... Has anyone ever taken anything apart?? You take apart your japanese, german, whatever bicycle and you need a 13 mm, ok that doesn't fit, try a 14 mm, ok great works. You take apart your "Made in USA" bike and you need a 5/8, nope that's not it, hmm whats next, multiply by 2, ok that gives me 10/16, so I guess I need an 11/16. Hmm thats not it...what's next 12/16, nope not a wrench, reduce..3/4..aha, got it. Having twice as many wrenches as the world needs is pain enough, but why the hell can't all the English wrenches have the same denominator?? Or a precentage of an inch? When the british came up with it I guess they did'nt hire a shrink and figure out what's easier for humans. At least they learn from their mistakes. I have to program a goddamn data structure for fractions every time I want to fix my car.
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Yes I took the bait....
Has anyone ever taken anything apart??
You take apart your japanese, german, whatever bicycle and you need a 13 mm, ok that doesn't fit, try a 14 mm, ok great works.
You take apart your "Made in USA" bike and you need a 5/8, nope that's not it, hmm whats next, multiply by 2, ok that gives me 10/16, so I guess I need an 11/16. Hmm thats not it...what's next 12/16, nope not a wrench, reduce..3/4..aha, got it.
Having twice as many wrenches as the world needs is pain enough, but why the hell can't all the English wrenches have the same denominator?? Or a precentage of an inch? When the british came up with it I guess they did'nt hire a shrink and figure out what's easier for humans. At least they learn from their mistakes.
I have to program a goddamn data structure for fractions every time I want to fix my car.