On 03/04/17 20:45, rickman wrote:
> On 4/3/2017 3:39 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 03/04/17 19:15, rickman wrote:
>>> I was born with English units here in the US.  I hate them.
>>
>> Good greif! What have they ever done to you then?
>>
>> I neither love them nor hate them. They are what they are. History that
>> refuses to quite die, and I work in imperial and metric simultaneously.
>>
>> I know exactly how many mm an inch is and how many grams a pound is.
>
> How many cubic inches in a cubic yard?

36^3


   How much does a cubic yard of
> water weigh?

Getting on for 3/4 of  ton. +- a bit


  How many teaspoons in a quarter cup?

That's not imperial

The short answer is 'depends on the cup

There sis no standard on 'cooking' measurements
because there is no requirement for precision.


>
> I'll take metric any day of the week!
>
Fine.

So what is a spark plug gap in mm?


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