[Greenbuilding] metric system in building, was 'square head screws'

[Reuben Deumling]

You lost me there, Keith. I suppose I probably have an abridged knowledge of
base 12 as a system. Can you explain your notation?

Thanks.
Reuben Deumling

On 9/26/07, Keith Winston <keith at earthsunenergy.com> wrote:
>
> Do you notate, add and subtract  in base 12? Do you have rooms that
> measure 1B x A4? THEN it might make sense. Notating base 12 in base 10
> stinks.
>
> Keith
>
>
> Reuben Deumling wrote:
> > Though I grew up with the metric system, and am quite fond of its
> > scalability across different units of measurement, etc., for building a
> > house I like my 16 ft tape measure. To my mind, base 12 is an awfully
> good
> > starting point for measuring lengths in a building. I admit to being
> less
> > fond of the base 8 divisions within the inch.
> >
> > my two cents.
> >
> > Reuben Deumling
> >
> > On 9/25/07, Speireag Alden <speireag at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>      I almost went ahead and measured everything in metric anyway, but
> >> it was one hurdle too many to clear while building the house.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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