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Centimeters and Inches

Saffron Craig - Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Can I just say I love centimeters? I find inches are not for me. Even though I now own all quilting equipment in inches. Why is this? Decimals are so much easier. My brain hurts when it has to keep converting inches back to centimeters. Actually I am amazed at how much maths I do everyday. Yes, I know that wondrous quilting land America is in inches.

And this is a map of where the metric system is official...you can read more about it on Wikipedia.

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Erin commented on 03-Jul-2009 11:43 AM

Yes, US please come aboard. I miss my metric. Haven't been able to adapt to this imperial system since I moved from Canada.

Gay McDonell commented on 02-Jul-2009 11:23 AM

Yeah - it took some getting used to - but now I actually prefer inches to be honest ... and I think it's interesting that you said "math" and not "maths" as most Aussies do .... sew many Americanisms sneak into our culture- hey it's the 4th of July on Saturday!!!

Cass Ward commented on 01-Jul-2009 10:47 AM

I love metric too but don't you know we are ruled by America so everyone must do what they say, even though as your map shows they are in the minority

Abby Bruce commented on 01-Jul-2009 08:35 AM

Here here...