[ale] sound and picture

William Bagwell rb211 at tds.net
Tue Jan 26 15:39:30 EST 2016


On Tuesday 26 January 2016, Jim Kinney wrote:
> So did the coffee packers. Used to be a 1lb package that turned into a
> 12oz package at about the same price.
> We don't use metric now because the auto industry yelled it bankrupt
> them to convert. Hmm. Didn't we bail out a few? Don't they all use
> metric now anyway? My "Made in the USA" Saturn Vue has lots of metric
> bolts.

Absolutely despise working on cars that are mixed! Foreign cars are metric 
and antique Detroit iron is standard, but many modern American cars are both 
and require two sets of tools. <muter, muter son of a duck!>
-- 
William


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