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  1. 08-21-2016, 8:07 AM #166
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry McFadden View Post
    As I'm sure you all know, Canada switched to the metric system years ago...the thing that really bugs me is that you get the grocery flyers in the daily paper and you'll see the specials listed as $3.99 per pound or $4.25 per pound (chicken for example)and when you go to the store to find it, all the prices are listed in Kg's. So you have to try to figure out what chicken is actually the one that is on sale.
    Sounds like a market for a smartphone app, if there isn't one already. And I wouldn't be surprised if Art is correct.
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  2. 08-21-2016, 8:33 AM #167
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry McFadden View Post
    ... $3.99 per pound ...
    Was that $3.99 Canadian or US?
    Beranek's Law:

    It has been remarked that if one selects his own components, builds his own enclosure, and is convinced he has made a wise choice of design, then his own loudspeaker sounds better to him than does anyone else's loudspeaker. In this case, the frequency response of the loudspeaker seems to play only a minor part in forming a person's opinion.
    L.L. Beranek, Acoustics (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1954), p.208.
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  3. 08-21-2016, 10:15 AM #168
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    Quote Originally Posted by David L Morse View Post
    Was that $3.99 Canadian or US?

    LOL..... Canadian...if it was US it would be about $12.00 /LB!!!!!(Canadian)
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  4. 08-25-2016, 1:52 PM #169
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    One less reason to need to convert --- Fesstool is now making some tools available w/ Imperial scales:

    http://blog.festoolusa.com/2016/06/2...l-scale-tools/
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  5. 08-26-2016, 7:13 AM #170
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    Yep, one more reason to avoid festoon. Cheers
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  6. 08-26-2016, 10:08 AM #171
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    Not really. If one wishes, one can still get metric here in the U.S.

    >Although the tools will only be sold in imperial, we will have options that will enable metric users to fit their tools with metric scales.
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  7. 08-26-2016, 1:54 PM #172
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    One more reason to avoid Tasmania?
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  8. 08-26-2016, 5:47 PM #173
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    Art, Tasmania is great. Don't confuse a great place with a grumpy old bloke who doesn't like one particular tool ideology. Cheers
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