[Elecraft] Mic plug

[Dave G3VGR]

I remember going to a local timberyard near London some years ago & 
asking for some 2x2 timber. The bloke there said "You can't get that 
anymore, it's all metric now. What you need is 50mm by 50mm"
After I replied that the metric size would be ok, he asked me how many 
feet I wanted.

73, Dave G3VGR

Bob Nielsen wrote:
> It's  been argued here for over 200 years and was closer to happening  
> 20-30 years ago than presently.  Some military contracts in the 1970s  
> and 80s actually called for the drawings to be metric (this was later  
> dropped).  Oh well, I guess the expense of two sets of wrenches,  etc., 
> isn't all that bad (anyone for Whitworth?)
> 
> The UK is a strange mix, temperatures in C, petrol sold by the litre,  
> highway signs in miles, beer by the (Imperial) pint.
> 
> FWIW, the signs on US Interstate Highway 19 between Tucson and  Nogales, 
> Arizona are exclusively in km, although the small green  markers on the 
> side of the highway are in miles.
> 
> 73, Bob N7XY
> 
> On Oct 15, 2005, at 6:56 AM, PAøPJE wrote:
> 
>> We're still waiting for Britain to go metric for 39 years, Bob.
>> Press your governement to take the decision now, as Ireland just did.
>> US going metric is a sweet dream, that will simply never happen.
>> Costs a few bucks now and then, however...
>>
>> 73
>> Peter, PA0PJE.
>>
>> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: <G3VVT at aol.com>
>> Aan: <stewart at baker.nildram.co.uk>; <nigel at ngunn.net>;  
>> <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> Verzonden: zaterdag 15 oktober 2005 13:48
>> Onderwerp: Re: [Elecraft] Mic plug
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 15/10/05 09:44:48 GMT Daylight Time,
>>> stewart at baker.nildram.co.uk writes:
>>>
>>> We did  have in the form of Tandy, but they are long gone.
>>> We do, however,   still have Mc Donalds
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> The local Mc Donald seem to be out of stock on 8 pin mic plugs,  
>>> though did
>>> offer a Big Mac as an alternate.
>>>
>>> The differences between what is available in various countries can  be a
>>> problem. One gets comfortable with what is available in your own  
>>> country in  terms
>>> of products and vendors when such things may just not exist in other
>>> countries.
>>>
>>> One of the minor problems here in the UK in respect to working on USA
>>> sourced radios and test equipment is a lack of small bolts and  nuts 
>>> to USA thread
>>> standards. Europe and the Far East seem to be standardised on  
>>> metric  for the
>>> equipment produced there, which makes life a whole lot easier.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bob, G3VVT
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