Sixteen and its variants, converge

[Steve Demuth]

This is apropos of nothing, other than being a curious observation: 16 gauge metal is, to a very good approximation, 1.6 mm (or 16 tenths of a mm for the metric machinists among us) thick, which is, again to a woodworker's approximation, 1/16 of an inch.

[Jim Becker]

There you go mixing measuring systems in the same sentence. LOL :D :D :D (but yes, a happy numeric coincidence that is)

[Steve Demuth]

There you go mixing measuring systems in the same sentence. LOL :D :D :D (but yes, a happy numeric coincidence that is)

Yes, but I didn't advocate for any of them ;-)

[mike stenson]

-40 is -40.

[Rich Engelhardt]

16 - was also the age of Mrs. Doug Hutchison (remember Percy from the Green Mile?) - Jerry and Elvis asked him why he went for such an old spinster :D :D .

[Steve Demuth]

-40 is -40.

And it's bloody cold in both systems.

[Jim Koepke]

When it comes to wrenches, I always think of the 5/X factor >

5/32" = 4mm, 5/16" = 8mm, 5/8" = 16mm and so on.

Remembering this list also is helpful >

515079

British Whitworth (BSW) seems to have disappeared, though there are still a few in my flat wrench accumulation.

jtk