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Originally Posted by ZOO
Well played! The Robertson screw head is the king of all screw fasteners.
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Even the King has weaknesses. If you have to putty in the head and perhaps remove it again later, slot heads are much easier to clean.
Back on topic: I consider myself to be "Bilingual", I can work with either Imperial or Metric.
I was glad to see the reference to the "Gimli Glider". That is a perfect example of what can happen during the transition from one system of measurement to another. Once you are past that, Working with decimals is so much easier.
At the Interpretive Centre, I get people asking about the volume of water used in Acre-feet. It is so much simpler to take an 80 cm rise in water, over 10 sq km and work with the resulting 800,000 cu M.
But then I'm basically lazy.
Best
Les