Made me smile recalling a scene from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Go to a doctor without insurance, see how fast they deny you. I know Apple's and oranges.
The legal theory is quantum meruit. The medical services are rendered and the recipient is liable for the value of the services. You cannot buy a boat while unconscious. But you can receive valuable medical services while unconscious, even though you have not contracted for them. Imagine a doctor saying, "I will not treat him. He doesn't have a contract with me obligating me to provide medical services."
Huh...that robe is deceiving. I always took Libertas for a "big boned gal".
Other metric users: Almost everyone involved in every facet of engineering and manufacturing.
We've reached a point where the only people still using SAE/Imperial are people restoring old cars, tractors, and industrial equipment. It's a legacy thing like COBOL, FORTRAN, or Netware. Dinosaurs. If you're not thinking in metric these days you must have one foot in the grave...both literally and professionally.
Most of our military tech manuals still use SAE/Imperial. I guess the USAF has one foot in the grave.
Other metric users: Almost everyone involved in every facet of engineering and manufacturing.
We've reached a point where the only people still using SAE/Imperial are people restoring old cars, tractors, and industrial equipment. It's a legacy thing like COBOL, FORTRAN, or Netware. Dinosaurs. If you're not thinking in metric these days you must have one foot in the grave...both literally and professionally.
We don’t use metric in business aviation. My previous job in transit buses didn’t use metric either. I have been an engineer for 30 years and the only place I use metric is for wrenches on cars and in school. So I guess I must have one foot in the grave.
Wow. I work as a quality engineer for a large machining firm that does global work for automotive, aviation, automation, and custom jobs and I have yet to see anything that's not in metric.
I haven't seen imperial since I worked at a little mom-and-pop that did stuff for farms. I think they're out of business now.
A particular upstairs bathroom gets me relatively frequently.
Other metric users: Almost everyone involved in every facet of engineering and manufacturing.
We've reached a point where the only people still using SAE/Imperial are people restoring old cars, tractors, and industrial equipment. It's a legacy thing like COBOL, FORTRAN, or Netware. Dinosaurs. If you're not thinking in metric these days you must have one foot in the grave...both literally and professionally.
Or is it only half a foot in the grave? Or 152.4mm for that matter?And yes I use both so I guess I do have one foot in the grave,
Or is it only half a foot in the grave? Or 152.4mm for that matter?
Wow. I work as a quality engineer for a large machining firm that does global work for automotive, aviation, automation, and custom jobs and I have yet to see anything that's not in metric.
I haven't seen imperial since I worked at a little mom-and-pop that did stuff for farms. I think they're out of business now.
Well, certainly everyone who deals with volts, amps, etc., but only because there are no imperial units for those*.Other metric users: Almost everyone involved in every facet of engineering and manufacturing.
We need a better word for this sentiment. Dinosaurs are dead and gone. COBOL and FORTRAN are, undeniably if regrettably, very much alive. Imperial units, on the other hand, while perhaps as old as figurative dinosaurs, are alive and strongly kicking; they're figurative crocodiles.We've reached a point where the only people still using SAE/Imperial are people restoring old cars, tractors, and industrial equipment. It's a legacy thing like COBOL, FORTRAN, or Netware. Dinosaurs.
I don't think having a broken leg and torn groin muscle would have anything to do with thinking in imperial units.If you're not thinking in metric these days you must have one foot in the grave...both literally and professionally.
Surprising: perhaps; obviously you are surprised. Alarming: Why?If true, [the use of SAE/imperial units withing the US military is] alarming.
Stop right there. "Global" is the key word.Wow. I work as a quality engineer for a large machining firm that does global...
* OK, I know someone is going to pull out some amazingly obscure imperial electrical units. Go ahead, lemme have it.
Your friend lied.Just cross-checked with a friend that works for Boeing...yeah the're doing everything in metric...
Other metric users: Almost everyone involved in every facet of engineering and manufacturing.
We've reached a point where the only people still using SAE/Imperial are people restoring old cars, tractors, and industrial equipment. It's a legacy thing like COBOL, FORTRAN, or Netware. Dinosaurs. If you're not thinking in metric these days you must have one foot in the grave...both literally and professionally.
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