1'6" does not equal 16"

Kinja'd!!! by "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
Published 01/31/2017 at 15:29

Tags: Math
STARS: 4


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Replies (24)

Kinja'd!!! "Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer" (cyclonefan94)
01/31/2017 at 15:31, STARS: 6

Stupid base 12 math....

Kinja'd!!! "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
01/31/2017 at 15:34, STARS: 0

lol wat is standard stud spacing

Kinja'd!!! "LOREM IPSUM" (lorem---ipsum)
01/31/2017 at 15:34, STARS: 0

16, 18... close enough. What’s a couple of inches amongst friends?

Kinja'd!!! "HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
01/31/2017 at 15:35, STARS: 9

well, to be fair. 1'6' doesn’t mean 1 foot 6 inches...

Kinja'd!!! "Tripper" (tripe46)
01/31/2017 at 15:37, STARS: 10

In a lot of the buildings I’ve worked on 16" doesn’t equal 16" either.

Kinja'd!!! "Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
01/31/2017 at 15:39, STARS: 0

But 6" + 2" = 8", which is the “Cent.”

Kinja'd!!! "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
01/31/2017 at 15:45, STARS: 0

Lol

Kinja'd!!! "Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
01/31/2017 at 15:46, STARS: 1

That’s what I said.

- She

Kinja'd!!! "vicali" (vicali)
01/31/2017 at 15:47, STARS: 4

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Kinja'd!!! "LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com" (limitedtimeonly)
01/31/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 0

Timely - was just working with a contractor about this exact measurement today.

Kinja'd!!! "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
01/31/2017 at 15:57, STARS: 2

This reference may go over most folks heads but I know it.

Kinja'd!!! "duurtlang" (duurtlang)
01/31/2017 at 15:59, STARS: 2

Silly Neanderthals. Get with the metric system already!

Kinja'd!!! "Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
01/31/2017 at 16:01, STARS: 2

At only 18" it can’t go over anybody’s head. That’s the problem.

Kinja'd!!! "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
01/31/2017 at 16:03, STARS: 2

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Kinja'd!!! "vicali" (vicali)
01/31/2017 at 16:07, STARS: 1

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Kinja'd!!! "Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
01/31/2017 at 16:10, STARS: 0

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Such a fantastic movie.

Kinja'd!!! "vondon302" (vondon302)
01/31/2017 at 16:11, STARS: 1

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Me too. lol we’re old.

Kinja'd!!! "benjrblant" (benjblant)
01/31/2017 at 16:23, STARS: 2

So, if 12 inches in a foot isn’t confusing enough, I’m currently using some drafting software that requires numeric input in the format of FFIISS. That’s two digits for feet, two digits for inches, and two digits for sixteenths of an inch. So, if you wanted to input 1'6 1/2", it would be 010608. 10'8 1/4" would be 100804. Yay, imperial measure.

Kinja'd!!! "unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
01/31/2017 at 16:30, STARS: 1

Go metric or go home.

Kinja'd!!! "punkgoose17" (punkgoose17)
01/31/2017 at 16:40, STARS: 0

But 8' is much easier than 2.4384 m. But honestly as an engineer I hate the USCS system.

Kinja'd!!! "duurtlang" (duurtlang)
01/31/2017 at 16:43, STARS: 0

And 8 meters is much easier than 26.2467192 feet...

Kinja'd!!! "punkgoose17" (punkgoose17)
01/31/2017 at 18:47, STARS: 0

Nothing in the U.S. is a standard 8 meters, but many things in construction are 8 feet (lumber, plywood, drywall).

Kinja'd!!! "duurtlang" (duurtlang)
01/31/2017 at 19:06, STARS: 0

I can imagine it’s hard to convert to metric, but better now than later, right?

Kinja'd!!! "punkgoose17" (punkgoose17)
01/31/2017 at 19:28, STARS: 0

I am trying to at work. I am working on pushing the machine shop along at work. Zoidberg does something with house I think the construction industry will be the last in the U.S.