This is also why inches and feet (or just generally a base 12 measurement system) works well for certain measurement and construction tasks, but don’t say that too loudly around these parts or the Europeans will start a crusade.
I mean, I guess that there’s nothing stopping me from measuring in 12cm chunks, but I do find myself wishing for a metric measuring tape which marks in eighths and third cm. I just find the mental math to be easier in fractions but maybe that’s just me.
This is also why inches and feet (or just generally a base 12 measurement system) works well for certain measurement and construction tasks, but don’t say that too loudly around these parts or the Europeans will start a crusade.
I mean, I guess that there’s nothing stopping me from measuring in 12cm chunks, but I do find myself wishing for a metric measuring tape which marks in eighths and third cm. I just find the mental math to be easier in fractions but maybe that’s just me.
Nah if we used a base 12 numbering system we wouldn’t be using centimetres. We would have 1/144 of a meter instead.