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look what i got in the mail today .This parcel had a very long flight by air mail and arrived in excellent shape.Now i will always know metric measurement !!But does that mean i half to like it Sue???The pencil has its own message .It reads You Can If You Think You Can???LOL thanks Sue and A Big Canadian hugs
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CymbleneJones
30 Jan 2014
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This is a nice gift. I always have to look up the conversions of inches & cm.
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dailylaundry
30 Jan 2014
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I too have trouble the conversions to metric. Great gift! Hugs, Laura*
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A useful and thoughtful gift. I thought that I would never get used to cms but now I never think in inches - just taken me years!!!
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basketkase
30 Jan 2014
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Oh, what a terrific gift......Cuties are so thoughtful and giving!!
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highlandermom
30 Jan 2014
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How nice and what a thoughtful Cutie Sue is. Love the positive pencil message.
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Hi Carolyn, I still think in feet and inches. The change for Australia to Metric measurement conversion happened between 1970 or thereabouts, and was completed in 1988. I cannot for the life of me imagine a person 1.58cm or 1.65cm tall, it just isn't the same as 5ft.6in or 6ft.2in or whatever height it might be.
This is a really useful tool to have Carolyn. Good on you Sue for sending it to her. Love Chris
This is a really useful tool to have Carolyn. Good on you Sue for sending it to her. Love Chris
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I know what you mean. When we lived in England they had just changed to metric. Even so the hospital gave my son's birth weight as 8 lbs 1oz. The older three were 4120 g, 4300g and 2950g. So had some arithmetic to do in order to compare (3654g I think). Most new cookery books gave two columns of weights. Modern electronic scales let you choose, but then I had to convert and I got used to it very soon; except for stone, I just can't remeber how many pouns to a stone.
As for length, 5ft 6in is about 1.66 m (not cm), my husband is 1.91 m just a tiny bit under 6ft 4in.
As for length, 5ft 6in is about 1.66 m (not cm), my husband is 1.91 m just a tiny bit under 6ft 4in.
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wendymay60
30 Jan 2014
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I too cannot picture how high or long is a measurement in cm but give it to me in inches, feet & yards I can picture it straight away even my hoops it's easier in (") inches so I think for most of us older Ausies our schooling was over & sewing for children was well on the way I was not throwing out all my patterns to buy cm ones. My Daughter had to change halfway through her schooling. She had no trouble when she went to the USA, now she is home the struggle start again for her.
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lol i am with you all the way hugs
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Now you know at a glance.
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Welllllllllll i wouldn't go that far lol hugs
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How nice! That will make life easier for you.
I have got two of those (apart from the metric only ones) and find them very useful. Luckily Embird gives sizes both in cm or in inches and of course I know popular hoop sizes by heart in both, but most tutorials use either one or the other and it's nice to check with a measuring tape if I converted correctly or not before I use my scissors.
I have got two of those (apart from the metric only ones) and find them very useful. Luckily Embird gives sizes both in cm or in inches and of course I know popular hoop sizes by heart in both, but most tutorials use either one or the other and it's nice to check with a measuring tape if I converted correctly or not before I use my scissors.
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wow ok thats great for u then hugs
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A lovely surprise, a very thoughful gift.. this something anyone over the age of 5 needs. My kids will talk in kilos and grams but ask them how long something is and they will answer me in feet and inches, so much for the all metric system we're suposed to use..
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49 years ago, we were told in school that we would have to learn metric. I don't drink wine, so the only place I use metric is in buying a 2 liter of Coke. I'm always having to find a chart to convert when someone starts talking about 200 x 240 in stitching.
Me to:):) but i learned a meter of fabric is 39.6 (i think) inches Sew when we buy a meter we get more fabric ,but here its sold in inches .Weird :):)
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Glad it arrived safely!
BTW this was my experiment to see how a pocket worked on the basic CD recycling design.
BTW this was my experiment to see how a pocket worked on the basic CD recycling design.
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compliuments for you :)
Well it worked out perfect i dooooooo believe:):)
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Great gal that Sue! Very sweet for her to do that. I had gotten a flexible plastic ruler maybe from walmart that has cm one side and inches on the other. I use it a lot to measure for my designs. I love it!
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All tape measures here in England have both systems.
thanks girls hugs
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it's a great surprise gift !!
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yes it was hugs
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Good idea Sue. I just wrote it down and put it on my desk.
Hugs Jerri
Hugs Jerri
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thanks Jerri hugs
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Nifty idea and read below that Sue used her CD shape and added the pocket. It is amazing what one can do with a basic circle.
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yes for sure hugs
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Fabulous gift. I must confess that I am too lazy to convert so I cheat.
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Inches to CM
www.inches-to-cm.com
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thanks i just saved this hugs
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you have nice mailmen hugs .Maria
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yes she is a lovely lady friend hugs
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Could use this myself, lol
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lol no kidding hugs
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well isn't that just the handiest thing! well done to you both! hugs Loralye
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Thanks Loralye hugs