soldering iron question

[rullywowr]

I live in USA and I wish we used the metric system.  "F" SAE! 

[pedalman]

Feel the same way but that would require new learn'n, I still get hung up on the pint vs quart !  whats so wrong with say'n 4 cups ? LOL
Had a box come through work the other day from china, had a fraction saying 2/10ths  on it. we laughed like hell half the day
kind of like saying 50/100ths when you could just say 1/2

[Clayford]

Feel the same way but that would require new learn'n, I still get hung up on the pint vs quart !  whats so wrong with say'n 4 cups ? LOL
Had a box come through work the other day from china, had a fraction saying 2/10ths  on it. we laughed like hell half the day
kind of like saying 50/100ths when you could just say 1/2

A pint is a unit of measure for adult beverages.
Cups are used in baking.
All I ever worry about. Everything else I have measuring devices and scales to figure out.

[alanp]

I always suspected that America uses units no one else does just to be ornery. Just like how one of their sports has a "World Series" that only America and maybe a couple other countries participate in (as opposed to the World Cup, which has how many countries?)