Bassman:
Hi anglo-saxons :hat off
just a (maybe) silly question from a metric dummy :hashut
Are American inches and Imperial (UK) inches exactly the same lenght? As here in US I can find a lot of tape meter at great value, useful for Warhammer. In Italy is not easy to find an inch meter, normally they are overpriced, so I wondered if I could get one here in States for my Warhammer games in Spaghetti-metric-land. 
Pleeeze, help me.
A Steamed Anchor beer for help :cheers
snowblizz:
Hi anglo-saxons :hat offThey are the same.
just a (maybe) silly question from a metric dummy :hashut
Are American inches and Imperial (UK) inches exactly the same lenght? As here in US I can find a lot of tape meter at great value, useful for Warhammer. In Italy is not easy to find an inch meter, normally they are overpriced, so I wondered if I could get one here in States for my Warhammer games in Spaghetti-metric-land. :D
Pleeeze, help me.
A Steamed Anchor beer for help :cheers
Bassman
Pyro Stick:
I would of thought an inch would be an inch everywhere you went. Or else it wouldnt be called an inch.
Sojourn:
well, liters and litres and tons and tonnes arenât the same, pronounced the same though. I guess there is no unique spelling of âinchâ unless a UK inch were âincheâ lol
GRNDL:
@pyro
There are a few units that are different in other countries, based on what they are derived from, so I wouldnât be surprised if people assumed the difference in any of them. The main one being tonnes, usually shorted to tons, in the US, but the first one being imperial and the latter metric. I think thereâs further confusion because of other definitions of what a ton is. Others are oil barrels, gallons, fluid ozs, pints, etc.
Mostly liquid measurement differing.
Thommy H:
An inch is an inch, yes.
Pyro Stick:
@pyroI know that. But inch isnt spelt inche so thats why i said its the same everywhere. Ton and Tonne are obviously different because of the way they are spelt.
There are a few units that are different in other countries, based on what they are derived from, so I wouldn't be surprised if people assumed the difference in any of them. The main one being tonnes, usually shorted to tons, in the US, but the first one being imperial and the latter metric. I think there's further confusion because of other definitions of what a ton is. Others are oil barrels, gallons, fluid ozs, pints, etc.
Mostly liquid measurement differing.
GRNDL
two_heads_talking:
well, liters and litres and tons and tonnes aren't the same, pronounced the same though. I guess there is no unique spelling of 'inch' unless a UK inch were 'inche' lolThere's a joke in there about size... But I'll just leave that alone
Sojourn
snowblizz:
Ah, you saw it as well.well, liters and litres and tons and tonnes aren't the same, pronounced the same though. I guess there is no unique spelling of 'inch' unless a UK inch were 'inche' lolThere's a joke in there about size... But I'll just leave that alone
Sojourn
two_heads_talking
Groznit Goregut:
You can usually find decent tape measures at the $1 store. Stock up and take them home to friends as presents!
GRNDL:
@pyro
Yes, but there are tons and tons. One is defined by Great Britain and one defined by US standards⌠SoooooOOooâŚ
Maul:
I really like the Stanley LeverLock 12â.
I have two of them and really like them. Just a good solid tape measure that has a good lock on that is easy to engage and lock in place. A nice light size as well. They are only in inches though, so if you are playing BFG then you are out of luck.
I think they are around $5-$6 at the Bigbox Stores.
BilboBaggins:
I know of differences between US and Imperial Gallons.
I know of differences between miles and nautical miles.
But an inch is an Inch.
Bassman:
Thanks a lot for every input. Now everything is clear to me.
Iâm gonna pop into next store and get one. 
cornixt:
US pints are 16oz, but British ones are 20oz. Causes me no end of bother when trying to workout which system a recipe is written for. Metric rules.
Bassman:
US pints are 16oz, but British ones are 20oz. Causes me no end of bother when trying to workout which system a recipe is written for. Metric rules.Yep, metric rules but there is nothing better than a pint of beer. Even though I'm Italian I can tell you that a pub that give me 40cl of beer is not a pub! :cheers
cornixt
Willmark:
US pints are 16oz, but British ones are 20oz. Causes me no end of bother when trying to workout which system a recipe is written for. Metric rules.Hey you guys came up with the system we are "saddled" with ;)
cornixt
GRNDL:
@Willmark
And you guys are but one of 3 countries who refuse to let it go!! The others being Myanmar and Liberia, so donât blame others for your misfortune, its the 21st Century! Embrace Metric!!
BilboBaggins:
So the USA, Burma (there are people who refuse to call it by a name that was forced on it by rebels) and Liberia are the ones who refuse to go with what one conspiracy theorist I worked with called a socialist plot on measurement. Yes, I have had odd coworkers over the years.
Khan!:
Er⌠isnât âBurmaâ the name given by colonial powers, and âMyanmarâ the name given by the folk who live there?
Not strictly relevant I guess.
@Willmark: Ha! It was a clever trick. Britainâs parting gift to a dissident colony maybe 
I like that the socialist plot on measurement implies the mathematically and logically sound principle of using the base 10 system that we use for everything else. Poh. Iâve known odd people too, one person told me that electric cars were a communist plot.