TV's and plumbing are still measured in inches in the UK, the measuring system was already in place when we went metric and it was what people were used to. Plumbing fittings are as you said now rounded off to millimetres etc. but the actual physical size is still the same as the original imperial. For example what is referred to as a 25mm fitting is actually one inch (25.4 mm).
I wonder if there isn't a stable chamber shape that promotes turbulence in a controlled manner in order to prevent it getting out of hand?
A little bit like the dimples on a golf ball create micro pockets of turbulence promoting laminar flow.
The son is going to inherit the company, he's clearly terrified and going to piss the whole thing up the wall within five years of being given the reins.
I would imagine that at some point we went from highways agency signage that was made to a standard to outsourcing to the cheapest bidder.
There is also a possibility that signs can't be too rigid so they don't cut vehicles in half?
We are kind of unique in our ability to sit on chairs, the majority of animals throughout evolutionary history have some form of tail.
Imagine we meet aliens and every species is incapable of sitting on a chair, it'd make start trek look a little foolish.
It's just odd, anything ever made with a user interface since the 80's has had a calculator app. Apple just remove features and charge more for something that is inherently similar to everything else they've ever done.
TV's and plumbing are still measured in inches in the UK, the measuring system was already in place when we went metric and it was what people were used to. Plumbing fittings are as you said now rounded off to millimetres etc. but the actual physical size is still the same as the original imperial. For example what is referred to as a 25mm fitting is actually one inch (25.4 mm).