@Gerrit: > 04-mar-2014 > That's how I write dates, as well. Clear and non-offensive. As for cooking measurements. *Apparently* (i.e. I am not an expert), people here in the USA who "know" how to cook tend to know that a tablespoon is 15mL (for example) and also have digital scales which do conversions. Problem nonexistent ... assuming you know which Imperial-based units you're using! On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Gerrit Heitsch <gerrit@laosinh.s.bawue.de>wrote: > On 04/23/2014 03:34 AM, Clockmeister wrote: > >> >> On 23/04/2014 9:15 AM, MikeS wrote: >> >> Given that you have plenty of European cars driving around in the US, as >> well as being a product of US manufacturing industry conglomeration I >> beg to differ ;-) >> >> What are they called, BTW? >>> >>> >> We call them Torx bits/sockets but they are also known as star >> bits/sockets in other places. >> > > And I can see a number of advantages using Torx over flathead or Philips. > It's self centering like Philips but allows much higher torque without > slipping. > > I prefer to use them when I can. Bits are cheap nowadays. > > > Gerrit > > > > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list > Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2014-04-23 16:03:21
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