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Bit daft really, 3/8 chain and 5.2mm file.
 I had a boss once who would say, "fetch me 2m of 4" by 2" "
Straddling the Imperial and metric worlds...
   Why are chains not metric damn it?
     Stuart
 
I think if it was all metric, it would make more sense, be easier to understand

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Well a chain was a long established unit of measurement of length under the Imperial system like.

So it could hardly be metric like!

An, needless to say I got one o them chains stashed away for post Brexit use

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38 minutes ago, difflock said:

Well a chain was a long established unit of measurement of length under the Imperial system like.

So it could hardly be metric like!

An, needless to say I got one o them chains stashed away for post Brexit use

22 yards I think .

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1 minute ago, The avantgardener said:

Sometimes still get paid by the ‘chain’ in chestnut coppice, 22 yards X 22 yards.

 

Yep . Honest , did not think any one else on here would get that .  What about bushels and groats ! ?

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12 minutes ago, The avantgardener said:

Sometimes still get paid by the ‘chain’ in chestnut coppice, 22 yards X 22 yards.

 

Railway still gets measured in miles, chains and yards from the terminus. how do pubs measures work?

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