Re: Thoughts on industrial design

AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 4/27/2025 8:20 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 4/27/2025 2:20 PM, AMuzi wrote:

 
My pushbutton AM radio has some big (the size of twopence)
transistors so I'm not 100% analog either. I have owned
cars with tube radios- OK but slow warmup.

 
"The size of twopence" is a quirky and obscure metric! It
reminds me of weather reporters' description of hail pellet
sizes: "pea sized, nickel sized, golf ball sized..."
 
It almost makes me wish we'd invented "inches" and
"millimeters."
 
 

That was specifically for Mr Merriman
 

I believe imperial measurements were an earlier attempt to simplify
measurements probably Victorian era?

Roger Merriman