On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:11:50 -0700 (PDT) in rec.food.cooking, Jerry
Avins > wrote,
>My tool box weighs twice what it ought to. I need metric and SAE
>wrenches, sockets, hex drivers, etc. At least I haven't needed
>Whitworth wrenches for a long time now. When do you expect that US
>plumbers will start using metric pipe sizes and threads? Are there
>metric light bulbs?

Most of my lightbulbs are rated in Watts and/or lumens, which are
both metric units.