vane171

64ths of an inch don't count and 32nds doubly so, in carpentry or home mechanicing context anyway.

I find for normal general use, measuring tapes should be solely imperial. I stopped buying those that also have metric side to them since depending from which side you need to read the tape, the metric side of it gets in the way. Metric on measuring tapes is for nerds or geeks, and for European mentalities. Big difference between the two worlds, Europeans like to have their appliances knob controls marked with fine divisions and give way too many choices while North American appliances have fewer knobs with much fewer choices, so you don't need to read the manual when doing your laundry. It is a totally different mindset.

And mind you, I grew up in Europe but live long time in Canada.