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Friday New Product: Metric Hardware
Solar botics
July 4, 2014
It's another Friday and we are back with the product that makes sense - it is metric! It is not measured in twips, poppyseeds, barleycorns, yards, furlongs, or any of this funny stuff. It's your good old straightforward decimals.
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Metric 2.5mm Hex Nut - 25 Pack $4.00 Metric M2.5 Hex Nut, in packs of 25, for your metric applications. |
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Metric Pan-head 2.5mm dia x 8mm long Bolt - 25 Pack $6.00 Metric M2.5 x 8MM pan-head bolt, in packs of 25, for your metric applications. |
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Metric 2.5mm Washer - 25 Pack $2.00 Metric M2.5 Washer, in packs of 25, for your metric applications. |
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Metric 2mm Washer - 25 Pack $1.55 Metric M2 Washer, in packs of 25, for your metric applications. |
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Metric 2mm Hex Nut - 25 Pack $4.00 Metric M2 Hex Nut, in packs of 25, for your metric applications. |
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Metric Pan-head 2mm dia x 8mm long Bolt $5.50 Metric M2 x 8MM pan-head bolt, for your metric applications. |
And that's what I was taught in good old Soviet Union - use your decimals and eat your rocks, I mean, potatoes.
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